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No justification for stay of proceedings against Meng extradition: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the United States has acted honourably in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Monika Rahman told a British Colu...
Aug 06, 2021
No justification for stay of proceedings against Meng extradition: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the United States has acted honourably in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Monika Rahman told a British Colu...
Aug 06, 2021
Canadian women's team named for upcoming world championship
CALGARY - Canada's national women's hockey team is out for redemption at the upcoming world championship being held later this month in Calgary. Hockey Canada announced on Thursday the 25 players sele...
Aug 05, 2021
Blue Bombers beat Ticats in CFL season opener with 29,376 fans at IG Field
WINNIPEG - Kenny Lawler heard the cheers of 29,376 fans as the Blue Bombers receiver caught a pair of touchdown passes from Zach Collaros to propel Winnipeg to a 19-6 victory Thursday over the Hamilto...
Aug 05, 2021
Bo Bichette, Ross Stripling lead surging Blue Jays over Cleveland 3-0
TORONTO - A two-run blast from Bo Bichette in the fourth and six scoreless innings from starter Ross Stripling kept the good times rolling for the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Thursday. Bichette adde...
Aug 05, 2021
Rafael Nadal loses to 50th-ranked Lloyd Harris in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) - If Rafael Nadal was hoping to ease his painful left foot back into action after nearly two months off tour, that's hardly what happened in his Citi Open debut, which ended after just...
Aug 05, 2021
Appeals court upholds murder conviction of ex-Dallas officer
DALLAS (AP) - A Texas appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of a former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her neighbor in his home. A panel of thr...
Aug 05, 2021
Canada's Evan Dunfee captures bronze in 50-kilometre race walk
SAPPORO, Japan - Canada's Evan Dunfee won a bronze medal in the last Olympic men's 50-kilometre race walk Friday. The 30-year-old from Richmond, B.C., reached the podium in a race of attrition amid th...
Aug 05, 2021
Court tosses former Yukon cabinet minister's bid to overturn tie vote
WHITEHORSE - The results of the Yukon election stand after a former cabinet minister who lost her seat in a tie vote also lost her bid to overturn the election result in court. Liberal Pauline Frost c...
Aug 05, 2021
Achara's return to action with Toronto FC welcome news on several continents
TORONTO - Ifunanyachi Achara's return from knee surgery was welcome news on several continents. The 23-year-old forward took the field for the first time in 515 days when he came off the bench in Toro...
Aug 05, 2021