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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. military was unraveled by ...
Jun 30, 2021

McDavid says Hart Trophy award particularly special with unanimous vote, Gretzky link
EDMONTON - Connor McDavid says his second NHL MVP award is special, but means a little bit more when it links him to the NHL's all-time scoring leader. "Anytime you're in the same breath as Wayne Gret...
Jun 30, 2021

TFC striker Akinola switches allegiance from U.S. to Canada ahead of Gold Cup
American-born Toronto FC forward Ayo Akinola has chosen to represent Canada internationally and will be available to the national men's team for the upcoming CONCACAF Gold Cup. Canada Soccer announced...
Jun 30, 2021

Nova Scotia RCMP report suspicious fire at Catholic church in First Nations community
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - Police are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged the Catholic church in a First Nations community north of Halifax, the latest in a recent string of church fires on Indigen...
Jun 30, 2021

Ontarians line up for haircuts as province rolls back public health restrictions
TORONTO - Ontarians lined up for their first haircuts in months on Wednesday as the province rolled back public health restrictions on salons and other businesses in light of a decline in COVID-19 cas...
Jun 30, 2021

'Never meant to hurt this lady': Man apologizes for woman's death in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - An Ontario truck driver held his face and cried as he apologized to his family and the family of a woman he killed in an Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton told his sentencing hearing Wedn...
Jun 30, 2021

Yukon asks for federal help as territory battles widespread transmission of COVID-19
WHITEHORSE - Yukon's chief public health officer says hospitals in the territory are reaching their limits during widespread community transmission of COVID-19. Dr. Brendan Hanley says Yukon has the h...
Jun 30, 2021

Western heat shifts in some areas of B.C., territories, but still blazing elsewhere
Record heat is easing for parts of British Columbia, Yukon and Northwest Territories, but Environment Canada warns relief is still days away for eastern B.C. and the Prairies. The weather office has l...
Jun 30, 2021

Attorney general says HSBC evidence isn't relevant to Meng's extradition case
VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Canada's attorney general are urging a B.C. Supreme Court judge to dismiss Meng Wanzhou's application to submit new evidence in her extradition case. Robert Frater says the Hua...
Jun 30, 2021

Politicians, Indigenous leaders say burning churches not the way to get justice
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some Indigenous leaders say arson and vandalism targeting churches is not the way to get justice following the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential scho...
Jun 30, 2021