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Canada issues deportation orders, cancels visas for Iranian regime members
OTTAWA - The federal border agency says three people have been found ineligible to remain in Canada in recent years for being senior officials of the Iranian regime. The Canada Border Services Agency ...
Jun 25, 2025
This year's Fête nationale was hottest June day on record in Montreal
MONTREAL - Tuesday's Fte nationale holiday was the hottest June day in Montreal since records started. Environment Canada says temperatures hit 35.6 C, breaking the all-time high for June set 61 years...
Jun 25, 2025
No evidence federal election was affected by foreign interference, commissioner says
OTTAWA - Canada's elections commissioner says she has no evidence the result of the federal election in April was affected by foreign interference, disinformation or voter intimidation. In a prelimina...
Jun 25, 2025
Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin wins PWHL's Billie Jean King MVP award
OTTAWA - Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin has won the Professional Women's Hockey League's Billie Jean King MVP Award for the 2024-25 season. Poulin, who was also named forward of the yea...
Jun 25, 2025
Humboldt Council approves liquor store despite letters in opposition
Humboldt City Council has approved a discretionary use application for a liquor store at Humboldt Commons on Eighth Avenue. City Planning Coordinator Tanner Zimmerman said there still needs to be a de...
Jun 25, 2025
Montreal asking rents up nearly 71% in six years, according to Statistics Canada
MONTREAL - A new Statistics Canada report says asking rent in Montreal has risen by nearly 71 per cent since 2019. Average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment was $1,930 in the first quarter of 20...
Jun 25, 2025
Man who lit homeless woman on fire in P.A. has release revoked
The Parole Board of Canada has revoked the statutory release of a man who lit a homeless woman on fire in Saskatchewan.Leslie Black was sentenced to 16 years for attempted murder in the 2014 bludgeoni...
Jun 25, 2025
Miami's Messi still the highest-earner in Major League Soccer at US$20.5 million
Inter Miami's Lionel Messi remains Major League Soccer's highest-paid player this season at $20,446,667 (all figures in U.S. dollars), according to figures released Wednesday by the MLS Players Associ...
Jun 25, 2025
Former B.C. finance minister says Conservative nomination process needs examination
OTTAWA - A longtime British Columbia MLA who was rejected as a candidate by the federal Conservatives in the April election is calling on the party to examine its nomination process. Michael de Jong, ...
Jun 25, 2025
Former Mustang promoted to Regina Pats Assistant GM
A member of the Melfort Mustangs 'minion line' is now a high-up member of a Western Hockey League's front office staff.Tristan Frei has spent the past two seasons as the Regina Pats Manager of Hockey ...
Jun 25, 2025