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Battle for the base: What Conservatives think of Lewis – in a race against Poilievre
EDMONTON - It was a common refrain heard from Conservative party members gathered in Edmonton to watch the leadership debate: I like Leslyn Lewis, but I'm picking Pierre Poilievre. "I wouldn't be hear...
May 13, 2022
Canadian helping reform Ukrainian military says she's not surprised by its resilience
OTTAWA - Jill Sinclair has been wracked by a combination of anguish, sickness and anger as well as extraordinary pride as she has watched Ukrainians stand fast in the face of Russia's invasion of thei...
May 13, 2022
Nanaimo senior allegedly assaulted & robbed of several hundred dollars
NANAIMO - A local 71-year-old woman has come forward to police after saying she was pushed to the ground and robbed of cash in late March.Police say the incident occurred on March 22 around 5:30 p.m. ...
May 13, 2022
Canada presses for G7 quick-reaction group on cybersecurity after Ukraine invasion
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne is proposing that G7 countries establish a quick-reaction group on cybersecurity to help build up resilience to attacks following the invasion o...
May 13, 2022
Law barring use of extreme intoxication as criminal defence unconstitutional: SCOC
OTTAWA - Canada's highest court has ruled that the law barring the use of automatism, or a state of extreme intoxication, as a defence for some crimes is unconstitutional and called on Parliament to c...
May 13, 2022
Surging Montreal heads to Charlotte with top spot in the East in its sights
MONTREAL - CF Montral coach Wilfried Nancy says he doesn't pay attention to the Major League Soccer standings, but his team's rise through the Eastern Conference ranks is sure to have rival clubs on n...
May 13, 2022
Chilly conditions break century-old temperature records in parts of southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Highways through southern British Columbia's mountain passes looked more like mid-winter than mid-May Friday as Environment Canada advised another five centimetres of snow was expected bef...
May 13, 2022
NHL stars Matthews, McDavid and Josi named Ted Lindsay Award finalists
Toronto Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews and Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid are two of the finalists for the Ted Lindsay Award, the NHL's most outstanding player award as voted on by fellow p...
May 13, 2022
Quebec coroner calls public inquiry into Montreal firefighter's drowning
MONTREAL - Quebec's chief coroner is calling a public inquiry into the drowning of a Montreal firefighter last year. Pierre Lacroix, a father of two, died after he was thrown into the St. Lawrence Riv...
May 13, 2022
Passengers on German train overpower attacker who wounded 5
BERLIN (AP) - Three passengers on a regional train in Germany overpowered an Iraq-born man who wounded five people with a knife on Friday, authorities said. The train was traveling near the western ci...
May 13, 2022