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Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski playing with new perspective since cancer diagnosis
MONTREAL - Winning still feels great for Gabriela Dabrowski, but it's not the be-all and end-all like it used to be. Ever since her battle with cancer last year, swinging a tennis racket has taken on ...
Jul 25, 2025
Liberal MPs call for Canada to join France in recognizing Palestinian state
OTTAWA - Liberal members of Parliament are publicly calling on the Canadian government to follow France's lead in recognizing Palestine as a state. Toronto-area MP Salma Zahid said on a social media p...
Jul 25, 2025
Israeli ambassador rejects PM Carney's criticism of aid delivery in Gaza
OTTAWA - Israel's ambassador in Ottawa has issued a statement rejecting Canada's "condemnation" of humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza. The statement from Ambassador Iddo Moed urges Canada to keep up pr...
Jul 25, 2025
Rotary Club of Red Deer Sunrise presents cheque to winner of Westerner Days 50/50
The Rotary Club of Red Deer Sunrise announced the winner of its Westerner Days 50/50 draw on Friday.Sylvan Lake resident Calisia Payne was the lucky winner after purchasing a ticket during Westerner D...
Jul 25, 2025
CFL issues Amos a maximum fine for hit on Ottawa quarterback Dru Brown
TORONTO - The CFL issued a maximum fine against DaShaun Amos of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday for his hit last week on Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Dru Brown. The exact amount of the fine wasn't d...
Jul 25, 2025
Quebec suspends directive restricting access to daycare for immigrant children
MONTRAL - The Quebec government has partially suspended a directive that would have expelled some children of immigrants from subsidized daycare. Families Minister Suzanne Roy says that while the gove...
Jul 25, 2025
Lori Vallow Daybell receives life in prison for 2 Arizona murder conspiracy convictions
PHOENIX (AP) - Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison Friday on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona, marking an end to a winding legal saga for the mother with doomsday religious...
Jul 25, 2025
Junior hockey players' trial a chance to discuss sex, masculinity with youth: experts
TORONTO - The acquittal of five former junior hockey players after a tumultuous and high-profile sexual assault trial is sparking a renewed conversation about how young people are being educated about...
Jul 25, 2025
Junior hockey players' trial a chance to discuss sex, masculinity with youth: experts
TORONTO - The acquittal of five former junior hockey players after a tumultuous and high-profile sexual assault trial is sparking a renewed conversation about how young people are being educated about...
Jul 25, 2025
Former city lawyer who vandalized National Holocaust Monument pleads guilty
OTTAWA - A former City of Ottawa lawyer has pleaded guilty after defacing Canada's National Holocaust Monument. Iain Aspenlieder, 46, was charged last month with mischief to a war memorial, mischief e...
Jul 25, 2025