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Watchdog blasts compensation regimes for disabled veterans, calls for overhaul
OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton is calling for a wholesale overhaul of how the federal government compensates and supports injured ex-soldiers. In a report released today, the watch...
May 13, 2020
Trudeau cites uncertainty around pandemic as reason for budget delay
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't saying when his government will provide a budget or fiscal update, citing economic uncertainty around COVID-19. The government's first budget since th...
May 13, 2020
Canadian youth international midfielder Julian Altobelli signs with York 9 FC
TORONTO - York 9 FC has signed 17-year-old Canadian youth international Julian Altobelli, making the midfielder the Canadian Premier League club's youngest-ever player. York 9 says the former Toronto ...
May 13, 2020
Health coalition says use of private clinics won't cure B.C.'s surgical backlog
VANCOUVER - A coalition of public health-care advocates is calling on the British Columbia government to ease a COVID-19-caused surgical backlog through publicly funded solutions, not p...
May 13, 2020
'Stay off our lands:' RCMP attendance at Indigenous ceremony raises ire of chief
SASKATOON - An Indigenous leader is telling the RCMP to stay off reserve land after armed officers were dispatched to break up a sacred ceremony. "These are First Nations lands. This is Indian land. S...
May 13, 2020
Coronavirus lockdown eases in England, more exercise allowed
LONDON - The sound of a crisply struck golf ball could be heard in England for the first time in nearly two months as courses reopened Wednesday as part of a modest easing of coronavirus lockdown rest...
May 13, 2020
New clusters pop up; Europe debates summer tourist season
BRUSSELS - New coronavirus clusters have appeared as nations struggle to balance reopening economies with preventing a second wave of infections and deaths, while in Europe, a debate erupted over the ...
May 13, 2020
Rookie Alouettes receiver Papale finally getting shot at pro football
Vinny Papale comes by his drive and perseverance honestly. Last month, the rookie receiver signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes. The six-foot-one, 205-pound Papale last played foot...
May 13, 2020
Indigenous group files legal challenge over 'inadequate' COVID-19 funding
OTTAWA - An national Indigenous organization that represents First Nations, Inuit and Metis living off-reserve and in urban centres is taking the federal government to court over what it alleges ...
May 13, 2020
Pro women's hockey association unveils 5-city regional plan
The Professional Women's Hockey Players Association enters its second season with plans to regionalize its structure by basing players in five hub cities, while also continuing its Dream Gap Tour seri...
May 13, 2020