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Revellers return to Hong Kong 7s for 1st time since pandemic
HONG KONG (AP) - Thousands of revellers returned to Hong Kong Stadium on Friday to enjoy a highly anticipated international rugby sevens tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began...
Nov 04, 2022
Revellers return to Hong Kong 7s for 1st time since pandemic
HONG KONG (AP) - Thousands of revellers returned to Hong Kong Stadium on Friday to enjoy a highly anticipated international rugby sevens tournament for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began...
Nov 04, 2022
Court says conditional sentence curbs are constitutional in Indigenous case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of provisions that prevent an offender from avoiding jail by serving their sentence in the community, finding no evidence they had...
Nov 04, 2022
Oath Keepers head Rhodes on stand in Jan. 6 sedition trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes took the witness stand on Friday in his high-stakes seditious conspiracy trial as he tries to counter allegations that his far-right extremist gro...
Nov 04, 2022
Senators Sports & Entertainment say process is underway to sell NHL team
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are on the market. The board of directors of Senators Sports & Entertainment says a process has been initiated for the sale of the NHL club. Galatioto Sports Partners,...
Nov 04, 2022
Telus reports $551M Q3 profit, up from $358M a year ago, raises quarterly dividend
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. raised its dividend as it reported a profit of $551 million in its latest quarter, up from $358 million in the same quarter last year. The telecommunications company says it wi...
Nov 04, 2022
Cannons primed to pummel pumpkins & raise funds for Nanaimo CDC
NANAIMO - Complete and utter annihilation is on the agenda Saturday.Alair Homes and VMAC are combining to host the 3rd annual Great Pumpkin Toss at Meadow Creek Community Park, behind East Wellington ...
Nov 04, 2022
Montreal Force kicks off expansion season in Premier Hockey Federation women's league
Montreal is about to drop the puck in women's professional hockey with the expansion Force upping the Premier Hockey League's Canadian content to two clubs. The Force and third-year Toronto Six open t...
Nov 04, 2022
Latest job numbers, Lich back at Emergencies Act inquiry : In The News for Nov. 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 4 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 04, 2022
Some Quebec colleges say Ottawa denies 80 to 90 per cent of study permits from Africa
MONTREAL - Some Quebec junior colleges say 80 to 90 per cent of the international students they've accepted from Africa are being refused study permits by the federal government, jeopardizing their ab...
Nov 04, 2022