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Indigenous women more likely to face violence if they were a child in care: report
Front-line workers are calling for more support for Indigenous families after a Statistics Canada analysis found First Nations, Inuit and Mtis women are more likely to experience physical or sexual as...
May 01, 2022
Organizers say Rolling Thunder rally ends Sunday, police say no long-term occupation
2OTTAWA - The Rolling Thunder rally is set to wind down today after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that's still tense after the three-week-long occupatio...
May 01, 2022
Leafs hope to finally flip playoff script against battle-tested, back-to-back champs
TORONTO - The message from the Maple Leafs - and to themselves - has been consistent all season. Head down, one foot in front of the other, don't look too far ahead. Learn from a painful past, but don...
May 01, 2022
COLLINS: Counting on saner heads to prevail
IS THERE A TIME when we might call Vladimir Putin's bluff regarding a nuclear war? I don't think it will happen tomorrow, but it may happen sooner than we think. And if Putin hits the button, it is un...
May 01, 2022
COVID-19 is killing fewer people, but Quebec still reporting dozens of deaths daily
MONTREAL - Percylla Battista said she last spoke to her sister, Maggie Quart Robitaille, a week before Quart Robitaille tested positive for COVID-19. "She was feeling pretty good," Battista said in a ...
May 01, 2022
Pickleball's growth raises a racket in Victoria, amid bans over noise complaints
VICTORIA - Pickleball players readily admit their sport makes noise, but complaining about the sound of people having a healthy good time is out of bounds, say players and officials. Connie McCann bou...
May 01, 2022
Organizers say Rolling Thunder rally ends Sunday, police say no long-term occupation
OTTAWA - The Rolling Thunder rally is set to wind down today after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that's still tense after the three-week-long occupation...
May 01, 2022
Pickleball's growth raises a racket in Victoria, amid bans over noise complaints
VICTORIA - Pickleball players readily admit their sport makes noise, but complaining about the sound of people having a healthy good time is out of bounds, say players and officials. Connie McCann bou...
May 01, 2022
Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame inductees honoured at ceremony Saturday evening
KAMLOOPS - Four deserving individuals and one team were officially enshrined into the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Corryn Brown rink --- also sporting Erin Pincott, Samantha Fisher an...
Apr 30, 2022
Canada captain Christine Sinclair on the mark as Portland wins NWSL season opener
PORTLAND, Ore. - Canada captain Christine Sinclair recorded career regular-season goal No. 55 for Portland as the Thorns blanked the Kansas City Current 3-0 in their NWSL season opener Saturday. Morga...
Apr 30, 2022
