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Belgium will face Canada's best possible team at Billie Jean King Cup qualifier
VANCOUVER - Canada will send out its best possible team when it takes on Belgium in next month's Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Vancouver. Tennis Canada announced Tuesday that Bianca Andreescu, Ley...
Mar 14, 2023
McCain Foods plans to double its workforce in southern Alberta with $600 million expansion
COALDALE, AB - A major food processor in southern Alberta says it will double the size of its local workforce. McCain Foods has announced a $600 million expansion of its facility located east of Coald...
Mar 14, 2023
Singh says budget will have money for dental care as NDP push for another GST rebate
OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh says he thinks his party has more leverage to push for things it wants in the next federal budget, which is set to be released March 28. He says there will b...
Mar 14, 2023
Zellers announces Medicine Hat opening date
About a decade after closing, Zellers is returning to Medicine Hat this month.The company announced in a news release on Tuesday that its pop-up stores inside Hudson's Bay locations in Alberta will op...
Mar 14, 2023
Olympic men's ski cross champion Brady Leman to retire
CALGARY - Olympic ski cross champion Brady Leman will retire after this season. The 36-year-old from Calgary claimed Olympic gold in 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea, as well as a world championship s...
Mar 14, 2023
Canada's 'Speedball' Mike Bailey sees independent wrestling as purest form of the art
There's no hiding the excitement in "Speedball" Mike Bailey's voice when he speaks about wrestling in front of a live crowd instead of for a television audience. "Oh, man, this is my favourite questio...
Mar 14, 2023
Canada's Aaliyah Edwards looks to build on breakout season by winning NCAA title
Despite a career season flush with recognition, Aaliyah Edwards is looking for more than accolades - she wants the NCAA title that eluded her last season. UConn's breakout star forward averaged career...
Mar 14, 2023
Canadians uninterested in King Charles' coronation, British monarchy, survey suggests
MONTREAL - New polling results suggest Canadians are largely indifferent to King Charles, and more than half believe his May 6 coronation is the right time for the country to reconsider its ties with ...
Mar 14, 2023
New poll says majority of Canadians want elections inquiry : In The News for Mar. 14
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 Mar. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 14, 2023
Senator fears 'modern Chinese exclusion' but some redress activists reject link
Senator Yuen Pau Woo questions whether a foreign influence registry might become "a modern form of Chinese exclusion," and says angry reaction to his suggestion proves his point about racial profiling...
Mar 14, 2023