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Poilievre names 48 Conservative MPs as critics, announces House leadership team
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has unveiled his party's leadership team and critic roles ahead of next week's return to the House of Commons. He's named 48 Conservative members of Parli...
May 21, 2025
Carney needs to make a quick decision on Trump's missile defence project: expert
OTTAWA - A defence expert says that if Canada wants to fully join U.S. President Donald Trump's "golden dome" missile defence project, it should make a decision soon. David Perry, president of the Can...
May 21, 2025
Docuseries on Edmonton Oilers dynasty gets assist from Ryan Reynolds' production house
TORONTO - The Edmonton Oilers' NHL reign in the 1980s will be the subject of a new docuseries involving Ryan Reynolds' production house Maximum Effort. Producers say "The Great Ones" will offer "an un...
May 21, 2025
Carney needs to make a quick decision on Trump's missile defence project: expert
OTTAWA - A defence expert says that if Canada wants to fully join U.S. President Donald Trump's "golden dome" missile defence project, it should make a decision soon. David Perry, president of the Can...
May 21, 2025
Noonan to step down as Canadian Premier League commissioner, will serve as consultant
TORONTO - Mark Noonan is stepping down as commissioner of the Canadian Premier League effective June 30. No reason was given for his departure. But the league said Noonan, an American who doubled as C...
May 21, 2025
Ceci on the other side of Oilers-Stars battle as NHL's west final gets underway
DALLAS - Cody Ceci's on the other side now. The Dallas Stars defenceman and the Edmonton Oilers are frenemies in the NHL's Western Conference final. Ceci was a key cog on the back end and prime penalt...
May 21, 2025
Battle-tested Minnesota Frost confident despite dropping Game 1 to Ottawa Charge
OTTAWA - The Minnesota Frost have been here before, and with that comes a sense of familiarity. After dropping Tuesday's Game 1 of the PWHL's Walter Cup championship series 2-1 in overtime to the Otta...
May 21, 2025
Quebec police open criminal investigation into fatal construction site collapse
BLAINVILLE - Police north of Montreal say they have opened a criminal negligence investigation into Tuesday's fatal collapse of retaining walls at a construction site. One worker died and two were inj...
May 21, 2025
Federal judge blocks Trump's firing of two Democratic members of privacy oversight board
A federal judge has blocked President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The ruling Wednesday from U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton...
May 21, 2025
A Texas bill to clarify exceptions to the state's abortion ban clears a key hurdle after rocky path
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday to clarify medical exceptions under one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the U.S., putting the GOP-backed proposal on the brink o...
May 21, 2025