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Mexican boxer did not report concussion before deadly Montreal fight: coroner
MONTREAL - A Quebecer coroner says Mexican boxer Jeanette Guadeloupe Zacarias Zapata did not declare a likely prior concussion before an August 2021 match in Montreal that led to her death. Coroner Ja...
Nov 28, 2023
Saskatchewan starts tribunal to review Ottawa's clean electricity regulations
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is using its autonomy legislation for the first time to review the federal government's proposed clean-electricity regulations. Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre says ...
Nov 28, 2023
Toronto to host New York in PWHL's first regular-season game on New Year's day
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League's season openers are set. Toronto will host New York in an afternoon game at the Mattamy Athletic Centre on Jan. 1 to open the regular season. Montreal...
Nov 28, 2023
Four large Quebec public sector unions say they will strike for a week in December
MONTREAL - Four large Quebec public sector unions say they will strike for a week in December in an effort to accelerate contract negotiations with the provincial government. The four unions, who are ...
Nov 28, 2023
Nanaimo senior sustains 'very serious injuries' after being pinned underneath minivan
NANAIMO - An 83-year-old woman remains in hospital with "significant, very serious" injuries after being hit by a minivan in downtown Nanaimo. On Monday, Nov. 27 shortly before 3 p.m., emergency crews...
Nov 28, 2023
Man in incel-inspired murder case gets life in prison, no parole for 10 yrs
TORONTO - A man who pleaded guilty to the incel-inspired murder of a Toronto massage parlour employee sought out the ideology that led him to commit a "horrific crime," an Ontario judge said Tuesday i...
Nov 28, 2023
Conservative motion seeks support to order senators to pass carbon pricing bill
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants MPs to order the "unelected" Senate to pass a Tory bill that would take the carbon price off natural gas and propane used on farms. Poilievre introd...
Nov 28, 2023
Tories bristle at Liberal charge they're deserting Ukraine with vote against bill
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives are pushing back against Liberal accusations that they're abandoning Ukraine, after Tory MPs voted against a bill that implements an update to a Canada-Ukraine trade dea...
Nov 28, 2023
Post linking Poilievre, Winnipeg shootings 'inappropriate,' says Liberal House leader
OTTAWA - Government House leader Karina Gould says it was inappropriate for one of her Liberal caucus colleagues to ask whether there is a link between Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and a fatal...
Nov 28, 2023
Ottawa was always flexible on clean-energy rules, despite Alberta concerns: Wilkinson
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government is open to extending the deadline for existing natural gas plants to operate without emissions-trapping technology. He says that...
Nov 28, 2023