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Whitecaps sign Paraguayan midfielder Andrés Cubas as designated player
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Paraguayan international midfielder Andrs Cubas via transfer from French club Nmes Olympique. The Whitecaps said in a release Thursday that Cubas has ...
Apr 28, 2022
Moderna's promised vaccine production facility to be built in Montreal area
OTTAWA - American vaccine maker Moderna will announce Friday it intends to build its promised Canadian production facility in the Montreal area. A source with knowledge of the announcement confirms th...
Apr 28, 2022
Ottawa will not tolerate another occupation, police chief warns biker convoy
Ottawa's interim police chief is warning a planned biker convoy that the city will not tolerate any sort of longer-term occupation of the capital. Interim police chief Steve Bell delivered the warning...
Apr 28, 2022
Live updates | Briton killed in Ukraine, another missing
LONDON - The British government says a U.K. national has been killed in Ukraine, and another is missing. The Foreign Office confirmed Thursday that it is supporting the family of a British national ki...
Apr 28, 2022
Canadian Blood Services to end 'blood ban,' bring in behaviour-based screening
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says Health Canada has approved its request to end the policy that restricts men who have sex with men from donating blood for three months. Canadian Blood Services as...
Apr 28, 2022
ATA says few Albertans and teachers support Bill 15
The Alberta Teachers' Association (ATA) says just three per cent of Albertans feel that teacher conduct is a top issue in education, and as few as 13 per cent support the outcomes proposed by Bill 15....
Apr 28, 2022
Defence Minister Anita Anand in D.C. to talk Ukraine, Norad with U.S. counterpart
WASHINGTON - Defence Minister Anita Anand is headed to the Pentagon to meet with her American counterpart, Lloyd Austin, as the war in Ukraine injects new urgency into cross-border military priorities...
Apr 28, 2022
Israel PM's family receives death threat and bullet in mail
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli police said Thursday the family of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has received a death threat and bullet in the mail for the second time this week. Israeli media say the targe...
Apr 28, 2022
Ottawa prepares for new convoy, Ontario budget out today : In The News for April 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 28 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 28, 2022
"It's amazing" - Boucher would love to see Raptors extend playoffs for starved fans
TORONTO - Three years after the Raptors last played post-season basketball at home, nobody on this side of the border wants to see Toronto's run end yet. The Raptors face elimination for the third con...
Apr 28, 2022