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Housing minister warns against resistance to ending exclusionary zoning
TORONTO - Canada's Housing Minister is warning that municipalities without a ban on exclusionary zoning will not succeed with applications for federal housing accelerator funding. Speaking Wednesday a...
Jan 17, 2024
South Korea's Eunjung Kim tops Ottawa's Rachel Homan at Canadian Open
RED DEER, Alta. - South Korea's Eunjung Kim stole a single point in the eighth end for a 6-5 victory over Ottawa's Rachel Homan on Wednesday at the Co-op Canadian Open. The result left both teams with...
Jan 17, 2024
Amid criticism, Canada asks Israel how it can help respond to Hamas sexual violence
OTTAWA - A multipartisan group of influential women is calling on Canada to help Israel heal from sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas, though it remains unclear what people in that country actually w...
Jan 17, 2024
Quebec man charged with killing three men with truck ordered to stand trial
AMQUI, Que. - A Quebec man accused of killing three people with his truck last March in a town about 350 kilometres northeast of Quebec City has been ordered to stand trial. Steeve Gagnon's preliminar...
Jan 17, 2024
Star sprinter Andre De Grasse invests in AFC Toronto City women's soccer team
TORONTO - Star sprinter Andre De Grasse has bought into AFC Toronto City, the local entry in the proposed Canadian women's professional soccer league. Th eight-team league, the brainchild of former Ca...
Jan 17, 2024
Alberta releases first report on well cleanup; $33B liability estimate called too low
Alberta's oil and gas producers spent nearly $700 million in 2022 on cleaning up the hundreds of thousands of old wells that dot the province, the regulator's first report on the extent of those liabi...
Jan 17, 2024
Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - A Maine judge on Wednesday paused an election official's decision on former President Donald Trump's ballot status to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on a similar ...
Jan 17, 2024
Source: Veteran receiver Rhymes, B.C. Lions mutually agree to part ways
VANCOUVER - It appears receiver Dominique Rhymes' time with the B.C. Lions has come to an end. According to a CFL source, the Lions and veteran receiver have mutually agreed to part ways. The source s...
Jan 17, 2024
Family hopes former Cree grand chief's long stay in Montreal ER hallway spurs change
MONTREAL - The family of a Cree elder who spent four days in a Montreal hospital hallway say they hope that sharing his experience might spur change for the treatment of patients in Quebec emergency r...
Jan 17, 2024
Canada should be on 'high alert' for 2024 after record wildfire season: scientist
Canada should be on "high alert" for 2024 wildfires, a scientist with the Canadian Forest Service said Friday, as he offered a sweeping view of last year's record-shattering season. Research scientist...
Jan 17, 2024
