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CF Montreal's loan agreement for defender Luis Binks to be terminated early
MONTREAL - CF Montreal says the loan agreement with Italian club Bologna FC 1909 for English defender Luis Binks is being terminated early. The Major League Soccer club says Binks, who is already in I...
Jun 11, 2021
Newborn daughter's death inspires MP's bill on bereavement leave for parents
OTTAWA - For Conservative MP Tom Kmiec, his bill to give parents more time off after the death of a child is personal. Three years ago, Kmiec lost his newborn daughter Lucy-Rose after 39 days, and was...
Jun 11, 2021
Former TRU president to receive President Emeritus title
KAMLOOPS - Thompson Rivers University has announced it will bestow the title of President Emeritus on former president and vice-chancellor Alan Shaver.Shaver led the university from 2010 to 2018 after...
Jun 11, 2021
Donors' conference for Venezuelan refugees hosted by Canada aims to raise $1.44B
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada's assistant deputy minister says a conference Canada will host next week for donors to Venezuelan refugees will highlight key challenges six million refugees are facing ...
Jun 11, 2021
Canada's Lucas Rumball happy to take his lumps for club and country
Call Toronto Arrows co-captain Lucas Rumball on WhatsApp and the photo that appears is an upside-down close-up of his peaceful face, with a gaping gash in the forehead. It's the kind of ugly wound tha...
Jun 11, 2021
Top court orders files tied to Sherman murder case unsealed, citing public interest
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that a trove of files related to murder victims Barry and Honey Sherman be unsealed and opened to public access. The unanimous decision found that truste...
Jun 11, 2021
Victoria's Canada Day event scrapped in wake of residential school discovery
VICTORIA - City councillors in Victoria have voted unanimously to cancel a planned Canada Day broadcast in order to permit a "thoughtful reflection" of what it means to be Canadian. A statement from t...
Jun 11, 2021
Victoria's Canada Day event scrapped in wake of residential school discovery
VICTORIA - City councillors in Victoria have voted unanimously to cancel a planned Canada Day broadcast in order to permit a "thoughtful reflection" of what it means to be Canadian. A statement from t...
Jun 11, 2021
Nanaimo grandfather jailed for child porn collection
NANAIMO - Taking inappropriate pictures of his grandson's girlfriend led to the discovery of more sinister actions by a 66-year-old man with no prior criminal record.Donald Alan Huppe was sentenced on...
Jun 11, 2021
'Unacceptable environmental effects:' New federal policy restricts thermal coal
The federal government is making it more difficult to develop thermal coal in Canada with a new policy that says all such mines create "unacceptable environmental effects." The move erects another roa...
Jun 11, 2021
