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Vancouver police deployed to end tent encampment in Downtown Eastside
Vancouver police have dispatched officers to a tent encampment on the city's Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers. The City of Vancouver says it has asked police to help...
Apr 05, 2023
Vancouver police deployed to end tent encampment in Downtown Eastside
Vancouver police have dispatched officers to a tent encampment on the city's Downtown Eastside with the aim of shutting down the site to campers. The City of Vancouver says it has asked police to help...
Apr 05, 2023
Tennis Canada to tour country with Davis Cup trophy after 2022 win
TORONTO - Tennis Canada announced Wednesday it will tour the country with the Davis Cup trophy in celebration of Canada's victory in the 2022 event. Canada won the Davis Cup for the first time in the ...
Apr 05, 2023
Indigenous child-welfare settlement heading back to Canadian Human Rights Tribunal
OTTAWA - A multibillion-dollar settlement for children and families harmed by Ottawa's underfunding of on-reserve services will be presented to the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal for approval after be...
Apr 05, 2023
Feds' draft plan to enshrine UN's Indigenous rights declaration 'not perfect' Lametti
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says he knows the government's draft action plan for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is not perfect. Lametti mad...
Apr 05, 2023
Canadian cricketers regain one-day international status at Namibia qualifier
WINDHOEK, Namibia - Pargat Singh led the batting attack with 66 runs and bowler Jeremy Gordon took six wickets as Canada wrapped up play Wednesday at the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff with a...
Apr 05, 2023
Foreign veterinarians save sick elephant at Pakistani zoo
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - Veterinarians said they performed a critical procedure to save a sick elephant at a zoo in southern Pakistan on Wednesday. Noor Jehan, 17, was brought to Karachi with three ot...
Apr 05, 2023
Indian man extradited from Canada to U.S., charged with human smuggling in Akwesasne
MONTREAL - Federal prosecutors in the United States say an Indian man living in Canada was paid thousands of dollars to smuggle other Indian nationals into the United States through the Akwesasne Moha...
Apr 05, 2023
Canada's Gushue beats South Korea 9-4 at world men's curling championship
OTTAWA - Canada's Brad Gushue defeated South Korea's Byeongjin Jeong 9-4 at the world men's curling championship on Wednesday morning. South Korea conceded after Canada scored four points in the eight...
Apr 05, 2023
Minister praises 'vigilance' of Winnipeg landfill staff after woman's body found
OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for Crown-Indigenous relations is praising workers at a Winnipeg landfill for their "heightened vigilance" after the remains of an Indigenous woman were disco...
Apr 05, 2023