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CRTC head is confident about managing online news bill despite 'challenges' ahead
OTTAWA - The chair of Canada's broadcasting regulator says there will be challenges along the way but the body is well equipped to iron out the details of a bill that seeks to regulate online news. Ia...
Oct 21, 2022

Atletico Ottawa set for another CPL landmark as it hosts first-ever playoff game
Another landmark for Atletico Ottawa on Sunday as it hosts its first-ever home playoff game in the Canadian Premier League. Under new coach Carlos Gonzalez, Ottawa has already completed a worst to fir...
Oct 21, 2022

National freeze on handgun market now in effect
OTTAWA, ON - The Government of Canada has implemented what it says are the "strongest gun control measures in a generation."Effective on Friday, October 21, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a ...
Oct 21, 2022

Critics call Gymnastics Canada's agreement with Abuse-Free Sport "miniscule step"
Gymnastics Canada has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the new federal program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. But an international athletes rights group said the news is mo...
Oct 21, 2022

Alouettes eyeing first in CFL East ahead of season-ending two-game set with Argos
MONTREAL - With two games remaining, the Montreal Alouettes are set to embark on a home-and-home series that will decide first place in the Canadian Football League's East Division. The Alouettes (8-8...
Oct 21, 2022

Snowfall warning issued for southwestern Alberta
PINCHER CREEK, AB - Parts of southern Alberta are bracing for the first significant snowfall of the season.Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for several communities in the southwestern c...
Oct 21, 2022

Chess star Hans Niemann sues over cheating allegations
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by falsely accusing him of cheating. Niemann is seeking $100 millio...
Oct 21, 2022

Chess star Hans Niemann sues over cheating allegations
Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by falsely accusing him of cheating. Niemann is seeking $100 millio...
Oct 21, 2022

At last, rain in Vancouver and elsewhere, but much more needed to break B.C. drought
VANCOUVER - The first showers since September began falling in parts of Metro Vancouver before dawn, but officials in many coastal communities doubt a series of incoming weather systems will relieve t...
Oct 21, 2022

Sports journalists pleased access is improving after restrictions during pandemic
TORONTO - A line of sports media members formed outside the Toronto Blue Jays' clubhouse earlier this month shortly after the team blew a seven-run lead and was eliminated from the post-season. Manage...
Oct 21, 2022