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Curling Canada under fire for limiting eligibility for pregnancy exemptions
Curling Canada was under fire Wednesday after limiting pregnancy exemption eligibility for teams hoping to add an out-of-province free agent at the national playdowns to just the top five rinks in the...
Feb 01, 2023
'We're all Tyre': Mourners gather for Nichols' funeral
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Tyre Nichols ' family and friends gathered Wednesday for a funeral intended to celebrate his life three weeks after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis police that has ...
Feb 01, 2023
Liberals set to introduce law delaying expansion of medically assisted dying regime
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to introduce a law as early as Thursday to delay the extension of medically assisted dying eligibility to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental...
Feb 01, 2023
Drug users say B.C. 'fight continues' during decriminalization amid safe supply calls
VANCOUVER - Members of an advocacy group for drug users have gathered to celebrate the start of decriminalization in British Columbia and discuss how they will "fight back" against any efforts to seiz...
Feb 01, 2023
Passengers disarm gunman who killed DC employee, shot others
WASHINGTON (AP) - An armed man shot three people, killing one, in a Wednesday morning rampage in the nation's capital that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked a...
Feb 01, 2023
John Herdman says while he has got job offers, he is staying on as Canada coach
John Herdman is staying put. After a morning of speculation fuelled by a New Zealand report that the Canada men's soccer coach had agreed to take over the 105th-ranked All Whites, Herdman and Canada S...
Feb 01, 2023
Former Tory interim leader, longtime Manitoba MP Candice Bergen stepping down
OTTAWA - Former Conservative interim leader and longtime Manitoba member of Parliament Candice Bergen has announced she is stepping down. Bergen said in a video posted to Twitter that she submitted a ...
Feb 01, 2023
SOUND OFF: Decriminalizing people and breaking down stigma
WHEN IT COMES TO TACKLING the tragic drug overdose crisis, our government believes we need to recognize it for what it is: a public health matter - not a criminal justice one. When people who are usin...
Feb 01, 2023
Maple Leafs happy to be on Pendrith's golf bag as Canadian partners with Arnett
TORONTO - Will Arnett and Taylor Pendrith love the Toronto Maple Leafs. And the Maple Leafs? They love them right back. Pendrith, a PGA Tour player from nearby Richmond Hill, Ont., debuted a new golf ...
Feb 01, 2023
NDP seeks to probe federal contracts with other consulting firms — not just McKinsey
OTTAWA - The NDP is calling on the a House of Commons committee to expand its study of federal contracts awarded to McKinsey & Company and include other consulting firms that have received large c...
Feb 01, 2023
