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Canadian Premier League voluntarily recognizes new players' association
TORONTO - The Canadian Premier League says it has voluntarily recognized that the Professional Footballers Association of Canada will represent professional soccer players under contract to CPL teams....
Dec 20, 2022
Southern B.C. snowstorm halts flights at Vancouver airport, creates travel chaos
VANCOUVER - Most of British Columbia is covered by weather warnings as snow, extreme cold and arctic winds grip the province, forcing the suspension of all flights at Vancouver International Airport a...
Dec 20, 2022
Air Force reinstates officers disciplined for 'egregious' fighter pilot call sign
OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is reinstating two officers disciplined over a homophobic nickname given to a fighter pilot. Maj.-Gen. Iain Huddleston announced the decision to reinstate Col. Co...
Dec 20, 2022
The Canadian Press Newsmakers of the Year since 1946
OTTAWA - The group of "Freedom Convoy" protesters who took over the streets around Parliament Hill and blockaded border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions has been named The Canadian ...
Dec 20, 2022
Defensive lineman Kene Onyeka re-signs with Ottawa Redblacks
OTTAWA - Defensive lineman Kene Onyeka has re-signed with the Ottawa Redblacks. Onyeka agreed to a two-year deal with the Redblacks on Tuesday. The 26-year-old Onyeka is coming off his third CFL seaso...
Dec 20, 2022
CP NewsAlert: 'Freedom Convoy' protesters chosen as 2022 Newsmaker of the Year
OTTAWA - The thousands of protesters who gathered in the streets around Parliament Hill and at Canada's border crossings to demand an end to COVID-19 restrictions were chosen as The Canadian Press New...
Dec 20, 2022
Ottawa sanctions two Haiti cabinet ministers over alleged gang ties
OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning two of Haiti's cabinet ministers it accuses of helping violent gangs sow chaos in that country. Ottawa is barring Haiti's Justice Minister Berto Dorc and Interior Minist...
Dec 20, 2022
Snowstorm over southern B.C. halts flights at Vancouver airport
VANCOUVER - Most of British Columbia is covered by weather warnings as snow, extreme cold and arctic outflow winds grip the province, with those conditions playing havoc with transportation, especiall...
Dec 20, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: The guilt factor of those $2 donations at the checkout counter
AT THE CHECKOUT COUNTER the other day, I was asked if I wanted to give a couple of dollars for a charity.I said no, but felt obliged to add that I've already given to that particular charity this seas...
Dec 20, 2022
Ukraine's president visits front-line city in country's east
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the embattled Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the recent focus of some of the most intense fighting of Russia's war, his office said. The eastern city is...
Dec 20, 2022
