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Former skiers reach out-of-court deal with Alpine Canada in sex assault lawsuit
MONTREAL - Three former Canadian skiers have reached an out-of-court settlement with Alpine Canada over sexual abuse by one-time national ski coach Bertrand Charest The national governing body fo...
Jul 02, 2019
Former skiers reach out-of-court deal with Alpine Canada in sex assault lawsuit
MONTREAL - Three former Canadian skiers have reached an out-of-court settlement with Alpine Canada over sexual abuse by one-time national ski coach Bertrand Charest The national governing body fo...
Jul 02, 2019
Austin Connelly becomes third Canadian to book British Open ticket
SANDWICH, England - A third Canadian has earned a spot in the British Open. Canadian-American dual citizen Austin Connelly of Lake Doucette, N.S., shot 8-under 136 over two rounds on Tuesday at P...
Jul 02, 2019
Chanel's new designer, Viard, unveils couture debut in Paris
PARIS - Chanel's new chief Virginie Viard merged the worlds of two of its most famous couturiers, those of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld, for a cerebral couture show in Paris set inside a...
Jul 02, 2019
Algonquin grand chief begins hunger strike over Ottawa Indigenous Peoples' space
OTTAWA - An Algonquin grand chief is on a hunger strike, protesting the fact her community is not an equal partner in the development of a major centre for Indigenous Peoples in Ottawa....
Jul 02, 2019
Animal rights activists want Winnipeg zoo to shut down stingray exhibit
WINNIPEG - Animal rights activists want the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg to permanently shut down its interactive stingray exhibit. "Stingray Beach" allows visitors to get up close to a shall...
Jul 02, 2019
Oilers sign Swiss forward Gaetan Haas to entry-level contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Gaetan Haas to a one-year entry-level contract. The 27-year-old has appeared in 392 Swiss National League games with SC Bern and EHC Biel-Bienne, pos...
Jul 02, 2019
CN Rail on pace for record movement of western Canadian grain after strong June
WINNIPEG - Canadian National Railway says it is on track to move record quantities of western Canadian grain after a strong June.The country's largest railway says it transported more than 2.3 million...
Jul 02, 2019 Grain Cars - Photo credit to CN website
Anglos, francophones sign deal to work together on minority language rights
OTTAWA - Quebec anglophones have banded together with francophones in New Brunswick and Ontario to protect and promote the rights of official minority language communities. The Societe de l'Acadie du ...
Jul 02, 2019
Arctic fox walks more than 2,700 miles from Norway to Canada
COPENHAGEN - An arctic fox walked more than 4,415 kilometres (2,737 miles) to go from northern Norway to Canada's far north in four months, Norwegian researchers said. The Norwegian Polar Institute re...
Jul 02, 2019