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Waiting game continues for several Canadian players at rainy Wimbledon
LONDON - Several Canadian tennis players will have to wait at least another day before playing their first-round matches at Wimbledon. Wet weather has hampered early play at the Grand Slam competition...
Jul 04, 2023
Akwesasne police say body found near island in St-Lawrence River
MONTREAL - Police in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory say a body has been found near a small island in the St. Lawrence River. The body was located about 10 kilometres northeast from Snye, Akwesasne, where ...
Jul 04, 2023
John Gruden named head coach of American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies
TORONTO - John Gruden is the new head coach of the Toronto Marlies. He succeeds Greg Moore in the position. Moore and assistants A.J. MacLean and John Snowden were let go in May after the Marlies were...
Jul 04, 2023
Search stretches into third day for two people missing after Quebec landslide
SAGUENAY, Que. - The search for two people swept away by a landslide in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region is stretching into a third day. Rescue teams resumed looking today for a man and woman in t...
Jul 04, 2023
New additions and amenities coming to the Veterans Memorial Garden & Interpretive Centre
Since the Canadian Motorcycle Tourism Association received $72,222 in federal grant funding from Prairiescan and the Veteran's Memorial Garden and Interpretive Centre becoming a recognized Alberta Mus...
Jul 04, 2023
One-year jail sentence in child pornography case
Alberta Justice says a man who pleaded guilty to one charge in a child pornography case has been given a one-year jail sentence.Curt Backlund was given the sentence on June 29 in Grande Prairie court....
Jul 04, 2023
Happy with a safe pair of hands as the war drags on, NATO again extends Stoltenberg's mandate
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will stay in office for another year, the 31-nation military alliance decided on Tuesday. Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, has be...
Jul 04, 2023
In the news today: B.C. port strike enters its fourth day
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... B.C. port strike still unresolved The strike at more than 30 British Columbia p...
Jul 04, 2023
Lac-Mégantic mayor, residents fear 'monster trains' will bring another rail disaster
LAC-MGANTIC, Que. - Ten years after a runaway train derailed and killed 47 people in Lac-Mgantic, Que., residents are still waiting for a promised railway bypass, and they fear the increasing number o...
Jul 04, 2023
Corrections head questioned how Mendicino was kept in dark over Bernardo transfer
OTTAWA - Days after Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino shared his outrage on social media over the transfer of notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security prison, the head of Canada...
Jul 04, 2023