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Reviews complete for nearly 50 youth dead or injured in past year: Child and Youth Advocate
The Office of the Child and Youth Advocate (OCYA) says investigative reviews for 48 young people who died or were seriously injured in the past year are now complete.The OCYA says 47 of the 48 are con...
Apr 11, 2024
Finland advances to women's world hockey semifinals with 3-1 win over Switzerland
UTICA, N.Y. - Susanna Tapani scored the winning goal and added an assist as Finland advanced to the semifinals of the world women's hockey championship with a 3-1 win over Switzerland on Thursday. Tap...
Apr 11, 2024
Winnipeg Blue Bombers post 2023 operating profit of $5.7 million
WINNIPEG - It was another strong season off the field for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The CFL club announced it posted a net operating profit of $5.7 million in 2023, a season that saw Winnipeg (14-4) ...
Apr 11, 2024
Homan stays perfect at Players' Championship with 7-4 win over Wrana
TORONTO - Rachel Homan remained perfect at the Grand Slam of Curling's season-ending Players' Championship with a 7-4 win over Sweden's Isabella Wrana in Thursday's early draw. Homan's Ottawa rink had...
Apr 11, 2024
Montreal English school board seeks leave to appeal Bill 21 ruling to Supreme Court
MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board says it will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent decision upholding Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21. Quebec's Court...
Apr 11, 2024
Higgs says he didn't expect gender policy changes in schools to become national wave
OTTAWA - Premier Blaine Higgs says he never expected other provinces to follow New Brunswick's lead on requiring teachers to seek parental consent before using a student's preferred pronouns. Higgs wa...
Apr 11, 2024
The Masters begins after weather delay, though high winds are still expected at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The Augusta National that Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and the rest of golf's greats played during their practice rounds for the Masters was a bit different than what greeted them T...
Apr 11, 2024
Supreme Court won't hear families' years-long case over access to Bernardo documents
OTTAWA - Canada's top court says it won't hear arguments about the release of prison and parole documents concerning serial killer Paul Bernardo. The decisionmarks the end of a years-long battle to ex...
Apr 11, 2024
New report slams RCMP treatment of homeless Indigenous women in Northwest Territories
OTTAWA - Homeless Indigenous women in the North do not feel well-protected by the RCMP and instead face violence and discrimination by police, a new report from the Yellowknife Women's Society has fou...
Apr 11, 2024
In the news today: Ottawa and AI in the spotlight, B.C.'s safer supply studied
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ottawa used AI in hundreds of initiatives Canada's federal government has used ...
Apr 11, 2024