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Canada men record biggest win of season, down Australia to reach France 7s semifinals
TOULOUSE, France - Alex Russell scored the go-ahead try and Canada's defence held firm in the dying seconds Saturday in a 12-10 upset of Australia to move into the semifinal of the HSBC France Sevens....
May 13, 2023

Quebec premier says raising politicians salaries by $30K requires "courage"
SHERBROOKE, Que. - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says courage was necessary to propose raising the salaries of provincial politicians by $30,000. Legault made the comments today as the Coalition Aven...
May 13, 2023

Indian cops hunt suspects in illegal crossing deaths of family to U.S. from Akwesasne
Police in India say they are looking for three men in connection with the deaths of a family from Gujarat trying to cross into the United States by boat through Akwesasne, Que., in March. Indian polic...
May 13, 2023

Funerals to be held for Quebec firefighters killed during floods in Charlevoix region
SAINT-URBAIN, Que. - Funerals for two Quebec volunteer firefighters who died earlier this month during flash floods in the Charlevoix region will be private affairs. The municipality of St-Urbain, nor...
May 13, 2023

Windsor mayor calls out Ottawa after Stellantis accuses feds of failing on plant deal
The mayor of a southwestern Ontario city says he expects the federal government to live up to a deal that would se one of the world's biggest automakers build an electric vehicle battery plant in the ...
May 13, 2023

North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's Democratic governor has vetoed legislation that would have banned nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. The veto came Saturday during a public rally. ...
May 13, 2023

Environment a background issue in Alberta election but may play role, say observers
EDMONTON - Few governments have seen as many environmental dust-ups as Alberta's United Conservatives in their four-year tenure. They tried delisting parks and opening the Rocky Mountains to coal mini...
May 13, 2023

'Human compassion': Albertans lend a helping hand to wildfire evacuees
Woodland Cree Elder Leonard Cardinal, his wife and their son prepared more than 100 bagged lunches earlier this week and delivered them to evacuees from Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, a northwestern Alber...
May 13, 2023

Big bug benefits: Alberta scientist releases guide identifying cow dung insects
Alberta entomologist Kevin Floate is ready to start spreading the news that he has compiled a comprehensive guide into insects that live in cow dung in Canada. Floate - a scientist with Agriculture an...
May 13, 2023

'Systemic difficulties' hampered review of Canada's cyberspy service: watchdog
OTTAWA - A culture within Canada's cyberspy service of "resisting and impeding" independent review has frustrated efforts to ensure it is obeying the law, say newly released documents from the federal...
May 13, 2023