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Aritzia signs deal to buy athletic wear company Reigning Champ
VANCOUVER - Clothing designer and retailer Aritzia Inc. says it has signed an agreement to buy a Reigning Champ, a designer and manufacturer of premium athletic wear. Under the agreement, Aritzia will...
Jun 15, 2021
'I was out of control:' man sentenced for Qualicum Beach armed robbery
NANAIMO - Fuelled by "every drug under the sun", a Ladysmith man lost his mind after watching his life fall apart during a brazen 2019 crime spree. Dustin Sean Williams stole a truck and robbed a Qual...
Jun 15, 2021
Bell MTS Centre, home of Winnipeg Jets, to be renamed Canada Life Centre
A deal between Canada Life Assurance Co. and the owner of the Winnipeg Jets will see the hockey team's home arena renamed to the Canada Life Centre. The venue, currently called the Bell MTS Centre, wi...
Jun 15, 2021
Extremists turn to virtual currencies, NATO in space : In The News for June 15
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 15, 2021
Beaver secretion found as part of ancient throwing dart in Yukon
WHITEHORSE - Researchers say they've discovered castoreum, a secretion beavers use to mark their territory, in a 6,000-year-old throwing dart in the Yukon. The researchers from the Canadian Conservati...
Jun 15, 2021
Days after Kamloops remains discovery, Tk'emlups families gather to unite, move ahead
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An extraordinary gathering of Indigenous family leaders occurred in the days following the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at the site of the former K...
Jun 15, 2021
Trudeau to visit Pfizer on final day of international pandemic trip, begin quarantine
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spending the last day of his first international trip in more than a year visiting a plant that played a pivotal role in Canada's early rollout of the COVID-1...
Jun 15, 2021
Lawyers supporting compensation for Indigenous kids taken into care present arguments
OTTAWA - A case involving Indigenous children taken into foster care by what all parties call Canada's "broken child-welfare system" will begin its second day of hearings at Federal Court today. A fed...
Jun 15, 2021
Emirates Air posts $5.5B loss as virus disrupts travel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Middle East's largest airline, Emirates, announced on Tuesday a net loss of $5.5 billion over the past year as revenue fell by more than 66% due to global travel...
Jun 14, 2021
Vlad Jr homers to tie it, Red Sox top Blue Jays in 9th, 2-1
BOSTON (AP) - Rafael Devers hit a line drive off the Green Monster in the bottom of the ninth inning after Vladimir Guerrero homered to tie it in the top half, and the Boston Red Sox bounced back from...
Jun 14, 2021
