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Residential school memorial in downtown Vancouver closed after Indigenous ceremony
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver says it has closed a residential school temporary memorial but will continue working with area First Nations to find a permanent space to honour victims and survivors...
May 26, 2023
Auger-Aliassime, Andreescu lead Canadian singles hopes at French Open
The Canadian tennis scene reached new heights in recent years thanks to a young core of domestic talent that broke through on the sport's biggest stages. A cooling-off period appears to have settled i...
May 26, 2023
Canadian Derk Gee finishes second for fourth time at Giro d;italia
TRE CIME DI LAVAREDO, Italy - Canadian Derek Gee recorded his fourth second-place finish at the Giro d'Italia on Friday, finishing behind Colombian Santiago Buitrago in a gruelling Stage 19. Buitrago ...
May 26, 2023
Disgruntled Italian Federico Bernardeschi benched for TFC game against D.C. United
TORONTO - Disgruntled Italian star Federico Bernardeschi has been benched for Toronto FC's game Saturday against D.C. United. Coach Bob Bradley said Bernardeschi is being held out in what he called a ...
May 26, 2023
Iowa law limits gender identity instruction, removes books depicting sex acts from school libraries
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa teachers will be banned from raising gender identity and sexual orientation issues with students through grade six, and all books depicting sex acts will be removed from s...
May 26, 2023
From Italy to B.C.: Jevoni Robinson has taken an unusual route to the CFL
It was an assistant basketball coach who first spotted Jevoni Robinson and started his unlikely path to the CFL. Robinson was enrolled at North Carolina State and playing a pick-up game of basketball ...
May 26, 2023
Province re-affirms commitment to new Nanaimo cancer centre
NANAIMO - Despite delays in other projects and several key steps yet to be completed, the provincial government re-committed to opening a new Island cancer centre.Premier David Eby, alongside health m...
May 26, 2023
Canada rugby coach among sport's elite at Barbarians vs. World XV all-star game
As a former Welsh international, Kingsley Jones is used to being one of several Joneses on the roster. This weekend, the Canada rugby coach is assisting an Australian namesake in Eddie Jones with the ...
May 26, 2023
Judge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A judge ruled Friday that chemical retardant dropped on wildfires by the U.S. Forest Service is polluting streams in western states in violation of federal law, but said that it...
May 26, 2023
About half of Canada's environment ministers skip meeting on biodiversity loss
OTTAWA - More than half of the provinces' ministers have skipped out on a meeting with the feds and Indigenous leaders to discuss halting land and water loss in Canada. Environment ministers from Sask...
May 26, 2023