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Canada mulling 'game plan' if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift: Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada has been considering a "game plan" for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year's pres...
Aug 17, 2023
Open Farm Days returning for 2023
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Open Farm Days is coming back to Alberta from August 19 to August 20, 2023. The event is a celebration of Alberta agriculture that gives people insight into how food gets to their tab...
Aug 17, 2023
Access to electric vehicle charging getting better but not quickly enough
OTTAWA - If you live in Montreal or Vancouver and own an electric car, finding somewhere to charge it is likely as easy as a quick search of an app on your smartphone. If you live almost anywhere else...
Aug 17, 2023
Justice minister says Canada remains 'open' to criminalizing coercive control
OTTAWA - Canada's federal justice minister says gender-based violence is a "epidemic" and Ottawa remains open to criminalizing a pattern of behaviour known as coercive control. Arif Virani made the co...
Aug 17, 2023
Human activity and climate change cause cascading effects for Arctic ecosystem
It doesn't end up on dinner plates and it lacks the popular appeal of whales and dolphins, but scientists warn that a small fish that is critical to Arctic marine life could be in trouble from climate...
Aug 17, 2023
Saskatchewan vice-chief David Pratt running for Assembly of First Nations leadership
OTTAWA - David Pratt is the first person to announce his intention to run to be the new national chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Pratt currently serves as a vice-chief with the Federation of S...
Aug 17, 2023
Collaros listed as third-string QB, Brown to start for Bombers against Stampeders
Zach Collaros is listed as the third-string quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' game on Friday against the Calgary Stampeders. Dru Brown will start after Collaros suffered a neck injury against...
Aug 17, 2023
German forward Prince Owusu looks to make mark in MLS with Toronto FC
TORONTO - German forward Prince Owusu is backing himself to make a mark in Major League Soccer, choosing Toronto FC over European options. Owusu got some intel on MLS from Joao Klauss and Sergio Cordo...
Aug 17, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Quebec woman sentenced to 22 years for sending poisoned letter to Trump
WASHINGTON - A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump. Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of...
Aug 17, 2023
Twila Kilgore tapped as interim coach for U.S. women's national soccer team
Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S women's national soccer team following the resignation of coach Vlatko Andonovski. U.S. Soccer formally announced Andonovski's resignation on Thurs...
Aug 17, 2023