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Canada's Drew Nesbitt back where he belongs after taking golf hiatus
TORONTO - Drew Nesbitt was getting tired of swinging a hammer. After some time away, he's back doing what he loves - swinging a golf club. The 28-year-old local product qualified for the RBC Canadian ...
Jun 08, 2023

Defrocked priest facing new sexual assault charges in Igloolik, Nunavut
IQALUIT - Court records show defrocked Oblate priest Eric Dejaeger is facing six charges of indecent assault and two charges of sexual assault for crimes he allegedly committed in Nunavut between 1978...
Jun 08, 2023

"He was a character," Canada's Bret (Hitman) Hart remembers the late Iron Sheik
Bret Hart's longtime connection with the late Iron Sheik was first made in the early 1970s when an Iranian amateur wrestler - real name Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri - came to Calgary to learn from promo...
Jun 08, 2023

Coulee Fest back at Lethbridge College September 16
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Coulee Fest is back at Lethbridge College in September.The annual free family festival will take place from 1 to 7 p.m. on September 16, 2023. Attendees can check out some live music,...
Jun 08, 2023

Elevated walkway collapses in Texas beach city, injuring dozens
SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) - Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside city in Texas, with five flown to the hospital by hel...
Jun 08, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Wildfire triggers evacuation order for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
VANCOUVER - An immediate evacuation order has been issued for residents of the British Columbia District of Tumbler Ridge, a community of 2,400 people in northeastern B.C, due to the threat posed by a...
Jun 08, 2023

Why is the federal government looking to create a national emergency agency?
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at creating some kind of national disaster response agency in the face of an unusually intense and destructive start to the wildfire season across the countr...
Jun 08, 2023

Trudeau Foundation board chair says donation from Chinese company has been returned
OTTAWA - The chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation's board says the organization has returned a $140,000 donation to Millennium Golden Eagle International. Edward Johnson was speaking to a Ho...
Jun 08, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Newfoundland police issue Amber Alert for missing 14-year-old girl
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police in Newfoundland and Labrador have issued an Amber Alert for a 14-year-old girl who has been missing since last week. The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary says Melissa Morrell ...
Jun 08, 2023

Liberal budget bill passes in House of Commons after Conservative filibuster attempt
OTTAWA - The House of Commons passed the Liberal government's budget bill today, which seeks to roll out vast new incentives for clean energy and expending dental care subsidies - despite a Conservati...
Jun 08, 2023