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All in the family: Team Fernandez no longer just a party of two
PARIS - Can Canadian Leylah Fernandez win Roland Garros? "I hope so! But that victory is far away. I just want to appreciate this win, and concentrate on my next match," the 19-year-old from Montreal ...
May 30, 2022
Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking
WHITEHORSE - Those who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, becoming one of the first facilities in Canada to allow inhalation indoor...
May 30, 2022
Ottawa's main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park
OTTAWA - Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill. Daytime and evening shows are sche...
May 30, 2022
Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death
MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...
May 30, 2022
Bank of Canada expected to jack up interest rates as inflation persists
Experts predict the Bank of Canada will likely announce another major interest rate boost Wednesday as it tries to rein in runaway inflation.After keeping its key interest rate near zero since March 2...
May 30, 2022
Mary Ng under ethics probe over contract to firm co-founded by Liberal strategist
OTTAWA - The federal ethics commissioner has opened an investigation into the conduct of International Trade Minister Mary Ng over a contract given to a company co-founded by a Liberal strategist. Con...
May 30, 2022
Moose chases grizzly away from calves in Montana park
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MT - Visitors to a popular lodge in Many Glacier got quite the show this weekend.People pulled out phones to record a moose chasing off a grizzly bear after it had attacked one ...
May 30, 2022
Hockey Canada names team for delayed women's world under-18 hockey championship
CALGARY - Canada's under-18 women's hockey team for the world championship was announced for the second time in less than five months Monday. The three goaltenders, seven defenders and 13 forwards cho...
May 30, 2022
'People need hope': Ukrainian missionaries seeking support in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Two missionaries from Ukraine are asking members of our community "Share Their Care" for the devastated country during a five-day visit to Medicine Hat.Abraham and Diane Bible will ...
May 30, 2022
Work on twinning Highway 3 continues
At first glance, the province's latest capital plan for roads and bridges in Alberta, appears to contain discouraging news about progress on the twinning of Highway 3.While the document shows the proj...
May 30, 2022