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Canada closing in on deal to get Stellantis battery plant back on track: Champagne
OTTAWA - Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says a deal that would save the $5-billion electric-vehicle battery plant in Windsor is inching closer. The federal government, Ontario, Stellant...
May 31, 2023
Montreal Alouettes receiver Tyson Philpot still not training with teammates
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - Montreal Alouettes wide receiver Tyson Philpot did not train with his teammates on Wednesday and hasn't done so since May 26. Whether or not his status for the start of the CFL s...
May 31, 2023
Thunderbirds look to lean on big-game experience in run for first Memorial Cup title
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Seattle Thunderbirds are looking to continue using the big-game experience they possess to their advantage at the Memorial Cup. Dylan Guenther is among six players on the Thunderb...
May 31, 2023
From formative days in Kitchener to the NBA Finals, Canada's Murray in spotlight
KITCHENER, Ont. - When Canadian NBA star Jamal Murray was a teenager at the Orangeville Prep Basketball Academy, he declined to have a mobile phone for most of his two years with the program. He wante...
May 31, 2023
Sylvan Lake man extradited to Thailand for murder trial
A Sylvan Lake man has been extradited to Thailand to stand trial for premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder in what authorities in that country allege to be a gang-related killing last ye...
May 31, 2023
Judge critical of police as Quebec man sentenced to eight years for killing spouse
SAINT-JRME, Que. - A Quebec man who slipped through the cracks of the justice and health systems was sentenced today to eight years in prison for the March 2022 killing of his spouse. Quebec court Jud...
May 31, 2023
Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Jett Woo to one-year contract
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks signed defenceman Jett Woo to a one-year, two-way contract on Wednesday. Woo, 22, has spent the last three seasons playing for Vancouver's American Hockey League affi...
May 31, 2023
Evacuation order issued for N.W.T. community as wildfire nears
SAMBAA K'E, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES - The Northwest Territories government says a community near the Alberta boundary is under an evacuation order due to a nearby wildfire. N.W.T. fire says the 980-squa...
May 31, 2023
More federal ministers could get security details as threats increase
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at whether to expand security protection to cabinet ministers as more of them express concern for their safety and that of their families. Public Safety Mini...
May 31, 2023
Committee will oversee changes recommended by inquiry into N.S. shooting
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has appointed a retired appeals court justice to head a committee to oversee the changes recommended by the public inquiry into the April 2020 mass shoo...
May 31, 2023