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National handgun freeze key feature of federal Liberals’ new firearm-control bill
OTTAWA - A national freeze on importing, buying or selling handguns is a central feature of firearm-control legislation tabled today by the federal Liberals.The government says the bill would also all...
May 30, 2022
Meet Mr. Cat, less than a year old but already a heartbreaker
NANAIMO - Meet Mr. Cat. He's soft. He's adorable. And he's going to be adopted ASAP.Mr. Cat is only 9-months-old but already has a big, bubbly personality. He wants to spend his days cuddling, playing...
May 30, 2022
First RCMP supervisor of N.S. mass shooting describes miscue in containing the killer
HALIFAX - The Mountie who led the early response to the Nova Scotia mass shooting testified Monday that his plans to block the killer's escape were thrown off by a subordinate's "misunderstanding" and...
May 30, 2022
Pacific season's 1st hurricane makes landfall in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Agatha, the strongest hurricane on record to make landfall in May in the eastern Pacific, swept ashore on a stretch of tourist beaches and fishing towns in southern Mexico on Monday...
May 30, 2022
All in the family: Team Fernandez no longer just a party of two
PARIS - Can Canadian Leylah Fernandez win Roland Garros? "I hope so! But that victory is far away. I just want to appreciate this win, and concentrate on my next match," the 19-year-old from Montreal ...
May 30, 2022
B.C. starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures
BURNABY, B.C. - Premier John Horgan announced the start of a long-awaited hospital upgrade project in Metro Vancouver while acknowledging some hospitals in rural British Columbia are facing temporary ...
May 30, 2022
Yukon supervised drug consumption site upgraded to allow indoor smoking
WHITEHORSE - Those who use illicit drugs may now smoke their substances at the supervised drug consumption site in Whitehorse, becoming one of the first facilities in Canada to allow inhalation indoor...
May 30, 2022
Ottawa's main Canada Day celebrations to be held at LeBreton Flats Park
OTTAWA - Large-scale Canada Day celebrations will return to the national capital July 1, with most of the action taking place in a park just west of Parliament Hill. Daytime and evening shows are sche...
May 30, 2022
Steve CashSteve Cash headlines list of inductees to Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame
TORONTO - Steve Cash, a two-time NBA MVP and voted one of the league's 75 greatest players of all time, is among a group of seven who will be inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. Nash w...
May 30, 2022
Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death
MONTREAL - Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths between March 2020 and October 20...
May 30, 2022