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Provincial grants aim to empower and support community diversity initiatives
Alberta's government has launched two new grant programs to support community-driven diversity, inclusivity and anti-racism initiatives.In December 2023, the government says it separated the Multicult...
Jan 18, 2024
Raptors president Masai Ujiri says Christian Koloko's health status is 'in hands of NBA'
TORONTO (AP) - Raptors president Masai Ujiri said Thursday that the health status of former Toronto center Christian Koloko "is in the hands of the NBA." Later Thursday, Shams Charania of the Athletic...
Jan 18, 2024
UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland puts on a show at UFC 297 news conference
TORONTO - As befitting its main attraction, Thursday's UFC 297 news conference was loud and raucous. Middleweight champion Sean (Tarzan) Strickland, perhaps the loosest of loose cannons in the UFC's a...
Jan 18, 2024
Furue leads Tournament of Champions with 65, defending champion Henderson four shots back
ORLANDO, Fla. - Ayaka Furue of Japan did not see any signs of a fast start coming until she opened her 2024 LPGA Tour season on Thursday with a red-hot performance. Furue made seven birdies in a round...
Jan 18, 2024
Post-game handshakes are back in Newfoundland and Labrador amateur hockey
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Hockey players in Newfoundland and Labrador will once again be lining up to shake hands after their games. Hockey NL, the governing body for amateur hockey in the province, has reve...
Jan 18, 2024
Alberta's Skrlik back as defending champ as provincial curling playdowns continue
Kayla Skrlik delivered a breakout performance as an underdog at her provincial curling championship last season. The defending champ is hoping for a repeat showing at this year's playdowns now that sh...
Jan 18, 2024
Hunter Biden agrees to deposition with House Republican after months of defiance, committee says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunter Biden has agreed to appear before House Republicans for a private deposition next month, ending months of defiance from the president's son, who had insisted on testifying pub...
Jan 18, 2024
Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded through early March
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March. The House approv...
Jan 18, 2024
Federal Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre calls Montreal, Quebec City mayors 'incompetent'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the mayors of Quebec's two largest cities are "incompetent" and block local construction projects. Poilievre said today on X, formerly Twitter, that ...
Jan 18, 2024
Four children with strep A have died in B.C. in the past month, disease centre says
VANCOUVER - Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died since mid-December, in what the BC Centre for Disease Control says is part of a surge in such infections. A bul...
Jan 18, 2024