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Academics say Indigenous perspectives still lacking in Canadian STEM studies
TORONTO - In order to learn about how Canada's Indigenous astronomers see the skies, Caroline Ormrod had to look overseas. The Toronto resident was interested in pursuing graduate work that would allo...
Mar 07, 2020
Canada's McMorris sets X Games snowboard medal record with gold in Oslo
OSLO - Regina's Mark McMorris is now the most decorated snowboarder in the history of the Winter X Games. McMorris won the gold medal in the men's big air competition Saturday. The result gives him 19...
Mar 07, 2020
Nova Scotian Darling hopes to lead Fightin' Blue Hens to March Madness
Nate Darling was only allowed to shoot hoops in his driveway between certain times while growing up in Halifax. The neighbours didn't take kindly to the rhythmic "thunk" of the ball at all hours....
Mar 07, 2020
Women's world hockey championship cancelled over coronavirus concerns
The women's world hockey championship in Halifax and Truro, N.S., has been cancelled due to concerns over the spreading coronavirus, International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel has told T...
Mar 07, 2020
Stung by Iran tragedy, Canada leading bid to better protect airliners
WASHINGTON - Canada is taking a lead role in what Transport Minister Marc Garneau said Thursday he hopes will become an international effort to better protect civilian airliners around the world from ...
Mar 07, 2020
Minassian admits planning, carrying out deadly Toronto van attack
TORONTO - A man who killed 10 people when he drove a van into crowds of pedestrians on a busy Toronto sidewalk in 2018 admitted to planning and carrying out the attack, court heard on Thursday. T...
Mar 07, 2020
Canada's Kingsbury claims ninth straight moguls Crystal Globe with win in Russia
KRASNOYARSK, Russia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury picked up his ninth straight World Cup overall moguls title with a win in Saturday's dual moguls in Russia. Kingsbury defeated Thomas Gerken Schofield o...
Mar 07, 2020
Cosmetics company Lush calls for end of Safe Third Country deal with U.S.
OTTAWA - Cosmetics company Lush has launched a campaign calling on Canadians to pressure Parliament to back out of an agreement with the U.S. governing refugee claims. It's part of the company's ...
Mar 07, 2020
'If we stand back and do nothing, we get the Trudeau tax:' Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG - Caught between a federal government demanding a rising carbon tax and some Progressive Conservative supporters opposed to any such levy, Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister offered a compromis...
Mar 07, 2020
Canadian Coles-Lyster part of UCI's investigation on sexual assault allegations
In the weeks and months after Maggie Coles-Lyster alleges she was sexually assaulted, the Canadian cyclist buried herself in her sport. The 21-year-old from Maple Ridge, B.C., was just 18 when she joi...
Mar 07, 2020