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The number of Mexican asylum seekers in Canada has increased dramatically
MONTREAL - Canada has seen a spike in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum here this year, with the vast majority of them coming to Montreal. They say they are fleeing Mexico in search of jobs and sa...
Nov 04, 2022
Brooks-Medicine Hat candidates square off in final forum
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Funding for HALO Air Ambulance, the region's energy potential and education were the main talking points at the third and final candidates' forum for the Brooks-Medicine Hat byelect...
Nov 04, 2022
Auger-Aliassime continues scorching season-ending run with win over Tiafoe in Paris
PARIS - Felix Auger-Aliassime's brilliant end to his tennis season continued Friday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Frances Tiafoe in the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters. The 22-year-old from Montreal cli...
Nov 04, 2022
Veteran running back Harris resumes practising with Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Andrew Harris has resumed practising with the Toronto Argonauts. The veteran Canadian running back was back on the practice field Friday after missing Toronto's final 10 regular-season games...
Nov 04, 2022
Canada sanctions Haitian officials as MPs told gangs are wreaking ‘civil war
Ottawa is sanctioning at least two senior Haitian officials for their alleged support of gangs in the country. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has announced sanctions in lockstep with the U.S. fo...
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
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