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Photo Gallery: Lachine Canal marks its 200th anniversary
Over two centuries, the Lachine Canal has been transformed from an industrial thoroughfare to a neglected backwater to a prime example of urban gentrification. The 14-kilometre Lachine Canal opened in...
Jul 21, 2025

Odyssey House announces collective impact initiative
Local non-profit Odyssey House has began a new collective impact initiative to advance sustainable healing and systemic change.Hope Grande Prairie will use the new collaborative data platform HopeHub ...
Jul 21, 2025

Nova Scotia premier misses Halifax Pride parade for second consecutive year
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier was absent from this weekend's Halifax Pride parade, marking the second year in a row he has missed the largest LGBTQ+ celebration in Atlantic Canada. Fiona Kerr, execu...
Jul 21, 2025

Jon Cooper's championship-winning staff from 4 Nations returns for 2026 Olympics
CALGARY - After leading Canada to victory at this year's 4 Nations Face-Off, head coach Jon Cooper is getting his same support staff for the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Hockey Canada announced Monday that...
Jul 21, 2025

Father arrested in New York in death of 9-year-old daughter he had reported missing
LATHAM, N.Y. (AP) - A Canadian man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead after he reported that she had been abducted while they were vacationing in upstate New York was charged Monday with murder....
Jul 21, 2025

Arkansas man pleads guilty in 2024 mass shooting at grocery store that killed 4
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas man changed his plea to guilty Monday in the shooting at a grocery store last year that killed four people and injured 11 others, including two police officers. Tr...
Jul 21, 2025

Advocates work to put health care on the radar as premiers meet in Ontario
OTTAWA - Health-care advocacy groups and associations representing doctors and nurses are in Ontario's cottage country this week, trying to ensure health care remains a top priority for premiers. The ...
Jul 21, 2025

Canada joins 24 nations calling on Israel to end war in Gaza, aid restrictions
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and 24 of her counterparts abroad have signed a joint statement saying "the war in Gaza must end now." The signatories - who include the foreign ministers...
Jul 21, 2025

Canada's Vasek Pospisil to retire at National Bank Open in Toronto
TORONTO - Vasek Pospisil is planning to retire after the upcoming National Bank Open. The 35-year-old from Vernon, B.C., received a main-draw wild card on Monday for the event in Toronto for his final...
Jul 21, 2025

UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’
LONDON (AP) - Twenty-five countries including Britain, France and a host of European nations say the war in Gaza "must end now" and Israel must comply with international law. The foreign ministers of ...
Jul 21, 2025