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Two-time Canadian Olympic sprinter Desai Williams has died at age 62
TORONTO - Former Canadian sprinter Desai Williams died suddenly over the weekend at the age of 62 No official cause of death was given. Williams ran on Canada's 4x100-metre relay that won bronze at th...
Apr 12, 2022
Jurassic Park reopening on Saturday for Toronto Raptors playoff run
TORONTO - Jurassic Park will no longer be a lost world for Toronto Raptors fans. Scotiabank Arena is reopening its tailgate area in time for Saturday's playoff game between the Raptors and Philadelphi...
Apr 12, 2022
South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached the state's attorney general for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash, rejecting the recommendation of a special investigative...
Apr 12, 2022
Jurors shown surveillance video montage of 2020 Quebec City Halloween stabbings
QUEBEC - Jurors in the trial of the man accused of using a sword to murder two people in Quebec City on Halloween night in 2020 are viewing video surveillance footage from the scene. Quebec City polic...
Apr 12, 2022
Unions look for details on federal budget pledge to ease access to training funding
OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Labour Congress says she's worried that labour groups will be left out of talks over a federal pledge to let workers access skills training programs before they becom...
Apr 12, 2022
Film industry declined by 5 per cent in pandemic, Hollywood productions grew: report
OTTAWA - Canada's film and TV industry remained afloat at the height of the pandemic, experiencing only a five per cent slump in the number of productions between April 2020 and March last year. A new...
Apr 12, 2022
Lethbridge musician named Alberta's No. 1 rising country star
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge musician Shaela Miller has been named Alberta's No. 1 rising country music star.Miller won the title, along with more than $100,000 in the Project WILD contest sponsored by...
Apr 12, 2022
Canadian runner DeBues-Stafford leaves Portland for Victoria over Houlihan case
TORONTO - Canadian middle-distance runner Gabriela DeBues-Stafford has moved to Victoria to train, citing stress around the doping ban of her former Portland training partner Shelby Houlihan. DeBues-S...
Apr 12, 2022
Governing Coalition Avenir Québec wins Montreal-area byelection, Liberals take fifth
MONTREAL - The leader of Quebec's official Opposition says she's disappointed her party finished fifth in a Montreal-area byelection on Monday. Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade told reporters today th...
Apr 12, 2022
Multiple-property holders own upwards of 41% of housing in some provinces: StatCan
New data from Statistics Canada shows multiple-property owners held between 29 and 41 per cent of the housing stock in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 2019 and 2020. The da...
Apr 12, 2022