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Judo Canada signs on to federal government's Abuse-Free Sport program
MONTREAL - Judo Canada says it's joined Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. Starting on Jan. 2, Judo Canada and its stakeho...
Nov 7, 2022
Canada camp in Bahrain 'devastated' by news of goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau's broken leg
Canada's first training session Monday at a pre-World Cup training camp in Bahrain was overshadowed with the panful news that goalkeeper Maxime Crepeau was back in the U.S., recovering from surgery to...
Nov 7, 2022
Feds hold groundbreaking ceremony for Moderna's mRNA vaccine factory in Montreal area
LAVAL, Que. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today took part today in a groundbreaking ceremony for biotechnology company Moderna's new mRNA vaccine factory in Laval, Que., a suburb of Montreal. The fa...
Nov 7, 2022
Canadian Press NewsAlert: CUPE to end education worker protests in Ontario
TORONTO - A union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers who walked off the job Friday says protest sites "will be collapsed starting" Tuesday in response to Premier Doug Ford saying he will re...
Nov 7, 2022
Preventing seniors from falling the goal of an event at the Veiner Centre
MEDICINE HAT - Falls are the leading cause of injury across Alberta and the leading cause for injury-related death, hospitalization and emergency department visits for older adults in Canada.Alberta H...
Nov 7, 2022
Climate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050
Scientists are telling the global climate conference in Egypt that the loss of summer Arctic sea ice is now inevitable. The report, delivered today at the COP 27 meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, says there...
Nov 7, 2022
Putin-linked businessman admits to US election meddling
Kremlin-connected entrepreneur Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted Monday that he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so - confirming for the first time the accusations that he has reject...
Nov 7, 2022
Senior targeted in violent robbery and carjacking in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) is investigating after a senior citizen was the target of a violent robbery and carjacking in downtown Lethbridge.The LPS responded to a 911 call r...
Nov 7, 2022
Veterans' parade returns to national Remembrance Day after two-year hiatus
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Legion is welcoming back one of the most iconic aspects of Canada's national Remembrance Day ceremony following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic: the veter...
Nov 7, 2022
Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade resigns for 'the good of the party'
MONTREAL - Dominique Anglade is resigning as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, five weeks after the Liberals suffered a crushing defeat in the provincial election. Anglade told reporters today she i...
Nov 7, 2022