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Fight brewing at CRTC over first Online News Act payment by Google
OTTAWA - A new fight is playing out at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission over the first $100-million annual payment Google agreed to pay Canadian news outlets. The group ...
Aug 08, 2024

Minister for women won't comment on committee drama as Liberal MP defends actions
OTTAWA - The federal minister for women won't comment after a House of Commons committee that was supposed to discuss violence against women last week instead dissolved into political chaos. Witnesses...
Aug 08, 2024

Vancouver Whitecaps acquire Colombian youth international wingback Edier Ocampo
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Colombian youth international wingback Edier Ocampo in a transfer from Colombia's Atletico Nacional. The acquisition of Ocampo, who has made 25 appear...
Aug 08, 2024

Toronto Argonauts looking to even home-and-home series with Calgary Stampeders
TORONTO - There's no place like home for Ryan Dinwiddie and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (4-4) faces Calgary (4-4) at BMO Field on Friday night. The Stampeders outscored the Argos 21-0 in the fourth...
Aug 08, 2024

Court hears arguments in civil suit filed by Frank Stronach's granddaughter
An Ontario Superior Court is hearing arguments in a lawsuit filed by the granddaughter of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, who is seeking an order compelling the family business to disclose any...
Aug 08, 2024

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of trucker convicted in Edmonton hotel killing
EDMONTON - Canada's highest court won't hear a conviction appeal from a former Ontario truck driver in the death of a woman at an Edmonton hotel. Bradley Barton was sentenced to 12 1/2 years for mansl...
Aug 08, 2024

B.C. landslide and flood damages cultural sites, says Williams Lake First Nation
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Williams Lake First Nation says two and possibly three Indigenous cultural heritage sites sustained extensive damage when a torrent of water breached a landslide that had blo...
Aug 08, 2024

Ottawa calls $8-million price tag for animal captivity bill speculative, premature
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says a proposed law to prohibit keeping elephants and great apes in captivity could cost up to $8 million to administer over the first five years. The federal...
Aug 08, 2024

Canada's Skylar Park wins bronze medal in taekwondo at Paris Olympics
PARIS - Canada's Skylar Park has won a bronze medal in taekwondo at the Olympic Games in Paris. The 25-year-old from Winnipeg defeated Lebanon's Laetitia Aoun 2-0 in the women's 57-kilogram division. ...
Aug 08, 2024

ABC says Trump and Harris have agreed to participate in a presidential debate on Sept. 10
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - ABC says both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees. The announceme...
Aug 08, 2024