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Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada needs a 'Conservative renaissance '
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada badly needs a "Conservative renaissance." Harper was speaking to a room of party faithful gathered in Ottawa for an annual networking conferen...
Mar 22, 2023

'Nobody's perfect,' Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says as MPs chide Afghan evacuation
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says it was "a messy situation" trying to airlift Afghans who helped Canadian soldiers out of the country when the Taliban took over in August 2021. Joly ...
Mar 22, 2023

'He's a unicorn': Canucks star defenceman Hughes continues to grow his game
VANCOUVER - There's little Quinn Hughes does on the ice that shocks his Vancouver Canucks teammates anymore. At 23 years old, the American defenceman has already smashed records, and he appears poised...
Mar 22, 2023

Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Abortion will again be legal in Wyoming - at least for now - after a judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a ban that took effect a few days earlier. Teton County District Court...
Mar 22, 2023

Police-reported hate crimes rise again, as pandemic worsens discrimination: StatCan
OTTAWA - New figures released by Statistics Canada show hate crimes reported to police continued to spike across the country in the second year of the pandemic as people were targeted by race, religio...
Mar 22, 2023

Alberta information commissioner to investigate Kearl tailings leak notifications
EDMONTON - Alberta's information commissioner has started an investigation into how the province's energy regulator notified the public about tailings pond releases at Imperial Oil's Kearl mine. "Info...
Mar 22, 2023

Liberals introduce legislation to create a corporate ownership registry
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are moving ahead with plans to create an ownership registry after promising to increase transparency about who owns and controls corporations. Industry Minister Franois-P...
Mar 22, 2023

Bichette, Varsho homer and Berrios pitches five solid innings as Jays beat Orioles
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho hit solo homers, Jose Berrios pitched five solid innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Baltimore Orioles 2-1 in spring training baseball action Wedn...
Mar 22, 2023

Russia, Belarus barred from next season's ice hockey worlds
ZURICH (AP) - Russia and Belarus teams were excluded by the International Ice Hockey Federation on Wednesday from all its world championships next season, including the women's event in the United Sta...
Mar 22, 2023

ABmunis says municipalities need more funding, not recycled budget announcements
Officials with Alberta Municipalities (ABmunis) say they are disappointed with the amount of funding for municipalities announced by the provincial government in last month's budget and a more detaile...
Mar 22, 2023