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'Coming out' story Mambo Italiano to be staged in Medicine Hat
A new play is coming to Medicine Hat that will take you back 25 years into French Canada.Mambo Italiano tells the coming out story of two male roommates who fall in love with each other but face rejec...
18m ago
Disability expert resigns from federal advisory group over benefit program
OTTAWA - One of Canada's leading disability scholars is quitting a federal advisory board, saying the government failed to properly fund the disability benefit. Michael Prince, a professor of social p...
26m ago
Leafs, Jets, Oilers and Canucks carry Canada's Cup hopes with drought at 30 years
Josh Morrissey remembers the city coming to life before his eyes. A nine-year-old Flames fan in the spring of 2004, he was captivated by every Jarome Iginla chance and Miikka Kiprusoff save during Cal...
51m ago
Whitecaps look to bounce back against Sounders in Cascadia clash
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps aren't dwelling on their fall from the top spot in Major League Soccer's Western Conference. After all, there's a lot of soccer still to be played. The Whitecaps (4...
51m ago
Aparicio and revamped Atletico Ottawa looking to top Canadian Premier League table
On his third stop in the Canadian Premier League, Manny Aparicio is closer to home and, hopefully, another title. The 28-year-old midfielder, born in Buenos Aires and raised in Toronto, joined Atletic...
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Liberal and NDP MPs lament departure of longtime Tory MP as status of women chair
OTTAWA - Liberal and NDP MPs are lamenting the loss of the longtime Conservative chair of the parliamentary committee on the status of women. Government members say they were disappointed to learn thi...
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Quebec Liberals will choose new leader during convention in June 2025
QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says its leadership race will begin next January and the winner will be chosen in June 2025. Former leader Dominique Anglade stepped down weeks after the 2022 provinc...
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MPs chide 'incompetent' health agency over fired National Microbiology Lab scientists
OTTAWA - Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab are defending security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations of incompetence from opposition MPs. The head of ...
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'City within a city': Montreal announces new plan for 20,000 housing units
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal has announced a new vision for an old racetrack that the mayor says will be home to as many as 40,000 people. The federal and provincial governments, as well as the cit...
2h ago
Alberta spring signals another Oilers-Kings NHL playoff showdown
EDMONTON - There are a few sure signs of spring in Alberta. The snow turns to slush, the Canada geese return to the ponds, lakes and streams, and the Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings face each ot...
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