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Kashechewan First Nation gets agreement from feds, Ontario to relocate
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation has an agreement with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move the reserve annually threatened by flood waters. Kashechewan...
May 09, 2019
Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan to miss Toronto friendly with Mexico
TORONTO - Canada will be without defensive linchpin Kadeisha Buchanan for its May 18 friendly with Mexico at Toronto's BMO Field. The 23-year-old centre back from Brampton, Ont., who has won 87 c...
May 09, 2019
Canada men's rugby team to face Irish powerhouse Leinster in Hamilton in August
TORONTO - Canada will play Irish powerhouse Leinster in a Rugby World Cup warmup match Aug. 24 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field. The game will be part of Leinster's pre-season preparations. ...
May 09, 2019
RCMP push 529 Garage app to help return stolen bicycles
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are encouraging Kamloops bicyclists to take a few steps toward making sure their bicycles stay in their possession. The annual Emergency Services Day runs this Saturday (May 11) at Abe...
May 09, 2019 Image Credit: 529 Garage
US seizes North Korean cargo ship for violating sanctions
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has seized a North Korean cargo ship used to supply coal to the isolated nation in violation of international sanctions, law enforcement officials said Thursday. ...
May 09, 2019
U.S., European diplomats support Canada in Chinese court in death-penalty appeal
OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats were joined in a Chinese courtroom today by American, British, French and German colleagues to watch the appeal of a Canadian who has been sentenced to ...
May 09, 2019
Ex-Tory MP Del Mastro accuses Elections Canada of a 'personal vendetta'
OTTAWA - A former Conservative MP who spent time behind bars for electoral offences is accusing Canada's elections authority of having a personal vendetta against him - and he's calling for a par...
May 09, 2019
Man charged with second-degree murder in deaths of Calgary woman, toddler
CALGARY - A man suspected of killing a woman and her toddler daughter has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Robert Andrew Leeming, 34, appeared via video before a justice of t...
May 09, 2019
Scheer says he will move Canadian Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv
MONTREAL - A Conservative government would move Canada's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, party leader Andrew Scheer said in a sometimes fiery foreign-policy speech on Tuesday t...
May 09, 2019
Defenceman Teemu Kivihalme signs with Toronto Maple Leafs
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Teemu Kivihalme to a one-year, entry-level contract. The 23-year-old had nine goals and 21 assists in 60 games with Karpat of the Finnish ...
May 09, 2019
