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Elections Canada scraps social media 'influencers' to encourage youth vote
OTTAWA - Elections Canada has scrapped plans to use social-media "influencers" to persuade young Canadians to register to vote in this fall's federal election. Chief electoral officer Stephane Perraul...
Jun 22, 2019
Tampa Bay Rays exploring splitting home games with Montreal
Starved for fans despite success on the field, the Tampa Bay Rays have been given the go-ahead by Major League Baseball to look into playing a split season in Montreal. However, the mayor of St. Peter...
Jun 22, 2019
Teens have privacy rights, doctor tells inquest into 16-year-old's opioid death
VICTORIA - Two family doctors and an orthopedic surgeon told a British Columbia coroner's inquest Thursday about the dilemmas they faced treating a 16-year-old patient who denied he was...
Jun 22, 2019
Alberta asks Court of Appeal to look at constitutionality of federal carbon tax
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says the province is asking for a legal opinion on the constitutionality of the federal government imposing its carbon tax. At a news conferen...
Jun 22, 2019
Indigenous drummers lead pipeline protesters on 22-kilometre march in Victoria
VICTORIA - Indigenous drummers in British Columbia are leading an anti-pipeline protest along a 22-kilometre route today that passes through Victoria and ends at a beach south of the city. Hundreds of...
Jun 22, 2019
Christine Sinclair scores goal No. 182 but Canada loses 2-1 to Dutch at World Cup
REIMS, France - Canada got a wake-up call at the Women's World Cup on Thursday, paying for a slow start and some defensive lapses with a 2-1 loss to the European champion Netherlands in thei...
Jun 22, 2019
Auger-Aliassime falls to Lopez in semifinals of Queen's Club tournament
LONDON - Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime fell just short of reaching his fourth ATP final of the season, losing in three sets to veteran Feliciano Lopez on Saturday in the semifinals of the Queen'...
Jun 22, 2019
Maple Leafs trade veteran Patrick Marleau to Hurricanes for 2020 pick
VANCOUVER - The Toronto Maple Leafs took a big step towards getting some salary cap relief about an hour before the NHL draft resumed Saturday. The club shipped veteran forward Patrick Marle...
Jun 22, 2019
Predators send defenceman P.K. Subban to Devils for Santini, picks
VANCOUVER - P.K. Subban is leaving Music City. The Nashville Predators traded the 30-year-old defenceman to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday ahead of the second round of the NHL d...
Jun 22, 2019
Inhumane practice of carving fins off live sharks to become illegal in Canada
OTTAWA - Carving fins off live sharks and tossing them in the ocean to drown will be illegal in Canada as early as Friday. Importing shark fins that are no longer attached to sharks will als...
Jun 22, 2019