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Time for Canada to protect Canadians from 'forever chemicals,' toxics experts say
OTTAWA - Environmental experts on toxic chemicals say it's well past time for Ottawa to protect Canadians from a whole class of substances known as "forever chemicals." That is the term used to descri...
Mar 22, 2024

Gilgeous-Alexander 'humbled' by impressive year he's having for Canada and Thunder
TORONTO - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says he's humbled by the year he's having. The Oklahoma City Thunder guard is considered a leading to contender for the NBA's most-valuable player award. Gilgeous-Ale...
Mar 22, 2024

Federal government posts $25.7-billion deficit between April and January
OTTAWA, ON - The federal government recorded a budgetary deficit of $25.7 billion as of the end of January for the current fiscal year.The Finance Department says in its monthly fiscal monitor that th...
Mar 22, 2024

OPP, Montreal police nab 31 in Project Volcano, aimed at Ontario car theft suspects
HAWKESBURY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police and Montreal police say they've arrested 31 people in Quebec with outstanding warrants for car thefts and other serious crimes in Ontario. The arrests are ...
Mar 22, 2024

Canada's Phelan wins World Cup ski cross race, teammate Sherret takes silver
IDRE FJLL, Sweden - Brittany Phelan won gold at a World Cup ski cross stop Friday to highlight another successful day for Canadian athletes on the circuit. Phelan, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., overtook te...
Mar 22, 2024

'He is smiling down': Brian Mulroney's sons touched by Canadians' tributes
MONTREAL - Brian Mulroney's three sons say there's no doubt their father would have been thrilled by this week's public tributes to honour his life. For a fourth straight day, Mulroney's sons Ben, Mar...
Mar 22, 2024

Police find Missouri student Riley Strain's body in Tennessee river after nearly 2-week search
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee on Friday announced that Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who went missing in Nashville for nearly two weeks, has been found dead. Metro Nashv...
Mar 22, 2024

Trinidad and Tobago no stranger when it comes to breaking Canadian soccer hearts
The numbers favour the Canadian men in Saturday's high-stakes Copa America qualifier with Trinidad and Tobago in Frisco, Texas. Canada is ranked 50th in the world, compared to No. 96 for Trinidad. And...
Mar 22, 2024

One dead, one injured in strip club brawl north of Montreal
TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say one man is dead and another badly injured after a brawl at a strip club in Terrebonne, Que., just north of Montreal. Police say the fight occurred about...
Mar 22, 2024

Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and en...
Mar 22, 2024