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All Blacks healed and revved up for Rugby World Cup return against bolder Italy
The All Blacks. Remember them? The Rugby World Cup's discounted three-time champions, who suffered their first ever pool loss then their first ever tournament red card? Those guys. In the two weeks si...
Sep 28, 2023
Veteran Olympic speedskater Ivanie Blondin dons the short blades again
CALGARY - Hardwired to flee her comfort zone, speedskater Ivanie Blondin has found a new way to push her envelope. After 13 years on the national long-track team, the 33-year-old from Ottawa will race...
Sep 28, 2023
B.C. Lions take on Saskatchewan Roughriders, look to clinch home playoff game
SURREY, B.C. - The last time the B.C. Lions took on the Saskatchewan Roughriders, they were denied a comeback win. The Riders took a 31-13 lead into the fourth quarter back on Aug. 20. The Lions score...
Sep 28, 2023
Video appears to show Pvt. Travis King's return to U.S. landing in San Antonio, Texas
The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago has arrived back in the U.S. in San Antonio, Texas early Thursday, local affili...
Sep 28, 2023
Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga'a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
VICTORIA - A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being ...
Sep 28, 2023
Poll suggests two-thirds of Albertans oppose pause on renewable energy approvals
EDMONTON - A poll released Thursday suggests nearly two-thirds of Albertans oppose the provincial government's moratorium on approvals for new renewable energy projects. "This poll clearly demonstrate...
Sep 28, 2023
Reconciliation and reckoning as Nisga'a totem pole returns from Scotland museum
VICTORIA - A homecoming celebration for a memorial totem pole after an absence of almost 100 years will resonate far beyond the tiny Indigenous village in northwest British Columbia where it is being ...
Sep 28, 2023
Indigenous groups stand firm with child welfare law before Supreme Court
EDMONTON - Some Indigenous nations say they are prepared to continue enforcing their jurisdiction over child welfare if Canada's top court sides with Quebec in a landmark constitutional case. Bill C-9...
Sep 28, 2023
Canadian economy to get 'back on its feet' next year, Deloitte Canada says
TORONTO - Canada's near-term economic struggles will ease next year when growth returns and the Bank of Canada begins cutting its key lending rate, a new forecast from Deloitte Canada said. A better-t...
Sep 28, 2023
Hurricane Juan: the most powerful and deadly storm to hit Atlantic Canada in 50 years
HALIFAX - Chris Fogarty remembers the moment 20 years ago when he transmitted a weather bulletin warning that hurricane Juan would make landfall near Halifax, churning out gusts at 140 kilometres per ...
Sep 28, 2023