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Road to the PGA Tour: Canadian Tour season tees off with Victoria Open
The PGA Tour Canada could be the start of something great for Noah Steele. He's one of 31 Canadians in the field at this week's Royal Beach Victoria Open, the first tournament of the season on the PGA...
Jun 14, 2023
Upgrades have started in South Ridge Community Park
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A large park in Medicine Hat's south end is getting what the city is calling a "substantial" upgrade.Work at South Ridge Community Park along Stratton Way SE is underway to replace ...
Jun 14, 2023
Newly appointed high performance director looks forward to Rugby Canada challenge
Stephen Aboud arrives as Rugby Canada's new high performance director with a glowing endorsement, albeit from his wife. "He makes others look good," says Olive. Aboud also gets rave reviews from outsi...
Jun 14, 2023
Seamus O'Regan gives impassioned defence of global LGBTQ labour rights
OTTAWA - Federal Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan spoke strongly in favour of keeping LGBTQ rights enshrined in labour standards this week while a United Nations agency faced a push to remove them. Some...
Jun 14, 2023
Canadian sim racers vie for chance to play F1 champion Max Verstappen at Grand Prix
MONTREAL - A video game is taking Mikel Cunningham somewhere he's never been before. The 30-year-old gamer from Windsor, Ont., is going to the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend after finishing top five...
Jun 14, 2023
Deportations for international students caught in fraud scheme put on hold
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says deportation orders for international students caught up in a fraud scheme have been put on hold while a task force investigates each case. Hundreds of st...
Jun 14, 2023
First Nation in Manitoba celebrates Whitecloud, Golden Knights win for Stanley Cup
MASKAWATA, Man. - The Sioux Valley Dakota Nation in Manitoba is celebrating one of its own after Zach Whitecloud of the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup. The First Nation says Whitecloud and t...
Jun 14, 2023
B.C. school district bans man who queried gender of girl, 9, at track meet
KELOWNA, B.C. - A man has been banned from events at a British Columbia school district after a mother said he interrupted a track meet to wrongly suggest her nine-year-old daughter was transgender an...
Jun 14, 2023
'Keep fighting': Ukrainian soldiers continue battle with Russia despite low morale
KYIV, Ukraine - The ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine has left many Ukrainian soldiers feeling war weary but unwilling or unable to give up the fight. Artem Baulin, a junior sergeant from Ky...
Jun 14, 2023
Los Angeles city councilman charged with embezzlement may face suspension
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The president of the Los Angeles City Council said he will file a motion Wednesday to suspend a councilman charged with embezzlement, perjury and other crimes in the latest scandal ...
Jun 14, 2023