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Art display aims to close the gap between seniors and youth
VERNON - An art project in Vernon is helping to bring generations together.Vernon & District Immigrant and Community Services Society (VDICSS) has unveiled an art installation, in collaboration wi...
Jun 01, 2021
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime eliminated in first round at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the French Open after suffering a first-round loss. The No. 20 seed, from Montreal, lost 6-3, 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-4 to Italian Andreas Seppi on Tuesday at ...
Jun 01, 2021
Edmonton CFL franchise changes its team name to Elks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks. The club made the announcement via livestream today. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year following a similar...
Jun 01, 2021
Edmonton CFL franchise changes its team name to Elks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks. The club made the announcement via livestream today. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year following a similar...
Jun 01, 2021
Indigenous leader tells coroner's inquest community haunted by Joyce Echaquan's death
MONTREAL - Indigenous leaders are renewing their calls for the Quebec government to recognize systemic racism in the province's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa, chief of the Conseil des Atikamekw...
Jun 01, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promises cities help to lower high cost of housing
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising municipal leaders federal backing and resources toward efforts to address the high cost of housing that he says is creating a crisis for young and m...
Jun 01, 2021
Former CFL commissioner Smith on Senate committee that will do report on Bill C-218
Former CFL commissioner Larry Smith will be among those giving Bill C-218 a much closer look when it goes before the Senate's standing committee on banking, trade and commerce this week. Bill C-218 is...
Jun 01, 2021
Retired judge calls for overhaul of military's handling of sexual misconduct cases
A retired Supreme Court justice is calling for significant changes to how the Canadian Armed Forces deals with allegations of sexual misconduct following a months-long review of Canada' military justi...
Jun 01, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 699 new COVID-19 cases and nine deaths from the virus. The data is based on 20,262 tests. The pr...
Jun 01, 2021
Construction spending posts modest 0.2% gain in April
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. construction spending rose a modest 0.2% in April as strength in housing offset further weakness in nonresidential construction. The April increase followed a much stronger 1% g...
Jun 01, 2021