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Montreal Marathon organizers cancel 2021 edition over COVID-19 restrictions
MONTREAL - Organizers of Montreal's marathon say they're cancelling the 2021 edition of the event due to ongoing COVID-19 health restrictions. The Marathon Beneva de Montreal event was scheduled to be...
Jun 15, 2021
Bloc Québécois doubles down on motion on Quebec nationhood, constitutional change
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois is taking a second stab at getting MPs to recognize Quebec's right to unilaterally change the Constitution in line with proposed reforms to the province's language law. Leade...
Jun 15, 2021
Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez advances to second round at WTA Tour event
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez is heading to the second round of the Viking Classic Birmingham. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., beat China's Wang Yafan in the first round of...
Jun 15, 2021
Violent extremists driven by ideology turning to virtual currencies: federal centre
OTTAWA - The federal financial intelligence centre warns that violent extremists driven by causes including racial hatred are increasingly turning to virtual currencies for fundraising. In a newly pub...
Jun 15, 2021
Bell MTS Centre, home of Winnipeg Jets, to be renamed Canada Life Centre
A deal between Canada Life Assurance Co. and the owner of the Winnipeg Jets will see the hockey team's home arena renamed to the Canada Life Centre. The venue, currently called the Bell MTS Centre, wi...
Jun 15, 2021
Extremists turn to virtual currencies, NATO in space : In The News for June 15
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 June 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 15, 2021
Beaver secretion found as part of ancient throwing dart in Yukon
WHITEHORSE - Researchers say they've discovered castoreum, a secretion beavers use to mark their territory, in a 6,000-year-old throwing dart in the Yukon. The researchers from the Canadian Conservati...
Jun 15, 2021
Days after Kamloops remains discovery, Tk'emlups families gather to unite, move ahead
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - An extraordinary gathering of Indigenous family leaders occurred in the days following the discovery of what are believed to be the remains of 215 children at the site of the former K...
Jun 15, 2021
Trudeau to visit Pfizer on final day of international pandemic trip, begin quarantine
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is spending the last day of his first international trip in more than a year visiting a plant that played a pivotal role in Canada's early rollout of the COVID-1...
Jun 15, 2021
Lawyers supporting compensation for Indigenous kids taken into care present arguments
OTTAWA - A case involving Indigenous children taken into foster care by what all parties call Canada's "broken child-welfare system" will begin its second day of hearings at Federal Court today. A fed...
Jun 15, 2021