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"OK, let's make history": hybrid House of Commons convenes to debate COVID-19
OTTAWA - "OK, let's make history": with those words from the Speaker of the House of Commons, a hybrid meeting of members of Parliament is now underway. It's the first time in Canadian history that MP...
May 27, 2020
CEO pay has topped $12.3M. Can it keep rising post-pandemic?
The typical pay package for CEOs at the biggest U.S. companies topped $12.3 million last year, and the gap between the boss and their workforces widened further, according to AP's annual survey of exe...
May 27, 2020
Auger-Aliassime announces return to action in Ultimate Tennis Showdown
Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is set to return to action next month. Auger-Aliassime announced Wednesday that he will take part in the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, which is scheduled to star...
May 27, 2020
Canadian Taxpayers Federation: Wrong for UCP to apply for federal wage subsidy
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says its "wrong" for Alberta's UCP to apply for the federal wage subsidy and that it's the only governing provincial party to do so. "The United Conservative Party ra...
May 27, 2020
Canadian international Alphonso Davies running straight at stardom
Whitecaps icon Bob Lenarduzzi remembers watching Alphonso Davies knock the ball ahead on a run and thinking the youngster's touch was too heavy. Only to see the opposition defender, clearly ...
May 27, 2020
'In-person' G7 more effective, but deal with safety concerns first, Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says an in-person gathering of G7 leaders would be more effective than the virtual alternative, but he wants to make sure the United States has a plan to dea...
May 27, 2020
Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1
More than half of Canada's national parks - including Banff in Alberta, Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia - are to reopen June 1.According to the national parks ...
May 27, 2020
PM: Canada still in the emergency phase of the pandemic
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canadians today that the country is still in the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic."As we are seeing careful reopenings we need to make sure we're continuing ...
May 27, 2020
Nash, O'Ree, Kane among inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
CALGARY - Basketball player Steve Nash and hockey players Willie O'Ree and Sheldon Kennedy are among this year's inductees into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Golfer Lorie Kane, track and field athlete...
May 27, 2020
Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto vying to be NHL hubs, but there's a catch
Tim Shipton lets out a deep breath. A laugh quickly follows. The Edmonton Oilers senior vice-president of communications and government relations is pondering a question about how long ...
May 27, 2020