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Rouet rewarded with contract extension as coach of Canadian women's rugby team
Kevin Rouet, who coached Canada to a fourth-place finish at last year's Women's Rugby World Cup, has been rewarded with a contract extension through the 2025 tournament. Under the French-born Rouet, f...
Apr 14, 2023
Province announces more tax and funding support for Alberta’s film and TV industry
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Provincial officials say Alberta's screen-based sector has momentum and the government is aiming to make the province a magnet for the film and television industry.In 2020, the Govern...
Apr 14, 2023
France's constitutional council approves higher pension age
PARIS (AP) - France's Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a victory for President Emmanuel Macron after three months of mass prote...
Apr 14, 2023
Canada's emissions rose slightly in 2021 as pandemic lockdowns eased
OTTAWA - Canada's greenhouse gas emissions rose slightly in 2021 as the country's COVID-19 related shutdowns began to ease. But overall emissions remained well below where they were before the pandemi...
Apr 14, 2023
Pittsburgh Penguins fire GM Hextall, exec Burke after missing playoffs
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins fired general manager Ron Hextall, director of hockey operations Brian Burke and assistant general manager Chris Pryor on Friday after the club failed to reac...
Apr 14, 2023
Olymel to close pork plant in Vallée-Jonction, Que., lay off nearly 1,000 workers
MONTREAL - Quebec pork producer Olymel says it will close a major slaughterhouse south of Quebec City and lay off 994 workers. The company said today the Valle-Jonction plant in the Beauce region will...
Apr 14, 2023
Budding B.C. soccer rivals face off Saturday as Canadian Premier League season opens
Rob Friend will be proud but likely conflicted Saturday when expansion Vancouver FC takes the field for the first time in the Canadian Premier League to face Pacific FC at Starlight Stadium in Langfor...
Apr 14, 2023
After coaching around the world, Afshin Ghotbi ready for Vancouver FC's CPL debut
There isn't much Afshin Ghotbi hasn't done when it comes to coaching soccer. Now in charge of expansion Vancouver FC in the Canadian Premier League, the 59-year-old Iranian-American is working in his ...
Apr 14, 2023
US charges 28 members of Sinaloa cartel, sons of El Chapo
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department on Friday charged 28 members of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in a sprawling fentanyl-traf...
Apr 14, 2023
Quebec sex assault trial for ex-fashion mogul Peter Nygard scheduled for June 2024
MONTREAL - Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard will stand trial in Quebec on sexual assault charges in June 2024. Nygard, 81, did not appear in Quebec court today when the dates were set for the trial t...
Apr 14, 2023