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Canadian warship hit with COVID-19 outbreak ahead of overseas deployment
OTTAWA - A Canadian warship has been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 while preparing for an overseas deployment in the Pacific. HMCS Winnipeg is back home in Esquimalt, B.C., after seven sailors test...
May 13, 2022
Second Fort Macleod councillor steps down in less than a month
FORT MACLEOD, AB -- Fort Macleod had its second town councillor announce their resignation in less than a month. Councillor Kristi Edwards put in her letter of resignation on Friday, May 6, 2022, to i...
May 13, 2022
Inukjuak men's association teaching the next generation of Inuit hunters
INUKJUAK, Que. - Elder Simeonie Ohaituk sits on a caribou skin on the floor of the Unaaq Men's Association in Inukjuak, Que., pulling and cutting a stretchy, cylindrical piece of sealskin. He makes sm...
May 13, 2022
There it is Vancouver: Boudreau will be back to coach Canucks
VANCOUVER - Bruce Boudreau will return as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks after helping to turn the struggling NHL club around as a midseason replacement. The Canucks confirmed in a release Friday...
May 13, 2022
Quebec premier won't participate in English-language debate ahead of provincial vote
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is refusing to participate in an English-language leaders debate ahead of the province's October election. Legault spokesman Ewan Sauves says the premier will...
May 13, 2022
Leafs embrace Game 7 test against Tampa Bay: 'We're good enough to beat anybody'
TORONTO - Auston Matthews let his actions on the ice do the talking all season. Toronto's star sniper also didn't mince words with the Maple Leafs preparing to face yet another Game 7 showdown with th...
May 13, 2022
Impressive runs for Andreescu, Shapovalov end in Rome quarterfinals
ROME (AP) - If there were any lingering questions about who is the new dominant force in women's tennis, Iga Swiatek put that to rest with a 7-6 (2), 6-0 victory over 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca An...
May 13, 2022
Olympic champion De Grasse fourth in 200 metres at Diamond League's Doha stop
DOHA, Qatar - Olympic champion Andre De Grasse finished fourth in the men's 200-metre race Friday at the Diamond League stop in Doha. De Grasse, from Markham, Ont., completed the race in 20.15 seconds...
May 13, 2022
Mixed Texas ruling allows trans youth parent investigations
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first c...
May 13, 2022
Battle for the base: What Conservatives think of Lewis – in a race against Poilievre
EDMONTON - It was a common refrain heard from Conservative party members gathered in Edmonton to watch the leadership debate: I like Leslyn Lewis, but I'm picking Pierre Poilievre. "I wouldn't be hear...
May 13, 2022