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HFX Wanderers looking forward to Toronto FC test in Canadian Championship play
HFX Wanderers FC is expecting a crowd for Tuesday's visit by Toronto FC in Canadian Championship quarterfinal play. "I think there would be people climbing the trees to see the game," said HFX coach S...
May 23, 2022
NHL, St. Louis police looking into threats made toward Kadri
The NHL said Monday that St. Louis police are investigating threats made toward Colorado Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri, who has been the subject of racist social media posts since he was involved in a...
May 23, 2022
Opponents of federal vaccine mandate seek rehearing
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal appeals court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing the Biden administration to require that federal employees get vaccinated against COVID-19. A panel of the...
May 23, 2022
Military members urged to contact Habitat for Humanity amid housing crisis
OTTAWA - An email encouraging members of the Canadian Armed Forces to consider contacting Habitat for Humanity if they can't find affordable housing is casting a spotlight on a growing challenge facin...
May 23, 2022
Abu Dhabi says 2 killed, 120 injured in gas cylinder blast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A gas cylinder explosion in the capital of the United Arab Emirates killed two people and injured 120 others Monday, police said, hours after authorities downplayed ...
May 23, 2022
Canada's Bianca Andreescu opens French Open with three-set victory
PARIS - Canadian Bianca Andreescu scored a three-set victory over Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium in the first round of the French Open on Monday. Andreescu dropped the opening set 6-3, before bouncing...
May 23, 2022
First of three flights bringing about 90,000 Ukrainians to Canada to land in Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - The first of three charter flights bringing Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia's invasion to Canada is to land in Manitoba this afternoon. The flight is to touch down at around 2 p.m. at the...
May 23, 2022
Prime minister should have lieutenant-governor shortlists, constitutional lawyer says
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 emergency and a recent court ruling in New Brunswick show why the prime minister should have a succession plan for lieutenant-governors, one constitutional lawyer says. "The weir...
May 23, 2022
Sunrise ceremony opens daylong Kamloops memorial to mark graves detection anniversary
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A memorial to mark the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the detection of an unmarked burial site at the former residential school at Kamloops, B.C. starts early Monday with...
May 23, 2022
Canadian Denis Shapovalov brings on familiar face as new coach
PARIS - The new coaching voice in Denis Shapovalov's ear is a fellow Canadian he's known since he was a young boy, who hails from the same hometown. Peter Polansky is also a coaching newbie, who still...
May 23, 2022