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Skaters prepare for international competition on Canadian ice
VANCOUVER - Canadian figure skaters are hoping to build on detailed preparation and past performances in front of home support as the Skate Canada International Competition is set to get underway. Six...
Oct 26, 2023
AFN chief warns lawyers may 'take advantage' of child-welfare settlement recipients
OTTAWA - The interim national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging those eligible to receive compensation from a landmark class-action settlement to be careful that lawyers do not try to t...
Oct 26, 2023
Beach volleyball duo Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson to play for Pan Am Games gold
SANTIAGO, Chile - The Canadian beach volleyball duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson have advanced to the women's gold-medal match at the Pan American Games. Canada's flagbearers at the...
Oct 26, 2023
New look VIU Mariners women's basketball team ready to defend 2023 national title
NANAIMO - The VIU Mariners basketball teams are ready for tip-off on a new season.It's extra special for the women's program as a 2023 CCAA national championship banner will be raised and members of t...
Oct 26, 2023
Body found at Langley, B.C., building explosion not a homicide: police
LANGLEY, B.C. - Investigators have determined that a body found at the scene of an explosion in Langley, B.C., was not murder. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says in a statement that polic...
Oct 26, 2023
Federal justice minister orders review of Quebec man's 2002 sex assault conviction
OTTAWA - The federal justice minister has ordered the Quebec Court of Appeal to review the conviction of a man found guilty of sexual assault more than two decades ago. Justice Minister Arif Virani sa...
Oct 26, 2023
Liberals to pause carbon pricing on heating oil, beef up heat pump incentives
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the government will double the carbon price rebate for rural Canadians beginning next April. Trudeau also says there will be a temporary, thre...
Oct 26, 2023
Stampeders looking to keep momentum going against Blue Bombers
CALGARY - Don't tell Calgary linebacker Micah Awe that Friday night's game between the Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers at McMahon Stadium doesn't mean anything. Although a victory for Calgary (6-...
Oct 26, 2023
Expert calls for better supports around menstrual health in youth sports
A leading researcher on sport, gender, and menstrual health says that youth sports coaches have to educate themselves about periods. Studies show that girls drop out of organized sport at more than tw...
Oct 26, 2023
Erin O'Toole says CSIS told him he would remain target of China 'into the future'
OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says Canada's spy agency told him he would be a target of the Chinese government "into the future" for "an undetermined time." O'Toole shared that deta...
Oct 26, 2023