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Pope nixes Florence visit, Ash Wednesday due to knee pain
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has canceled a scheduled Sunday visit to Florence and will not preside over Ash Wednesday commemorations next week because of what the Vatican described Friday as a flareup of...
Feb 25, 2022
Paris replaces St. Petersburg as Champions League final host
LONDON (AP) - Russia was stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA on Friday with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The men's final will still be held o...
Feb 25, 2022
Paris replaces St. Petersburg as Champions League final host
LONDON (AP) - Russia was stripped of hosting the Champions League final by UEFA on Friday with St. Petersburg replaced by Paris after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The men's final will still be held o...
Feb 25, 2022
Russian advance on Kyiv and Canada's safe haven: In The News for Feb. 25
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 Feb. 25 ... What we are watching in Ukraine .....
Feb 25, 2022
Labour minister set to nudge provinces, territories on paid sick leave
OTTAWA - Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan says he plans to put paid sick leave on the agenda for a meeting with his provincial and territorial counterparts to resolve a patchwork system of policies and ...
Feb 25, 2022
Miller puts up four points, Canucks snap Flames' 10-game win streak with lopsided win
VANCOUVER - The Calgary Flames saw their extended win streak extinguished in dramatic fashion Thursday with a lopsided 7-1 loss to the Vancouver Canucks. J.T. Miller scored twice - including on a pena...
Feb 24, 2022
Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russia pressed its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital Friday after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three s...
Feb 24, 2022
Matthews scores twice as Leafs beat Wild 3-1 to end losing streak
TORONTO - Little has gone right for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the past week. The team was stuck in a slump with a three-game losing streak. Defenceman Jake Muzzin suffered his second concussion in fi...
Feb 24, 2022
Alberta government wins Golden Scissors Award
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is awarding their Golden Scissors Award to Alberta Labour and Immigration for the Labour Mobility Act.Passed in late 2021, the act eliminates cre...
Feb 24, 2022
Reaction to UCP government's Budget 2022 pours in
Rachel Notley and the Alberta NDP say Budget 2022, which you can read more about here, is a prime example of why Albertans can't trust the governing UCP.The budget was released Thursday afternoon, wit...
Feb 24, 2022