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OPP head defends comments that 'Freedom Convoy' was national security threat
OTTAWA - The head of the Ontario Provincial Police is defending comments he made about the "Freedom Convoy" posing a threat to Canada's national security. Thomas Carrique told members of Parliament in...
Oct 27, 2022
Two-time Silver Slugger winners Hernandez, Springer among Blue Jays' nominees
TORONTO - Outfielders Teoscar Hernandez and George Springer are two of six Toronto Blue Jays named as finalists for Major League Baseball's Silver Slugger award. Both are two-time winners of the award...
Oct 27, 2022
B.C. government declines support for Indigenous-led 2030 Olympic bid
VICTORIA - The government of British Columbia will not support an Indigenous-led bid to host the 2030 Olympics in the province. Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Lisa Beare issued a stateme...
Oct 27, 2022
Democracy meets divinity in Savannah, where the word of God is a simple one: vote
SAVANNAH, Ga. - From the oldest African-American pulpit in the United States, Rev. Thurmond Neill Tillman's fiery Sunday sermon is as much about having faith in democracy as it is about spreading the ...
Oct 27, 2022
Toronto Arrows sign veteran Irish back, look to add talent in MLR dispersal draft
TORONTO - The Toronto Arrows added international experience Thursday by signing veteran Irish back Noel Reid for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 32-year-old Reid arrives from England's London ...
Oct 27, 2022
Police forces too thinly stretched to administer firearm buyback program, chiefs say
OTTAWA - Canadian police chiefs are urging the federal government not to rely on resource-strapped police forces to carry out a planned gun buyback. Two years ago, the government announced a ban on ov...
Oct 27, 2022
Union calling for prime minister to fire Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay
OTTAWA - A union representing thousands of Veterans Affairs Canada employees is asking the prime minister to replace Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin T...
Oct 27, 2022
Saskatchewan legislature member says invite for killer to throne speech an 'error'
REGINA - A member of Saskatchewan's legislative assembly says it was a mistake for him to invite a notorious convicted killer to sit in on the provincial government's tough-on-crime throne speech. Lyl...
Oct 27, 2022
Hockey Canada signs on to Abuse-Free Sport following months of controversy
CALGARY - Hockey Canada says it has become a full signatory to Abuse-Free Sport, the new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada. All complaints of abuse, discrimina...
Oct 27, 2022
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime sails into Swiss Indoors quarters with dominant win
BASEL, Switzerland - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is on to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. The third-seeded Montreal native dispatched Serbia's Miomir Kecmanovic 6-1, 6-0 a...
Oct 27, 2022