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Lawyer blasts Ottawa for 'preposterous' delay in assessing Canadian woman in Syria
OTTAWA - A lawyer working to bring a Quebec woman home from a Syrian prison camp along with her six children says it is "preposterous" that her departure is being held up by the government's failure t...
Apr 05, 2023
Canada's Leylah Fernandez falls to Spain's Paula Badosa at Charleston Open
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Canada's Leylah Fernandez lost in the round of 32 at the Charleston Open on Wednesday, falling to Spain's Paula Badosa in straight sets, 7-5, 7-6 (6). Fernandez had seven double fau...
Apr 05, 2023
Scientists confirm first Canadian fossil of Ice Age predator the dire wolf
Canada now has its first dire wolf. For the first time, a Canadian fossil has been confirmed as coming from the Ice Age predator featured in the TV series "Game of Thrones." The specimen, from near Me...
Apr 05, 2023
Maryland AG releases report on Catholic Church sex abuse
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Maryland Attorney General's Office has publicly released a redacted version of an investigative report detailing sex abuse allegations against more than 150 Catholic priests and e...
Apr 05, 2023
US flies nuclear-capable bombers amid tensions with N. Korea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The United States flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula again on Wednesday in a show of strength against North Korea amid concerns that the North might co...
Apr 05, 2023
House leader, Taiwan president hold historic meeting in US
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen for a historic meeting on U.S. soil Wednesday, underscoring U.S. lawmakers' growing support for her sel...
Apr 05, 2023
Vancouver police deployed to end tent encampment in Downtown Eastside
Vancouver police have dispatched officers to a tent encampment on the city's Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers. The City of Vancouver says it has asked police to help...
Apr 05, 2023
Tennis Canada to tour country with Davis Cup trophy after 2022 win
TORONTO - Tennis Canada announced Wednesday it will tour the country with the Davis Cup trophy in celebration of Canada's victory in the 2022 event. Canada won the Davis Cup for the first time in the ...
Apr 05, 2023
Indigenous child-welfare settlement heading back to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
OTTAWA - A multibillion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve services will be presented to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for approval after be...
Apr 05, 2023
Feds' draft plan to enshrine UN's Indigenous rights declaration 'not perfect' Lametti
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says he knows the government's draft action plan for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is not perfect. Lametti mad...
Apr 05, 2023