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Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones to serve as assistant coach for Barbarians match
The Barbarians, an iconic rugby all-star team, have appointed Canada coach Kingsley Jones an assistant coach for their May 28 match against a World XV. Jones will assist Eddie Jones, the former Englan...
Feb 14, 2023
Pandemic benefits reduced child poverty, government should build on success: report
OTTAWA - A new report says pandemic benefits rolled out to cushion the blow of COVID-19 lockdowns significantly reduced the child poverty rate. The analysis by the anti-poverty group Campaign 2000 say...
Feb 14, 2023
Parents of girl killed in Quebec bus crash remember her as a 'ray of sunshine'
MONTREAL - The parents of one of the two children killed when a bus smashed into a Laval, Que., daycare last week are paying tribute to their four-year-old daughter in a letter sent to Quebec media. I...
Feb 14, 2023
California Sen. Feinstein says she won't run for reelection
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection in 2024, signaling the end of a groundbreaking political career spanning six decades in which sh...
Feb 14, 2023
Edmonton Elks sign speedy receiver Eugene Lewis
EDMONTON - Eugene Lewis is on the move. The East Division's top player last season signed with the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency. Contract details weren't divulged but Lew...
Feb 14, 2023
Anniversary of Emergencies Act invocation brings modest convoy protest to Ottawa
OTTAWA - Protesters returned to Ottawa in significantly smaller numbers today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Liberal government's invocation of the Emergencies Act. City officials said more p...
Feb 14, 2023
Pandemic benefits pushed down B.C.'s child poverty rate in 2020: advocacy group
VANCOUVER - An advocacy group says child poverty decreased in British Columbia in 2020 due to government benefits provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but any progress may be wiped out by th...
Feb 14, 2023
'Everything to make them smile:' Montreal Canadiens host Ukrainian peewee team
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens gave the Ukraine Selects peewee team a chance to momentarily forget about the horrors of the Russian invasion on Tuesday. The Ukraine Selects defeated Team Romania Wo...
Feb 14, 2023
Latest British Columbia avalanche claims two backcountry skiers
REVELSTOKE, B.C. - Two backcountry skiers are dead after being caught in an avalanche in south central British Columbia. A report from Avalanche Canada says the skiers were on a slope called Potato Pe...
Feb 14, 2023
Early results of search for possible graves at Vancouver Island school to be released
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A First Nation on Vancouver Island says it is ready to release the results of its preliminary investigation into possible unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential sc...
Feb 14, 2023
