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Canada coach looks to his youth for Americas Rugby Trophy match against Brazil 'A'
TORONTO - Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones is looking to his youth Wednesday when Canada 'A' takes on Brazil 'A' at the Americas Rugby Trophy. Jones has kept just six starters from the team that Cana...
Oct 25, 2022
James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington, Dedrick Mills earn CFL players of week honours
TORONTO - Running backs James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington and Dedrick Mills are the Canadian Football League's top players of the week. Butler, a running back for the B.C. Lions, had a career-high 1...
Oct 25, 2022
Three new B.C. Supreme Court judges in Vancouver, another raised to appeal court
VANCOUVER - The federal government has appointed three new judges to the British Columbia Supreme Court and raised another to the B.C. Court of Appeal. A statement from the Department of Justice says ...
Oct 25, 2022
Sexual assault trial concluding for Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, ex-vaccine campaign head
GATINEAU, Que. - The sexual assault trial against the former head of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine campaign, Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, is expected to conclude today. The Crown prosecutor argu...
Oct 25, 2022
Federal minister calls utility's pause on Atlantic energy corridor 'bump in the road'
HALIFAX - The federal minister of natural resources says Nova Scotia Power's decision to "pause" its participation in a proposed megaproject aimed at ending reliance on coal is just a temporary setbac...
Oct 25, 2022
Ash Carter, defense chief who opened jobs to women, dies
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ash Carter, who served as secretary of defense in the final two years of the Obama administration and opened military jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in t...
Oct 25, 2022
South Africa says Ethiopia peace talks have begun on Tigray
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Peace talks to end Ethiopia's Tigray conflict have begun in South Africa, a South African government spokesman said Tuesday. It is the highest-level effort yet to end...
Oct 25, 2022
COLLINS: A rocky road lies ahead
"WINTER IS COMING". A phrase often used in the early seasons of Game of Thrones. Officially the motto of one of the "Houses" in the show, most watchers took it as a precursor of turmoil and war, and o...
Oct 25, 2022
Uganda: Fire at boarding school for the blind kills 11
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A fire at a boarding school for blind students killed 11 people, including children, in a rural community just outside Uganda's capital, Kampala, police said Tuesday. Police sai...
Oct 25, 2022
Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star cen...
Oct 25, 2022
