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Closing Roxham Road border crossing will not stop arrival of asylum seekers: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Closing an unofficial border crossing in southern Quebec will not slow the arrival of asylum seekers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. "If we close Roxham Road, people will cross ...
May 12, 2022
Team Sask. making most of experience at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships
Sitting on a beach-side rock overlooking the ocean waves; that's where North Stars forward, Matthew Henry found himself Thursday, seaside in beautiful Membertou, Nova Scotia.It's a rare off-day for He...
May 12, 2022
Shapovalov bounces clay-court star Nadal, moves on to Italian Open quarterfinals
ROME - Canada's Dennis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open tennis tournament Thursday with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 upset of clay-court legend Rafael Nadal. Shapovalov was up 4-1 in th...
May 12, 2022
Heavy flooding forces residents of Northwest Territories town from their homes
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - About 3,500 residents have been ordered to evacuate a town in the Northwest Territories as volatile water levels never before experienced in some areas cause extensive flooding and...
May 12, 2022
The AP Interview: US 'vulnerable' to COVID without new shots
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn...
May 12, 2022
This week's epidemiology report includes 710 new cases of COVID-19
The Government of Saskatchewan is reporting 710 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 deaths in this weeks integrated epidemiology report.The data this week is from Sunday, May 1 to Saturday, May 7 and the hos...
May 12, 2022
Oddsmaker feels Toronto time for an NFL expansion franchise is coming
It could take another 10 years but Adam Thompson firmly believes Toronto's time for an NFL expansion franchise is coming. Thompson is a handicapper/oddsmaker for Bookies.com, an American-based site th...
May 12, 2022
Dutch princess returns to Ottawa, where she was born during Second World War
OTTAWA - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is today visiting Ottawa, the city where she was born during the Second World War. The princess was born at Ottawa's civic hospital after the Dutch royal ...
May 12, 2022
Hayley Wickenheiser headlines 2022 class of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
CALGARY - Women's hockey great Hayley Wickenheiser headlines the 2022 inductee class of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame announced on Thursday. Kayaking Olympian Adam van Koeverden, soccer player Dwayne d...
May 12, 2022
Humboldt's Ramsay takes home national goalie honours
The Humboldt Broncos spent all season raving about their man between the pipes and now the country is raving with them as Rayce Ramsay was awarded the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top Goaltend...
May 12, 2022