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New race without gender rules coming to 207-year-old rowing event in Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A centuries-old rowing race in the heart of St. John's, N.L., is introducing a new category this year that doesn't separate athletes by gender. The Royal St. John's Regatta's open c...
Feb 20, 2025
Montreal police open homicide investigation after man, 20, shot in upper body
MONTREAL - Montreal police say a 20-year-old man is the city's latest homicide victim. The man was shot Wednesday night and was discovered around 9 p.m. when police received a 911 call about a man lyi...
Feb 20, 2025
The federal government must revisit its approval of a popular weed-killer, court says
OTTAWA - The federal government has been ordered to reassess its 2022 approval of a popular weed-killer after a Federal Court judge ruled this week the original approval was unreasonable. In a decisio...
Feb 20, 2025
Auger-Aliassime advances to Qatar Open semifinals after Medvedev retires with illness
DOHA - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semifinals of the Qatar Open tennis tournament after Russia's Daniil Medvedev retired from their quarterfinal with an illness. Auger-Aliassime w...
Feb 20, 2025
Calgary fighter Jake Peacock scores dominant win on One Championship card in Qatar
DOHA - Calgary Muay Thai fighter Jake (the One) Peacock stopped Japanese bantamweight Shinji Suzuki in the third round Thursday at One 171: Qatar to record his second win in as many One Championship o...
Feb 20, 2025
Heritage minister proposes banning ads from CBC news programming
OTTAWA - The outgoing federal heritage minister says she wants to bar CBC/Radio-Canada from running ads during news programming and from charging subscription fees for digital products such as CBC Gem...
Feb 20, 2025
Sen. Mitch McConnell won't seek reelection in 2026, ending long tenure as Republican power broker
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell is announcing on Thursday that he won't seek reelection next year, ending a decadeslong tenure as a power broker who championed conservative caus...
Feb 20, 2025
A news conference between Zelenskyy and Trump’s Ukraine envoy is canceled amid growing tensions
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A planned news conference after talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy was canceled Thursday as political tensions d...
Feb 20, 2025
Boy charged with murder in quadruple homicide on Saskatchewan First Nation
REGINA - A 15-year-old boy is facing first-degree murder charges in the shooting deaths of four people on a First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. The teen cannot be identified due to the Youth Crimin...
Feb 20, 2025
Second person arrested in Montreal Jewish school shooting in November 2023
MONTREAL - Montreal police say they've arrested a second suspect in a shooting at a Montreal Jewish school in November 2023. A 19-year-old was arrested Wednesday for the shooting on Nov. 12, 2023, at ...
Feb 20, 2025
