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Canadian Swifties who hoped for local shows left wanting as Taylor Swift skips Canada
TORONTO - Taylor Swift is giving Canadian fans the cold shoulder.While many Swifties expected the "Anti-Hero'' singer-songwriter might add local tour stops to her growing schedule, they were disappoin...
Jun 21, 2023
Man dies of injuries in workplace accident on First Nation in southern Alberta
TSUUT'INA FIRST NATION - Police at a First Nation near Calgary say a man has died after a workplace accident.The Tsuut'ina Police Service says officers responded to a report of an injury on Tsuut'ina ...
Jun 21, 2023
As wildfires rage on, NDP calls for increase to tax credit for volunteer firefighters
OTTAWA - New Democrats are calling on the federal government to increase the tax credit for volunteer firefighters as they combat wildfires raging across the country. MP Gord Johns held a news confere...
Jun 21, 2023
Tammy Sutton-Brown, Rowan Barrett headline Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame class
TORONTO - Tammy Sutton-Brown and Rowan Barrett headline the 2023 class of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Both Sutton-Brown and Barrett will be inducted as athletes. They both now work as execut...
Jun 21, 2023
Quebec town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon could have to evacuate again because of fire
MONTREAL - A wildfire could force residents of a northern Quebec town to evacuate for a second time if the flames further threaten a major route in and out of the region. Lebel-sur-Quvillon Mayor Guy ...
Jun 21, 2023
Preliminary hearing in September for Quebec man accused of killing three with truck
AMQUI, Que. - A Quebec man accused of killing three people with his truck will have a preliminary hearing in September. Steeve Gagnon appeared today in Quebec court where a judge set a preliminary inq...
Jun 21, 2023
Police say fiery collision on major GTA highway leaves 2 dead, shuts down traffic
TORONTO - Ontario Provincial Police say a multi-vehicle collision has left two people dead and sparked a massive fireball on Highway 401, at Brock Road in Pickering, east of Toronto. OPP Sgt. Kerry Sc...
Jun 21, 2023
Brandon Belt returns from Blue Jays' 10-day injured list after hamstring inflammation
MIAMI - Brandon Belt has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays. The 35-year-old infielder missed time with a left hamstring inflammation and will be active for Wednesda...
Jun 21, 2023
Zach Benson's winding road primed for next stop — the NHL draft
Zach Benson has always been searching for the next game. That's sometimes been a challenge. Owners of a company that supplies midway rides and other attractions for carnivals, his parents would pack u...
Jun 21, 2023
National Indigenous Peoples Day festivities commence
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Proclaimed in 1996, National Indigenous Peoples Day is today, coinciding with the summer solstice.Jace Anderson, the executive director for Tourism Medicine Hat, says that he's exci...
Jun 21, 2023