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Achonwa, Carleton, Nurse headline Canada's basketball roster for World Cup training
EDMONTON - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa, Bridget Carleton and Kia Nurse headline Canada's women's basketball roster for its pre-World Cup training camp. Nurse, a guard for the Phoenix Mercury, hasn't ...
Aug 24, 2022
Canada has short window to get ahead of U.S. hydrogen efforts, backer warns
OTTAWA - The chairman of the company behind one of the biggest proposed green hydrogen projects in Atlantic Canada says a three-year time frame to start shipping the fuel to Germany is feasible if eve...
Aug 24, 2022
Jill Biden has 'rebound' COVID-19 case, president negative
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent "rebound" case, after she initially tested negative for the virus over the weekend. President Joe Biden, w...
Aug 24, 2022
Quebec official says Omicron-targeted bivalent vaccine ready in 'less than two weeks'
MONTREAL - Quebec's public health director says a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine targeting both the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant should be available in less than two weeks. Dr. Luc B...
Aug 24, 2022
Man sentenced in armed robbery incidents
A man accused of multiple armed robberies and other firearms offences in Maskwacis earlier this year has been sentenced to six months (180 days) in jail and given a 10-year firearms prohibition.Wyatt ...
Aug 24, 2022
Preliminary hearing scheduled for man charged in Sylvan Lake stabbing
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for later this year for a man charged in a Sylvan Lake stabbing this summer.Brandon James Ritchie, 28, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 22, 2022,...
Aug 24, 2022
More than 1.3 million immigration applications still in backlog
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says his department is going on a hiring spree to bring 1,250 new employees on board by the end of the fall to tackle massive backlogs in processing applicati...
Aug 24, 2022
Belarus' Azarenka dropped from Ukraine exhibition at US Open
NEW YORK (AP) - Two-time major champion and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was dropped Wednesday from a pre-U.S. Open exhibition event raising money for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine. Azarenka is...
Aug 24, 2022
Head of federal telecom regulator did not breach Conflict of Interest Act: watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says the head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act when he held meetings with large telec...
Aug 24, 2022
Canada back on top of the women's hockey world, but work continues to stay there
Canada's women's hockey team starts the world championship remembering the words of a man who climbed Mount Everest twice. Jamie Clarke, a Canadian adventurer who reached the top of the world's highes...
Aug 24, 2022