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O'Toole appears to break with election platform, pledges status quo on firearm bans
VANCOUVER - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says a Liberal ban on 'assault-style' firearms would stay in place if he forms government, appearing to break with his own election platform. In May last y...
Sep 05, 2021
Federal leaders campaign while Kovrig, Spavor mark 1,000 days imprisoned in China
OTTAWA - Canada's federal leaders spent part of their time on the campaign trail Sunday expressing support for two men who have now been detained in China for 1,000 days. During a campaign stop in the...
Sep 05, 2021
Federal leaders campaign while Kovrig, Spavor mark 1,000 days imprisoned in China
OTTAWA - Canada's federal leaders spent part of their time on the campaign trail Sunday expressing support for two men who have now been detained in China for 1,000 days. During a campaign stop in the...
Sep 05, 2021
Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts set to renew their Labour Day rivalry Monday
He's in only his third CFL season but Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans understands fully the mystique that is Labour Day in the CFL. Evans will make his second Labour Day start Monday when H...
Sep 05, 2021
Rookie quarterback Jake Maier to make third straight start when Stampeders face Elks
CALGARY - Rookie Jake Maier will make a third straight start at quarterback Monday when the Calgary Stampeders host the Edmonton Elks. Maier was listed atop Calgary's depth chat at quarterback, ahead ...
Sep 05, 2021
Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
“I Wear Red’ photography offers healing for MMIW mother
On July 11, 2020, Freda Weeseekase joined a group no mother or family wants to be a part of.That group is MMIW - Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.Her 19-year-old daughter Hailey Belange...
Sep 05, 2021
Uncertainty reigns in Guinea after gunfire near presidency
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Heavy gunfire erupted early Sunday near the presidential palace in Guinea's capital and went on for hours, witnesses said, raising fears of a coup attempt in the West African na...
Sep 05, 2021
Twenty years later, Canadians reflect on their efforts after the 9/11 attacks
Calgary firefighter Mark Turik recalls standing at Ground Zero in January 2002, watching a group of police officers as they surrounded a body pulled from the rubble of the World Trade Centre. He was t...
Sep 05, 2021
Kovrig, Spavor supporters march in support of freeing the prisoners, as China objects
OTTAWA - As Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor mark 1,000 days in separate Chinese prisons, their supporters are taking to the streets of Ottawa and beyond on Sunday to push for their freedom. China's ...
Sep 05, 2021