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Canada's Lakatos has won nine Paralympic medals since nearly retiring in 2008
Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos nearly retired after the Beijing Paralympics, but the pull of a medal proved too strong. That was 13 years and three Games ago. Now the 41-year-old from Dorval,...
Aug 29, 2021
Singh: The compassionate brother who draws on suits, social media and spirituality
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was barely out of his teens when he took his little brother in. A biology student at the University of Western Ontario, Singh insisted on looking after Gurratan, then 15, follow...
Aug 29, 2021
Afghan police: Rocket hits near Kabul airport, kills child
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A rocket struck a neighborhood just northwest of Kabul's international airport Sunday as the U.S. evacuation there winds down following the Taliban's lightning takeover of th...
Aug 29, 2021
Singh: The compassionate brother who draws on suits, social media and spirituality
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was barely out of his teens when he took his little brother in. A biology student at the University of Western Ontario, Singh insisted on looking after Gurratan, then 15, follow...
Aug 29, 2021
'Their hearts are not in it.' Liberals in Atlantic Canada accused of being unfocused
HALIFAX - At the start of the election campaign, the polls were suggesting Justin Trudeau's Liberals could hold most of the 32 seats in Atlantic Canada after they won every riding in the region in 201...
Aug 29, 2021
CBYF members unveil new mural at Community Village
A new mural was unveiled by CBYF (Community Building Youth Futures) at the Community Village in Grande Prairie on August 28.Communities Building Youth Futures is an initiative designed to break down t...
Aug 29, 2021
Trudeau campaigns in Ontario, while Singh and O'Toole take on Quebec
OTTAWA - The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after ...
Aug 29, 2021
Trudeau campaigns in Ontario, while Singh and O'Toole take on Quebec
OTTAWA - The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after ...
Aug 29, 2021
Ongoing protest over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island marks one year
PORT RENFREW, B.C. - In the year since the first camp was set up to prevent old-growth logging around the Fairy Creek watershed on southern Vancouver Island, an expert in Canadian environmental moveme...
Aug 29, 2021
Dickerson's 3 hits lead Blue Jays to 3-2 win over Tigers
DETROIT (AP) - Corey Dickerson's third opposite-field single of the game scored Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the 10th inning and gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 3-2 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday ni...
Aug 28, 2021