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Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez reaches quarterfinals at Monterrey Open
MONTERREY, Mexico - Canadian teenager Leylah Annie Fernandez has advanced to the quarterfinals at the Monterrey Open. The Laval, Que., native upset American Sloane Stephens on Wednesday at the Ab...
Mar 05, 2020

Ellsworth, Layton named U Sports basketball players of the year
OTTAWA - Prince Edward Island Panthers guard Jenna Mae Ellsworth and Calgary Dinos forward Brett Layton were named U Sports basketball players of the year at the annual All-Canadian gala Wednesda...
Mar 05, 2020

Cochrane takes game seven; Cubs must wait a month to play again
COCHRANE, AB. - The Cochrane Generals have advanced to the Heritage Junior B Hockey League South Final, after a 4-1 win over the Medicine Hat Cubs on home ice last night.That completes a remarkable co...
Mar 05, 2020 Medicine Hat Cubs

An update on Canada's economy and fleeting tweets; In The News for March 5
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 March 5 ... What...
Mar 05, 2020

Baloney Meter: Did a Liberal tax cut help reduce poverty rates?
OTTAWA - "We cut taxes for the middle class. It was the first thing we did as a government in 2015, and it helped to lift more than one million Canadians out of poverty. And that's exactly why we...
Mar 05, 2020

Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT - An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwestern Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were taking shelter early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including childre...
Mar 05, 2020

Virus outbreak delays Xi's state visit to neighbouring Japan
TOKYO - Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Japan has been postponed so both countries can fight the coronavirus outbreak, Japan's chief government spokesman said Thursday. The visit had bee...
Mar 05, 2020

CRTC won't force wireless telecom companies to offer bills on paper
OTTAWA - Canada's telecom regulator won't force mobile service providers to offer customers paper invoices, at least not yet. But the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission i...
Mar 05, 2020

Lametti sows uncertainty over meaning of foreseeable death in assisted-dying bill
OTTAWA - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on the...
Mar 05, 2020

Elected Wet'suwet'en councillor calls for inclusivity in consensus building over deal
VANCOUVER - A Wet'suwet'en elected councillor says she has "high hopes" that internal conflict over governance issues and a pipeline can be resolved respectfully but she's also concerned som...
Mar 05, 2020