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Canadian tight end Tanner McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with injury
Theo Johnson will be the lone Canadian tight end at the 2024 Reese's Senior Bowl. Jim Nagy, the Senior Bowl's executive director, said in an interview Tuesday that Tanner McLachlan, of Lethbridge, Alt...
Jan 23, 2024
Ontario preparing 'back to basics' curriculum for kindergarten
TORONTO - Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is extending his "back to basics" curriculum push into kindergarten. The government plans to spend the next year consulting on new mandatory learning...
Jan 23, 2024
Turkey’s parliament agrees to hold a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s NATO membership
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish legislators scheduled a long-delayed vote Tuesday on Sweden's bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major hurdle for the previously nonaligned Nordic country's ...
Jan 23, 2024
Veteran Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio named captain of Toronto FC
Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio has been named captain of Toronto FC. The 31-year-old from Toronto succeeds veteran midfielder Michael Bradley, who retired at the end of last season. Osorio, who j...
Jan 23, 2024
Class-action lawsuit over COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec long-term care is approved
MONTREAL - A judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against the Quebec government on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes that experienced major COVID-19 outbreaks during the pa...
Jan 23, 2024
WWE's 'Raw' is moving to Netflix next year in a major streaming deal
WWE's weekly television show "Raw" will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal. "Raw," which debuted in 1993, has produced 1,600 episodes to date and features wrestlers such as Co...
Jan 23, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: Mourning the loss of the city’s daily newspaper 10 years ago
TEN YEARS AGO, in January 2014, Kamloops lost its daily newspaper. I don't think the city has fully recovered.The Kamloops Daily News closed a year and a half after I retired, and I like to say it jus...
Jan 23, 2024
NDP caucus to focus on federal budget, housing at three-day retreat in Edmonton
EDMONTON - The federal New Democrats are holding a three-day caucus retreat in Alberta's capital, a place where the party would like to grow its support. The NDP caucus is set to talk about health car...
Jan 23, 2024
In the news today: Liberal and NDP caucus on retreats, Oscar noms due this morning
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canada-U.S. trade on tap at cabinet retreat today Industry Minister Franois-Phi...
Jan 23, 2024
Cross-examination of Forcillo continues at coroner's inquest for Sammy Yatim
TORONTO - A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar more than a decade ago is taking the stand for a second day at a coroner's inquest. Cross-examination for James Forcillo...
Jan 23, 2024
