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Father of Iran flight crash victim arrives in Ottawa with demands for justice
OTTAWA - The father of a victim aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 - shot down by Iranian missiles in January 2020 - has arrived in Ottawa after marching for over two weeks to meet Prime...
Aug 25, 2022

Quarterbacks O'Connor, Fajardo in the spotlight as Riders visit Lions
VANCOUVER - Three months after Nathan Rourke silenced skeptics with a breakout start to the season, the B.C. Lions will have another Canadian quarterback under centre when they host the Saskatchewan R...
Aug 25, 2022

2 plead guilty in scheme to sell Biden's daughter's diary
NEW YORK (AP) - Two people have pleaded guilty in a scheme to peddle a diary and other items belonging to President Joe Biden's daughter to the conservative group Project Veritas for $40,000, prosecut...
Aug 25, 2022

Path is set as Fernandez, Andreescu look for another deep U.S. Open run
NEW YORK - Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu learned their first-round opponents at the 2022 U.S. Open Thursday as the Canadians look to make another deep run at the final tennis major of the seas...
Aug 25, 2022

Mike Babcock resigns as coach of University of Saskatchewan hockey team
SASKATOON - Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock has resigned as coach of the University of Saskatchewan's men's hockey team after just one season at the helm. The Saskatchewan Huskies announ...
Aug 25, 2022

Utility companies urge farmers to 'look up and live' during harvest
LETHBRIDGE, AB and PRINCE ALBERT, SK - Utility companies on the prairies are reminding farmers to look up and be aware of the location of power lines and power poles near their property during harvest...
Aug 25, 2022

Montreal business group urges parties to hike immigration targets as election nears
MONTREAL - The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal is calling on Quebec's political parties to commit to raising immigration targets if they're elected on Oct. 3. President Michel Leblanc say...
Aug 25, 2022

Roussin, Kim clubhouse leaders at CP Women's Open; Szeryk low Canadian at 4 under
OTTAWA - France's Pauline Roussin and South Korea's A Lim Kim are the clubhouse leaders in the first round of the CP Women's Open. They both shot 5-under 66 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Thursda...
Aug 25, 2022

Court: Arkansas can't ban treatment of transgender kids
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can't enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender affirming medical care. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Ci...
Aug 25, 2022

Police in Calgary lay dozens of charges against two men over 3D gun manufacturing
CALGARY, AB - Police in Calgary have arrested two men suspected of running a firearms production and trafficking operation.So far this year, Calgary officers have seized more than 1,200 firearms, incl...
Aug 25, 2022