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Two new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships named in honour of Canadian naval heroes
HALIFAX - Members of the Royal Canadian Navy and federal and provincial government dignitaries gathered on the Halifax waterfront today for the naming ceremony for two of Canada's new Arctic and Offsh...
May 29, 2022
Canadian Damian Warner wins sixth straight Gotzis decathlon event
GTZIS, Austria - Olympic decathlon champion Damian Warner won the 2022 Hypo Meeting Gotzis with a score of 8,797. This was the sixth year the London, Ont,, native has won the Gotzis decathlon event, n...
May 29, 2022
Justice Dept. to review response to Texas school shooting
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - The Justice Department said Sunday it will review the law enforcement response to the shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left 19 students and two teachers dead. The review comes amid...
May 29, 2022
Brighter streetlights coming to Westsyde and downtown neighbourhoods
KAMLOOPS - BC Hydro will begin replacing light bulbs in street lights in parts of Westsyde and downtown on Monday (May 30).It's part of a three-year project to replace all high pressure sodium (HPS) l...
May 29, 2022
Canada finishes 13th at London rugby sevens but records two important victories
LONDON - The Canadian men finished 13th at the HSBC London Sevens on Sunday but recorded important wins over Wales and Japan to help them in their bid to avoid relegation from the HSBC World Rugby Sev...
May 29, 2022
Canada's Leylah Fernandez tops Amanda Anisimova to reach French Open quarterfinals
PARIS - Canadian Leylah Fernandez defeated American Amanda Anisimova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 Sunday to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open. The Laval, Que., native will see Italy's Martina Trevisan ...
May 29, 2022
Veteran forward Jason Spezza announces retirement, will join Maple Leafs front office
TORONTO - Veteran Maple Leafs forward Jason Spezza announced his retirement Sunday after a 19-season NHL career. The 38-year-old is moving into the Maple Leafs' front office as a special assistant to ...
May 29, 2022
Russians storm city, shell east Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) - Russian and Ukrainian troops engaged in close-quarter combat in an eastern Ukraine city Sunday as Moscow's soldiers, supported by intense shelling, attempted to gain strategic...
May 29, 2022
Quebec's use of notwithstanding clause in language law opens constitutional debate
MONTREAL - When federal Justice Minister David Lametti reacted last week to the adoption of Quebec's language law reform, he took aim at the provincial government's proactive use of the notwithstandin...
May 29, 2022
Ukrainian victims of sexual violence need reproductive health care: Sajjan
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he told Canadian officials in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to ensure that women sexually assaulted by Russian troops get the help t...
May 29, 2022
