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Former CFL player, executive Lyle Bauer dead at age 65
WINNIPEG - Lyle Bauer, a former CFL player and executive, has died. He was 65. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers, the team Bauer played for and later served as CEO, announced Bauer's death on its Instagram pa...
May 01, 2024
Dental care program starts accepting claims for 1 million seniors
OTTAWA - The first seniors to register with the new federal dental care plan can now start submitting claims. The government says about 1 million seniors are now eligible to receive dental care under ...
May 01, 2024
Conservatives continue to out-fundraise all other federal parties
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives continue to out-fundraise other federal parties, bringing in millions more than all the others combined in the first three months of the year. The Tories raised n...
May 01, 2024
Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools enters into effect
Quebec's new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools a...
May 01, 2024
Ottawa 'urgently' waiting for info from B.C. before deciding on drug criminalization
OTTAWA - Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks says the decision about whether to recriminalize drug use in British Columbia needs to be made urgently, but she's still waiting for more inf...
May 01, 2024
Hughes, Makar, Josi named finalists for NHL's defenceman of the year
NEW YORK - Quinn Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks, Cale Makar of the Colorado Avalanche, and Roman Josi of the Nashville Predators are the three finalists for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the NHL's be...
May 01, 2024
Conservatives call on Commons Speaker to resign, say he let Trudeau cross the line
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs want House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign after ejecting their leader - and not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - during a heated debate Tuesday. The Conservatives sa...
May 01, 2024
Rookie goaltender Joseph Woll stands tall, gives Maple Leafs life against Bruins
BOSTON - Joseph Woll knew he wasn't getting the nod for Game 1 of the playoffs. The Toronto Maple Leafs had clearly been trending towards Ilya Samsonov late in the regular season, including a week of ...
May 01, 2024
Wrexham owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney want to expand stadium capacity to 55,000
Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney have given an insight into their long-term ambitions for Welsh soccer team Wrexham, which they hope could eventually see the capacity of its Racecourse Ground stadium ...
May 01, 2024
Nova Scotia mass shooting: progress report released on response to public inquiry
HALIFAX - An independent committee released today its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. The f...
May 01, 2024