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Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil announces retirement from swimming
Olympic champion Maggie Mac Neil has retired from swimming. The gold medallist in the women's 100-metre butterfly at Tokyo's Summer Games in 2021 made the announcement in a social media post. The 24-y...
Sep 26, 2024
MPs debate another Tory non-confidence motion after Liberals survive first vote
OTTAWA - Less than 24 hours after the Conservatives lost their first attempt to topple the government the Tories are trying again. A new motion being debated this morning states that the House of Comm...
Sep 26, 2024
Oklahoma executes a man for a 1992 killing despite board recommending his life be spared
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in the 1992 shooting death of a convenience store owner after the governor rejected a recommendation from the state's parole board...
Sep 26, 2024
Trudeau, French president Macron meet in Ottawa as trade deal challenges continue
OTTAWA - French President Emmanuel Macron is in Canada for a brief visit to Ottawa and Montreal. Macron arrived last night from New York and had an informal dinner at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's h...
Sep 26, 2024
Disability rights groups launching Charter challenge against MAID law
TORONTO - A coalition of disability rights groups says it is launching a Charter challenge against a part of Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The group, which also includes two individual ...
Sep 26, 2024
Calgary officers punched, tasered Blood Tribe man at hotel before he died: police watchdog
CALGARY, AB - Calgary police fired stun guns at a man and punched him in the head before he was put in restraints and died, investigators with Alberta's police watchdog said Wednesday.The Alberta Seri...
Sep 26, 2024
Canada and allies call for immediate 21-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel
Canada has issued a joint statement with its allies calling for "an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Lebanon-Israel border," citing an "unacceptable risk of a broader regional escalation." The st...
Sep 26, 2024
Sharks' Celebrini and Smith and Canadiens' Slafkovsky headline the NHL's next generation of stars
Juraj Slafkovsky was an NHL draft pick, just like Alex Ovechkin, Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Connor Bedard. The spotlight, however, has not been quite as brigh...
Sep 26, 2024
Advocates say fate of B.C. public health hangs on election
A health-care advocacy group wants to know where British Columbia politicians stand on six key issues ahead of an election it says will decide the future of public health in the province. The BC Healt...
Sep 26, 2024
Chief cyberspy among federal officials appearing at meddling inquiry today
OTTAWA - Caroline Xavier, the chief of Canada's cyberspy agency, is slated to appear at a federal inquiry into foreign interference today. Xavier was appointed in 2022 to lead the Communications Secur...
Sep 26, 2024