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B.C. should step up on asylum claims, minister says in response to call for funds
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says British Columbia needs to step up and take on more asylum seekers who come to Canada. He was responding today to criticism from the B.C. premier, who say...
Jun 11, 2024
Calgary mayor says residents should expect water restrictions for several more days
CALGARY - Calgary's mayor says residents should expect restrictions on their water use to last into the weekend, as workers continue work to fix a major pipeline break. Jyoti Gondek says she commends ...
Jun 11, 2024
Establishing new regulator for online harms law 'will take some time,' minister says
OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister says it will "take some time" to create a new regulator to compel internet giants to better protect Canadians against online harms. Arif Virani's comments come as th...
Jun 11, 2024
Canada's Andreescu opens grass-court season with win over Vedder at Libema Open
Canada's Bianca Andreescu started off her grass-court season with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Dutch qualifier Eva Vedder on Tuesday in first-round action at the Libema Open. Andreescu won on her second m...
Jun 11, 2024
Pamela Smart, serving life, accepts responsibility for her husband's 1990 killing for the first time
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Pamela Smart, who is serving life in prison for plotting with her teenage student to have her husband killed in 1990, accepted full responsibility for his death for the first time...
Jun 11, 2024
McGill makes new offer to pro-Palestinian protesters occupying its downtown campus
MONTREAL - Montreal's McGill University is proposing to review its investments in weapons manufacturers and grant amnesty to protesting students as part of a new offer to members of a pro-Palestinian ...
Jun 11, 2024
Hockey players' sex assault case back in court in August
LONDON, Ont. - The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to return to court in August. The case of Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote ...
Jun 11, 2024
Hockey players' sex assault case back in court in August
LONDON, Ont. - The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to return to court in August. The case of Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote ...
Jun 11, 2024
Oilers mental coach team's 'secret weapon' in roller-coaster season
SUNRISE - George Mumford saw the notification pop up on his screen. The message via social media platform LinkedIn was from Edmonton Oilers CEO Jeff Jackson. Hired by the club last August, the executi...
Jun 11, 2024
Injured Poland striker Robert Lewandowski will miss Euro 2024 opener
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland will be without injured star striker Robert Lewandowski for its opening game at the European Championship against the Netherlands on Sunday. Poland's team doctor Jacek Jar...
Jun 11, 2024
