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Curling Canada to kick off quadrennial with new PointsBet Invitational
OTTAWA - Curling Canada plans to kick off the quadrennial with a new event on its Season of Champions calendar. The PointsBet Invitational will be played Sept. 21-25 at Willie O'Ree Place in Frederict...
Jun 20, 2022
RCMP struggled to promptly inform families in aftermath of Nova Scotia mass shooting
HALIFAX - The RCMP struggled to inform families promptly about the loss of their loved ones in the aftermath of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting, with a single officer handling most cases amid an "a...
Jun 20, 2022
Boris Johnson has sinus operation at London hospital
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had an operation on his sinuses under general anaesthetic on Monday, his office said. Johnson's spokesman, Max Blain, said the prime minister was bac...
Jun 20, 2022
A Rail Strike and a Plastic Ban Start the Week: In The News for June 20, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Monday, June 20, 2022 ... What we are watching...
Jun 20, 2022
The Jan. 6 hearings are a hit. Will they sway voters in the November midterms?
WASHINGTON - Rachel Paine Caufield was telling a conservative friend about her evening plans: catching up on the latest instalment of the hearings into the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riots. Sure, it's not "G...
Jun 20, 2022
Ex-PQ leader André Boisclair's sex assault cases returning to court
MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair's criminal cases on allegations of sexual assault are due back in court today. Boisclair, 56, has pleaded not guilty to charges in separate cases ...
Jun 20, 2022
'The robots are coming': Calgary researchers working on rescue robots for disasters
CALGARY - It could be a character on a Saturday morning kids show, but this rescue robot is anything but fantasy. "It's not science fiction. It's science and this thing exists," said Alejandro Ramirez...
Jun 20, 2022
Title IX: Ann Meyers Drysdale shares how law shaped her life
(Editor's Note: Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of Famer, longtime TV basketball analyst mother of three kids shares how Title IX has help ...
Jun 20, 2022
Title IX: Ann Meyers Drysdale shares how law shaped her life
(Editor's Note: Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of Famer, longtime TV basketball analyst mother of three kids shares how Title IX has help ...
Jun 20, 2022
"Not protective": Early bodychecking doesn't prevent hockey injuries, study finds
EDMONTON - Introducing young hockey players to bodychecking at an early age doesn't protect them from injury as they move into older, harder-hitting leagues, new research has concluded. In fact, the o...
Jun 19, 2022