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Canada to play in all three finals at Curling World Cup Grand Final
BEIJING - Canadian teams will play for all three championships at the Curling World Cup Grand Final. Kevin Koe, in the men's competition, Jennifer Jones, in the women's, and Laura Walker and Kirk...
May 11, 2019
Leafs say injured Tavares to return to off-season training program in one month
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs say centre John Tavares is expected to return to his full off-season training program in a month after suffering an oblique injury. The team announced the news Saturd...
May 11, 2019
Kashechewan First Nation gets agreement from feds, Ontario to move
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation signed an agreement on Thursday with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move a reserve threatened every year by ...
May 11, 2019
Controversial environment-review bill faces major changes in Senate as clock ticks
OTTAWA - A controversial Liberal bill overhauling the environmental-review process for new energy and transportation projects is undergoing major reconstruction at a Senate committee. More than 1...
May 11, 2019
A glossy ibis drifts off course to a Nova Scotia marsh and draws a crowd
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Nature photographers are gathering in a marsh in the centre of Nova Scotia this weekend to capture images of the latest species of bird to fly off course and find its...
May 11, 2019
US seizes North Korean ship amid tense moment in relations
WASHINGTON - The U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment...
May 11, 2019
Alberta’s top court reserves decision on appeal of triple murderer
CALGARY -- A lawyer for a man found guilty of killing a couple and their grandson has argued that a judge should never have allowed evidence taken from her client's farm because police shouldn't have ...
May 11, 2019 Bill Graveland - The Canadian Press
Ex-Tory MP Del Mastro accuses Elections Canada of 'personal vendetta'
OTTAWA - A former Conservative MP who spent time behind bars for electoral offences is accusing Canada's elections commissioner of having a personal vendetta against him - and he wants ...
May 11, 2019
U.S., European diplomats support Canada in Chinese court in death-penalty appeal
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats were joined in a Chinese courtroom Thursday by American, British, French and German colleagues to watch the appeal of a Canadian who has been sentenced ...
May 11, 2019
Qinetiq receives $51 million contract from armed forces; work to be completed in Medicine Hat
Photo by Bob SchneiderMEDICINE HAT, AB - A company that helps design target systems for military customers around the world has been awarded a significant contract from the Canadian Armed Forces, and ...
May 11, 2019 Photo by Bob Schneider