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International federation's ethics committee to review Boxing Canada, Trepanier
The International Boxing Association wants Canada's high performance director Daniel Trepanier banned from the women's world championships. In a letter sent to Boxing Canada on Friday, the IBA said it...
May 06, 2022
Former LPGA player Salimah Mussani named Golf Canada's new women's head coach
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Salimah Mussani was named Golf Canada's new women's head coach on Friday and will oversee the development of Canada's top female amateur and professional golfers. Mussani assumes the ...
May 06, 2022
Definition of 'inefficient fossil fuel subsidy' still elusive in Canada
OTTAWA - Canada is still working on defining an "inefficient" fossil fuel subsidy, some 13 years after it signed an international agreement to eliminate them and four years since launching a peer revi...
May 06, 2022
Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection
ATLANTA (AP) - A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green can run for reelection, rejecting arguments from a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility over allega...
May 06, 2022
Spezza, Holl to make series debut for Leafs; Simmonds, Liljegren scratched for Game 3
TAMPA, Fla. - Jason Spezza will make his series debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight in Game 3 of their first-round playoff matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The 38-year-old forward sat ou...
May 06, 2022
Still 'non-negotiable:' Canada's natural resources minister redraws line on Line 5
WASHINGTON - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is doubling down on Canada's assertion that the continuing operation of the Line 5 pipeline is "non-negotiable." Wilkinson made the comments ...
May 06, 2022
Signature Dish: Wok Stars' Chicken Pad Thai
NANAIMO - They have only been open for a couple of months, but a restaurant specializing in wok cuisine is already a popular local spot. Wok Stars, located inside Country Club Centre, is a vision from...
May 06, 2022
Goalies Markstrom, Oettinger prominent in tight Calgary-Dallas series
CALGARY - With the Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars almost cancelling each other out offensively to start their playoff series, their goalies are taking centre stage. Calgary's Jacob Markstrom and Star...
May 06, 2022
Explosion damages hotel in Cuban capital; 4 deaths reported
HAVANA (AP) - A powerful explosion badly damaged a hotel in the Cuban capital on Friday and officials reported several people had died. The blast at the Hotel Saratoga, a 19th century structure in Old...
May 06, 2022
Poaching probe begins after cougar kittens killed, dismembered on Vancouver Island
LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service is investigating a disturbing case on Vancouver Island that involves the killing of two cougar kittens. A post on the conservati...
May 06, 2022