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Organizers say Rolling Thunder rally ends Sunday, police say no long-term occupation
2OTTAWA - The Rolling Thunder rally is set to wind down today after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that's still tense after the three-week-long occupatio...
May 01, 2022
Leafs hope to finally flip playoff script against battle-tested, back-to-back champs
TORONTO - The message from the Maple Leafs - and to themselves - has been consistent all season. Head down, one foot in front of the other, don't look too far ahead. Learn from a painful past, but don...
May 01, 2022
Indigenous women more likely to face violence if they were a child in care: report
Front-line workers are calling for more support for Indigenous families after a Statistics Canada analysis found First Nations, Inuit and Mtis women are more likely to experience physical or sexual as...
May 01, 2022
COVID-19 is killing fewer people, but Quebec still reporting dozens of deaths daily
MONTREAL - Percylla Battista said she last spoke to her sister, Maggie Quart Robitaille, a week before Quart Robitaille tested positive for COVID-19. "She was feeling pretty good," Battista said in a ...
May 01, 2022
How the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping who will be the next Conservative party leader
OTTAWA - The last time federal Conservatives were picking a leader, their race was transformed by the COVID-19 pandemic. More than two years later, they are at it again. But this time, the race is hap...
May 01, 2022
Pickleball's growth raises a racket in Victoria, amid bans over noise complaints
VICTORIA - Pickleball players readily admit their sport makes noise, but complaining about the sound of people having a healthy good time is out of bounds, say players and officials. Connie McCann bou...
May 01, 2022
Organizers say Rolling Thunder rally ends Sunday, police say no long-term occupation
OTTAWA - The Rolling Thunder rally is set to wind down today after arriving in Ottawa Friday afternoon, bringing large crowds to a downtown core that's still tense after the three-week-long occupation...
May 01, 2022
Canada captain Christine Sinclair on the mark as Portland wins NWSL season opener
PORTLAND, Ore. - Canada captain Christine Sinclair recorded career regular-season goal No. 55 for Portland as the Thorns blanked the Kansas City Current 3-0 in their NWSL season opener Saturday. Morga...
Apr 30, 2022
Canadians Yohan Lainesse, Tristan Connelly lose on UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS - American (Gifted) Gabe Green survived an early onslaught to stop Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse in the second round Saturday on a UFC Fight Night undercard, handling the Montreal welterweight...
Apr 30, 2022
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes seeking man wanted for first-degree murder
Alberta RCMP Major Crimes is seeking public assistance to locate a man wanted for first-degree murder.Stavon Maurice Allen, 38, of Spruce Grove, has been charged, and has a warrant out for his arrest....
Apr 30, 2022