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Canadian Heritage changes vetting process for anti-racism funds after nixing contract
OTTAWA - Canadian Heritage has changed the way it vets funding requests for community and anti-racism projects after it cut ties with an organization that was accused of antisemitism. The federal gove...
Feb 13, 2023
Panarin, Karlsson, Keller named NHL's three stars of the week
New York Rangers left-wing Artemi Panarin, San Jose defenceman Erik Karlsson and Arizona right-wing Clayton Keller have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Panarin led the NHL with nine poin...
Feb 13, 2023
Federal justice minister orders appeal for Manitoba man in murder case
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man who spent more than two decades behind bars is getting a new chance to overturn his murder convictions. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has referred the case of Robert...
Feb 13, 2023
Scott Clark steps down as TRU men's basketball head coach after 13 years
KAMLOOPS - The head coach of Thompson Rivers University's (TRU) men's basketball team of 13 years announced that the 2022-23 season will be his last.In a news release issued Monday (Feb. 13) morning, ...
Feb 13, 2023
Canada's Rebecca Marino qualifies for main draw at Qatar Open
DOHA, Qatar - Vancouver's Rebecca Marino qualified for the main draw of the Qatar Open tennis tournament with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Marie Bouzkova of Czechia on Monday. Marino, ranked 75th in the world,...
Feb 13, 2023
Emphasis on medals needs to change, says Canadian sport minister
OTTAWA - Canadian sports minister Pascale St-Onge says excellence needs to be redefined in the national sport policy. The emphasis on medals and podiums needs to change, the minister told a standing c...
Feb 13, 2023
Yukon celebrates 50th anniversary of watershed self-governance meeting
WHITEHORSE - For Peter Johnston, Grand Chief of the Council of Yukon First Nations, the history of the territory's modern self-government agreements runs in his blood. On Feb. 14, 1973, his father - S...
Feb 13, 2023
U-Haul hits, injures several pedestrians on NYC sidewalk
NEW YORK (AP) - A man drove a U-Haul truck onto a sidewalk, striking and injuring several pedestrians in New York City on Monday before police captured him following a chase. The truck sped through th...
Feb 13, 2023
Weekend 'anomaly' over Montana first detected in Canadian airspace: Norad commander
WASHINGTON - An "anomaly" that military officials were tracking through the weekend before fighter jets downed an unknown object over the Great Lakes was first detected in Canadian airspace. Norad com...
Feb 13, 2023
Billy Two Rivers, retired Mohawk wrestler and politician, dies at 87
MONTREAL - Billy Two Rivers, a retired Mohawk wrestler, politician and activist, has died at 87. The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake announced his death in a statement published today. Two Rivers rose to ...
Feb 13, 2023
