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Canada's Rebecca Marino qualifies for main draw at Qatar Open
DOHA, Qatar - Vancouver's Rebecca Marino qualified for the main draw of the Qatar Open tennis tournament with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Marie Bouzkova of Czechia on Monday. Marino, ranked 75th in the world,...
Feb 13, 2023
Emphasis on medals needs to change, says Canadian sport minister
OTTAWA - Canadian sports minister Pascale St-Onge says excellence needs to be redefined in the national sport policy. The emphasis on medals and podiums needs to change, the minister told a standing c...
Feb 13, 2023
Yukon celebrates 50th anniversary of watershed self-governance meeting
WHITEHORSE - For Peter Johnston, Grand Chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations, the history of the territory's modern self-government agreements runs in his blood. On Feb. 14, 1973, his father - S...
Feb 13, 2023
U-Haul hits, injures several pedestrians on NYC sidewalk
NEW YORK (AP) - A man drove a U-Haul truck onto a sidewalk, striking and injuring several pedestrians in New York City on Monday before police captured him following a chase. The truck sped through th...
Feb 13, 2023
Weekend 'anomaly' over Montana first detected in Canadian airspace: Norad commander
WASHINGTON - An "anomaly" that military officials were tracking through the weekend before fighter jets downed an unknown object over the Great Lakes was first detected in Canadian airspace. Norad com...
Feb 13, 2023
Billy Two Rivers, retired Mohawk wrestler and politician, dies at 87
MONTREAL - Billy Two Rivers, a retired Mohawk wrestler, politician and activist, has died at 87. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake announced his death in a statement published today. Two Rivers rose to ...
Feb 13, 2023
Halifax man to fly to Turkey after earthquake to join brothers searching for sister
HALIFAX - The oldest brother of a Canadian woman missing since an earthquake struck Turkey is trying to rent equipment and join his two siblings in a desperate search for their sister. The Feb. 6 eart...
Feb 13, 2023
Russian ambassador claims Canada a 'very dangerous country' to visit
OTTAWA - Russia's ambassador in Ottawa says Canada is a "very dangerous country" for Russians to visit. Oleg Stepanov says Canada keeps sanctioning people and claimed that Russians are regularly exper...
Feb 13, 2023
Billy Two Rivers, retired Mohawk wrestler and politician, dies at 87
MONTREAL - Billy Two Rivers, a retired Mohawk wrestler, politician and activist, has died at 87. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake announced his death in a statement published today. Two Rivers rose to ...
Feb 13, 2023
Former Quebec immigration minister Nadine Girault dies at age 63
QUEBEC - Former Quebec cabinet minister Nadine Girault has died at the age of 63. Premier Franois Legault confirmed her death on social media, paying tribute to a "passionate, determined and endearing...
Feb 13, 2023