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Donation drive to support Lethbridge food banks as demand rises
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Alberta Motor Association (AMA) wants to do its part to help out local food banks.AMA Vice-President of Corporate Purpose Jane Flower says the company is partnering with Food Bank...
Sep 15, 2022

Veteran quarterback Dane Evans set to return to Ticats lineup versus Blue Bombers
HAMILTON - Dane Evans is returning to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' lineup. Head coach Orlondo Steinauer said Thursday that Evans will dress Saturday when Hamilton (3-9) hosts the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (12...
Sep 15, 2022

N.S. mass shooting inquiry hears that killer exchanged denture work for sex
HALIFAX - A report submitted to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in rural Nova Scotia says the gunman who killed 22 people was known to exchange denture work for sex and to explo...
Sep 15, 2022

Former Tory MP Tony Clement named director of Conservative fundraising board: sources
OTTAWA - Sources say Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has appointed former member of Parliament Tony Clement to serve on the board of the federal party's main fundraising arm. Multiple sources con...
Sep 15, 2022

Bouchard, Dabroswki into Chennai doubles semis; Zhao loses to Gracheva
CHENNAI, India - Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski and their partners are through to the doubles semifinals of the Chennai Open tennis tournament. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., teame...
Sep 15, 2022

Green leadership contender Elizabeth May says she never threatened to quit party
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says she never threatened to quit the Green Party and an email suggesting as much was a "mischaracterization" by a well-meaning staffer that has since been corrected. According ...
Sep 15, 2022

Weeks-long boil water notice lifted in Mississippi capital
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A boil-water notice was lifted Thursday in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks, Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson officials said. "We have restored clean water," Reeve...
Sep 15, 2022

Alberta human rights chief refuses to quit over alleged Islamophobic comments
EDMONTON, AB - The head of the Alberta Human Rights Commission is refusing to quit despite direction from Justice Minister Tyler Shandro to do so in a controversy surrounding alleged Islamophobic comm...
Sep 15, 2022

Toronto FC's Osorio reveals he has been dealing with a 'neurological dysfunction'
TORONTO - Midfielder Jonathan Osorio, who has missed Toronto FC's last four games, revealed Thursday he has been dealing with what he called a "neurological dysfunction" that dates back some two month...
Sep 15, 2022

B.C. toxic drug deaths double since public health emergency declared in 2016: coroner
VICTORIA - Grim statistics from British Columbia's coroner show the rate of toxic drug deaths has doubled since the province declared a public health emergency in 2016. The BC Coroners Service recorde...
Sep 15, 2022