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NDP's Ashton pays back some money from Christmas trip initially billed to taxpayers
OTTAWA - A New Democrat member of Parliament has paid back a portion of the thousands of dollars she spent on a Christmastime trip for herself and her family that was paid for with public money. The f...
Jun 29, 2024
Lightning trade defenceman Mikail Sergachev to Utah, winger Tanner Jeannot to Kings
LAS VEGAS - Utah Hockey Club made a big splash on the second day of the NHL draft. And the Tampa Bay Lightning cleared a boatload of salary cap space in a matter of minutes. Utah acquired defenceman M...
Jun 29, 2024
Gonzalez to lead Canada 1 into world junior football final versus Japan
It's been a whirlwind of late for Pepe Gonzalez. The 19-year-old quarterback is preparing for his third football game in eight days but the biggest one of his young career. On Sunday, Gonzalez and Can...
Jun 29, 2024
Edmonton Police warn of items being thrown off overpass onto Whitemud Drive
A caution for motorists in west Edmonton, as Edmonton Police Service (EPS) is investigating 12 instances of objects being thrown onto Whitemud Drive from overpasses.EPS says between March 27 and June ...
Jun 29, 2024
Blue Jays designate reliever Tim Mayza for assignment, recall Cuas
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have designated reliever Tim Mayza for assignment. The team recalled right-hander Jose Cuas from Triple-A Buffalo in a corresponding move. Toronto also made Cuas active...
Jun 29, 2024
Canada's Leylah Fernandez falls 6-3, 6-4 in final at Eastbourne
EASTBOURNE - Canada's Leylah Fernandez fell 6-3, 6-4 to Russia's Daria Kasatkina on Saturday in the Rothesay International women's singles final. The Laval, Que., native had one ace to three double fa...
Jun 29, 2024
Bardet wins hot and hilly opening Tour de France stage in Italy while Cavendish struggles
RIMINI, Italy (AP) - Two-time podium finisher Romain Bardet won the opening stage of the Tour de France and claimed the yellow jersey on Saturday as cycling's biggest race began in Italy for the first...
Jun 29, 2024
As fall elections loom, are fears for the state of democracy in Canada justified?
At ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day in France a month ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a warning about the state of democracy. It was, he said on Juno Beach, "still under t...
Jun 29, 2024
An attacker wounds a police officer guarding Israel's embassy in Serbia before being shot dead
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - An attacker with a crossbow wounded a Serbian police officer guarding the Israeli Embassy in Belgrade on Saturday, Serbia's interior ministry said. The officer responded by fat...
Jun 29, 2024
French-Montrealers vote in ‘historic’ election amid surge in far-right
MONTREAL - Large numbers of French nationals in Montreal are expected to turn out on Saturday for the first round of France's parliamentary elections, spurred to the ballot box by the threat of a surg...
Jun 29, 2024