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Closing Roxham Road border crossing will not stop arrival of asylum seekers: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Closing an unofficial border crossing in southern Quebec will not slow the arrival of asylum seekers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. "If we close Roxham Road, people will cross ...
May 12, 2022
Shapovalov bounces clay-court star Nadal, moves on to Italian Open quarterfinals
ROME - Canada's Dennis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Italian Open tennis tournament Thursday with a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 upset of clay-court legend Rafael Nadal. Shapovalov was up 4-1 in th...
May 12, 2022
Heavy flooding forces residents of Northwest Territories town from their homes
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - About 3,500 residents have been ordered to evacuate a town in the Northwest Territories as volatile water levels never before experienced in some areas cause extensive flooding and...
May 12, 2022
The AP Interview: US 'vulnerable' to COVID without new shots
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn...
May 12, 2022
Higher interest rates push homes sales in B.C. back toward normal: association
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Real Estate Association says the sharp increase in mortgage rates is pushing the province's home sales down "a path to normalizing," although it estimates a balanced m...
May 12, 2022
Fireworks expected for Chesapeake Shores filming in Parksville
PARKSVILLE - Filming of the sixth and final season of Chesapeake Shores is expected to go off with a bang.Crews began setting up along the Parksville waterfront last weekend ahead of two days of plann...
May 12, 2022
Oddsmaker feels Toronto time for an NFL expansion franchise is coming
It could take another 10 years but Adam Thompson firmly believes Toronto's time for an NFL expansion franchise is coming. Thompson is a handicapper/oddsmaker for Bookies.com, an American-based site th...
May 12, 2022
Dutch princess returns to Ottawa, where she was born during Second World War
OTTAWA - Princess Margriet of the Netherlands is today visiting Ottawa, the city where she was born during the Second World War. The princess was born at Ottawa's civic hospital after the Dutch royal ...
May 12, 2022
Hayley Wickenheiser headlines 2022 class of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
CALGARY - Women's hockey great Hayley Wickenheiser headlines the 2022 inductee class of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame announced on Thursday. Kayaking Olympian Adam van Koeverden, soccer player Dwayne d...
May 12, 2022
Spanish striker Jesus Jimenez finding Toronto FC, MLS to his liking
TORONTO - Spanish striker Jesus Jimenez worked his way up through the lower levels of Spanish soccer before earning his chance with a storied club in Poland. Now he is turning heads in Major League So...
May 12, 2022