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Spring flooding: Montrealers warned to pack emergency kits as water levels rise
MONTREAL - Rain is in the forecast this week across Quebec and officials are monitoring lakes and rivers at risk of flooding. Martin Guilbault with Montreal's fire department says the city is on alert...
Apr 17, 2023
Americans Fritz and Tiafoe to represent Team World at Laver Cup in Vancouver
Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe will look to defend Team World's title at the Laver Cup in Vancouver this year. The top-ranked Americans join Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime on John McEnroe's six-man t...
Apr 17, 2023
Federal Court sides with Facebook in privacy case tied to Cambridge Analytica affair
OTTAWA - A judge has dismissed the federal privacy watchdog's bid for a declaration that Facebook broke the law governing the use of personal information in a case flowing from the Cambridge Analytica...
Apr 17, 2023
Mendicino to testify on long-awaited bill aimed at unblocking aid in Afghanistan
OTTAWA, Ill. - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino will testify at a parliamentary committee this afternoon on legislation aimed at unblocking humanitarian support for people in Afghanistan. The Li...
Apr 17, 2023
Curling Canada makes major changes to Olympic trials, Canadian championships formats
Curling Canada announced significant changes to some of its major events on Monday. The four-player Olympic trials for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, an eight-team event, will open with a round-robin ...
Apr 17, 2023
Boston Marathon sweep for Kenya, but not favorite Kipchoge
BOSTON (AP) - Defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon again on Monday, surging to the front at Heartbreak Hill to spoil the much-anticipated debut of world record holder Eliud...
Apr 17, 2023
Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd, and his 22 1/2-year...
Apr 17, 2023
Boston Marathon sweep for Kenya, but not favorite Kipchoge
BOSTON (AP) - Defending champion Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon again on Monday, surging to the front at Heartbreak Hill to spoil the much-anticipated debut of world record holder Eliud...
Apr 17, 2023
CBC should exit Twitter over 'government-funded media' label: public policy expert
TORONTO - At least one public policy expert says CBC should leave Twitter after the social media giant labelled its main account as "government-funded media." Vass Bednar says unless the label issued ...
Apr 17, 2023
Deadlines for key Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry recommendations
HALIFAX - The federal-provincial inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting last month published a 3,000-page final report with dozens of recommendations. Here is a look at the deadlines attached...
Apr 17, 2023