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Australian-born forward Corey Thomas relishes time with Canadian rugby team
A meeting at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan set Australian-born forward Corey Thomas on the path to representing Canada. Thomas was playing club rugby in Kamaishi where Canada was due to play Namib...
Nov 12, 2021
Trade Minister Ng disappointed, not daunted by US protectionism
OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister says she's disappointed at some of the protectionist measures being pushed by the new Biden administration in Washington, but she's not discouraged from partnering wit...
Nov 12, 2021
Nine years after London Games, Canada's Drouin officially upgraded to silver medal
TORONTO - Nine years after winning high jump bronze at the London Olympics, Canada's Derek Drouin's medal has officially been upgraded to silver. Ivan Ukhov of Russia originally won gold in London bef...
Nov 12, 2021
Disrespectful actions in B.C. on Remembrance Day
CRANBROOK, B.C. - While thousands of people gathered at cenotaphs across B.C. yesterday to honour Canadians who served or sacrificed for our country, there were others engaged in dishonorable and disr...
Nov 12, 2021
After rugby wins over U.S., Canadian women step up in class against No. 1 England
After winning a pair of matches against the sixth-ranked U.S., No. 3 Canada steps up in class Sunday when it meets top-ranked England in a women's rugby test match in London. The Canadians downed the ...
Nov 12, 2021
Ottawa to allow return of Canadian who spent years in Syrian prison camps: Justice
OTTAWA - The lawyer for a Canadian woman who spent two years in Syrian prison camps says he's trying to help get her home from Iraq after Ottawa agreed to give her an emergency travel document. Lawyer...
Nov 12, 2021
Nearly 1 million flu shots administered in Alberta this season
Albertans are busy rolling up their sleeves for a different type of jab.The province says that, as of yesterday, the number of flu shots administered in Alberta was over 916,000.That's more than tripl...
Nov 12, 2021
N.S. court rules law allowing 'dry celling' of prisoners discriminates against women
TRURO, N.S. - A portion of a federal law that kept a New Brunswick woman in a form of solitary confinement for 16 days on suspicion she had concealed drugs inside her vagina has been ruled unconstitut...
Nov 12, 2021
Canada, U.S. say end fossil fuel subsides as COP26 draft called 'weasel words'
OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister says he thinks fossil fuel subsidies should be eliminated as United Nations negotiators wrestle over a final text in the closing hours of the Glasgow climate tal...
Nov 12, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases. The high court ruling came today in the cases...
Nov 12, 2021