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Canadians spending less time with friends, especially those of working age: StatCan
A Statistics Canada report says Canadians are spending less time with friends than ever, with the decline sharpest among the working-age demographic. The new data show that in 2022, only 19.3 per cent...
Jun 17, 2025

Captain Sophie de Goede rejoins Canada rugby team after yearlong injury layoff
Captain Sophie de Goede, who tore her anterior cruciate ligament a year ago, will rejoin the Canada women's rugby team ahead of the team's upcoming tour to South Africa. Despite the injury, the 25-yea...
Jun 17, 2025

CP NewsAlert: MP resigns seat so Poilievre can run in Alberta byelection
OTTAWA - Alberta Conservative Damien Kurek says he has officially resigned as an MP after promising earlier in the spring to vacate his seat in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding to allow Conservative L...
Jun 17, 2025

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov win first-round matches in Halle
Canadians Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov had winning starts Tuesday at the Terra Wortmann Open grass-court tennis tournament. Montreal's Auger-Aliassime fired 17 aces in a 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-1...
Jun 17, 2025

Military vice-chief says there are no plans to arm Coast Guard vessels
OTTAWA - The vice chief of the defence staff says the federal government does not intend to arm the Canadian Coast Guard. Lt-Gen. Stephen Kelsey says the Coast Guard will remain a separate entity as i...
Jun 17, 2025

Military police watchdog says military police still resisting civilian oversight
OTTAWA - The Military Police Complaints Commission says resistance to civilian oversight in the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's office "worsened" last year. The military police watchdog released a r...
Jun 17, 2025

City warns of Lethbridge Transit 'special smartcard' scam
The City of Lethbridge is urging residents not to fall for a recurring scam on social media.They say the Facebook page "Public Transport in Lethbridge" is offering a fraudulent travel pass that should...
Jun 17, 2025

Canadian men open 2026 Olympic hockey tournament against Czechs, women versus Finland
ZURICH - The Canadian men's hockey team will open the Olympic Games against Czechia and the women against Finland. The International Ice Hockey Federation released the hockey schedules for the Winter ...
Jun 17, 2025

Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to "accompany" a person out of a courtroom. ...
Jun 17, 2025

Trump says US knows where Iran's Khamenei is hiding, urges Iran's unconditional surrender
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. knows where Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding during the Israel-Iran conflict but doesn't want him killed "for now."...
Jun 17, 2025