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Legault criticized for calling Liberal leader 'that lady' as election campaign starts
QUEBEC - Coalition Avenir Qubec Leader Franois Legault is being criticized for referring to Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade as "that lady" on Day 1 of the provincial election campaign. Legault was as...
Aug 28, 2022
Kyrgios would consider 1st-round US Open loss a win for him
NEW YORK (AP) - In one breath, Nick Kyrgios talks about heading into the U.S. Open with as much self-belief and good play as ever, coming off a runner-up finish at Wimbledon and some strong results on...
Aug 28, 2022
South Africa's Paula Reto holds off Nelly Korda of the U.S. to win CP Women's Open
OTTAWA - South Africa's Paula Reto has won the CP Women's Open. Reto shot a final round of 4-under 67 to win the Canadian women's golf championship. That score lifted her over third round co-leaders N...
Aug 28, 2022
Quebec general election: Selection of quotes from party leaders on Day 1 of campaign
MONTREAL - Quebecers are going to the polls for a general election on Oct. 3; here are a series of quotes from the leaders of the province's five major parties on Day 1 of the campaign. - Franois Lega...
Aug 28, 2022
Poulin, Bach spark Canada's scoring burst in 9-0 win over Japan in women's hockey
HERNING, Denmark - Victoria Bach and several Canadian teammates took full advantage of the sustained offensive-zone time Japan gave them in Sunday's 9-0 win at the women's world hockey championship. B...
Aug 28, 2022
What are the five major parties taking part in Quebec's provincial election?
MONTREAL - Quebec's election campaign began on Sunday and Quebecers will go to the polls on Oct. 3; here's a look at the five parties vying to form the province's next government. - Coalition Avenir Q...
Aug 28, 2022
Artemis space mission to moon 'a stepping-stone' to Mars and beyond
The last time humans went to the moon, it was a destination. But when NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches Monday, the moon will be more of a way station. "It's really to learn how we can go further," sa...
Aug 28, 2022
'From leaf to space': N.W.T. youth join NASA flight surveying climate change effects
YELLOWKNIFE - Two Northwest Territories youth joined NASA researchers aboard a Gulfstream III jet earlier this month as it soared above Great Slave Lake and parts of Nunavut and Alberta. "It was reall...
Aug 28, 2022
Two art heists, 50 years apart: expert says Canada is a 'soft target'
OTTAWA - It's not clear how they did it: was it a clandestine operation, carried out under the cloak of darkness? An elaborate ruse, designed to fool onlookers? Or something else? However it happened,...
Aug 28, 2022
Quebec election campaign to officially kick off today ahead of Oct. 3 vote
QUEBEC - The Quebec provincial election campaign is set to officially begin today, giving party leaders about five weeks to win over voters ahead of the Oct. 3 vote. Outgoing premier Franois Legault a...
Aug 28, 2022