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Singh rejects more extreme NDP policy resolutions, like scrapping military
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is standing by several controversial proposals from rank-and-file party members while rejecting more extreme ones - including a call to abolish the military - ahead o...
Apr 07, 2021
Sudbury winger Cloe Lacasse 'honoured and excited' to get Canada call-up
The road back to Canada led through Iceland and Portugal for Cloe Lacasse. Lacasse, a former collegiate soccer star at the University of Iowa, had just turned 19 when she attended a Canadian under-20 ...
Apr 07, 2021
SIE's Russell says "MLB The Show 21" breaks down entry barriers with new modes
TORONTO - The 2020 Major League Baseball season is underway, ending months of anticipation for both sports enthusiasts and statheads. Baseball is arguably the most stat-driven among North America's ma...
Apr 07, 2021
Felicien's memoir is about the lessons of resilience learned from her mom Cathy
TORONTO - The story of Perdita Felicien's devastating crash at the 2004 Athens Olympics is well-known, and was also one of the most difficult chapters of her book to write. But the foot injury that ke...
Apr 07, 2021
Climate change group pushes NDP, Green leaders to form election climate alliance
OTTAWA - An advocacy group alarmed by the pace of global warming is urging federal NDP and Green Party of Canada leaders to partner in the next general election in hopes of sending more climate-minded...
Apr 07, 2021
Parliamentary budget officer says basic income program could halve poverty rate
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says a basic income program similar to one previously studied in Ontario could cut poverty rates nationally by almost half in 2022. The reductions are not eve...
Apr 07, 2021
Expert: Chauvin never took knee off Floyd's neck
MINNEAPOLIS - Officer Derek Chauvin had his knee on George Floyd's neck - and was bearing down with most of his weight - the entire time the Black man was handcuffed behind his back and lying face-dow...
Apr 07, 2021
AHS shuts down GraceLife Church
Alberta Health Services has physically closed GraceLife Church (GLC) in Spruce Grove and is preventing access to the building after the church repeatedly refused to comply with public health orders.AH...
Apr 07, 2021
Vaccine panel confirms choice to delay doses up to 4 months in Canada
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says it is standing by its emergency recommendation to extend the delivery of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines up to four months. NACI's exper...
Apr 07, 2021
Toronto South: Tampa area is home to Blue Jays and Raptors with TFC nearby too
The We The North rallying cry had its horizons expanded when the Toronto Raptors temporarily relocated to Tampa, Fla. Now the NBA team is getting some Canadian company in the Sunshine State. The Toron...
Apr 07, 2021