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Canadian track star Melissa Bishop thrilled to be new mother
WINDSOR, Ont. - World championship track medallist Melissa Bishop is the proud mother of a new baby girl. The native of Eganville, Ont., tweeted she gave birth to Corinne Chidera on Monday morning in ...
Jul 4, 2018
Ford government pauses Liberal laws including vaping laws and ticket resale price caps
TORONTO - A number of laws passed by Ontario’s previous Liberal government have been put on hold by the newly elected Progressive Conservative regime, including measures to tighten rules around ...
Jul 4, 2018
Montreal jazz festival cancels controversial show after criticism
MONTREAL - The Montreal International Jazz Festival has cancelled the remaining presentations of a show that has been criticized because it features a white woman singing songs composed by black slave...
Jul 4, 2018
Probe underway after man dies following police-involved shooting near Whitecourt
WHITECOURT – A man in Alberta is dead after a confrontation with the RCMP in which shots were fired. Mounties say an officer tried to stop a vehicle on Tuesday along Highway 43 in the Whitecourt...
Jul 4, 2018
Reilly, Masoli and Williams named CFL top performers of the month
TORONTO - Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Jeremiah Masoli was named a CFL top performer of the month on Wednesday along with wide receiver D’Haquille (Duke) Williams and quarterback Mike Reilly ...
Jul 4, 2018
Nearly 700 pot shop applications so far in Alberta, four in Drayton Valley
The Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC) has received nearly 700 applications from companies interested in opening up a pot shop in the province since it started accepting applicants on March 6...
Jul 4, 2018
Two people dead, others make it to shore after raft overturns on N.B. river
GRAY RAPIDS, N.B. - Two people are dead after the raft they were in overturned on New Brunswick’s Miramichi River. RCMP Sgt. Brent Johnston says eight friends were rafting down the river in Gray...
Jul 4, 2018
Calgary Stampeders stellar 16-0 coming off a bye dating back to 2005
There’s something about coming off a bye week that agrees with quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell and the Calgary Stampeders. Calgary (3-0) returns from the bye Thursday night in Ottawa against the Re...
Jul 4, 2018
Bodies of three hikers recovered after slipping into pools of B.C. waterfall
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Police say the bodies of three hikers who slipped and fell into one of the pools of a waterfall north of Vancouver were recovered from the area Wednesday evening. The RCMP says in a s...
Jul 4, 2018
Koreas begin basketball friendlies in latest peace gesture
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The rival Koreas on Wednesday began two days of friendly basketball games in Pyongyang in their latest goodwill gesture amid a diplomatic push to resolve the nuclear stando...
Jul 4, 2018