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Catherine Tait says CBC needs new financial model, not new mandate
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's public broadcaster says it's the financial model and governance of CBC/Radio-Canada that need reviewing - not its mandate. Catherine Tait made the comments today to a roo...
Feb 02, 2024

Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser wins World Cup gold in halfpipe
MAMMOTH, Calif. - Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser won her first career World Cup gold in the halfpipe competition at Mammoth Mountain on Friday. The 28-year-old Fraser, who was born in Halifax but...
Feb 02, 2024

NHL won't consider punishment for 2018 WJC players until after legal proceedings
TORONTO - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says the league will not consider any punishment against five players from Canada's 2018 world junior team charged in connection with an alleged gang rape until...
Feb 02, 2024

Federal judge in DC postpones Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump's March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president conti...
Feb 02, 2024

Politics trumped legal advice in decision not to revoke citizenship of Nazi in 1960s
OTTAWA - A report on Canada's handling of Nazi war criminals suggests politics played a key role in the 1967 decision to preserve the citizenship of a man convicted of war crimes in the Soviet Union. ...
Feb 02, 2024

Bernardeschi, Insigne score as Toronto FC opens pre-season play against Nashville SC
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Italian stars Federico Bernardeschi and Lorenzo Insigne both scored Friday as Toronto FC opened its pre-season schedule against Nashville SC. The matchup, at Palm Beach Gard...
Feb 02, 2024

B.C. coroner's inquest jury begins deliberations about deadly Winters Hotel fire
VANCOUVER - The jury in a coroner's inquest into the Winters Hotel fire in Vancouver two years ago has been stood down to deliberate its recommendations about the deadly blaze. For two weeks the inque...
Feb 02, 2024

Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities
Ottawa launched a new pay transparency website Friday to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulate...
Feb 02, 2024

Post-secondaries helping Canadian Blood Services recruit stem cell donors
Alberta post-secondaries are taking part in a campaign to recruit stem cell registrants, in partnership with Canadian Blood Services.Red Deer Polytechnic, along with the U of A, Mount Royal, SAIT, and...
Feb 02, 2024

Alberta Blue Cross challenges province to participate in Winter Walk Day
This Wednesday, the Alberta Blue Cross says hundreds of thousands across the province will embrace the cold and celebrate the season with Winter Walk Day 2024. The non-profit insurance provider is cha...
Feb 02, 2024