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Liam Gill to replace injured Derek Livingston on Canadian snowboard team
Canada's Derek Livingston will not compete in men's snowboard halfpipe at the Beijing Olympics after sustaining a lower-body injury during a recent training run. Livingstone, from Aurora, Ont., will b...
Jan 31, 2022
Budget officer suggests feds' foreign homeowner tax to yield less than Liberals plan
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is estimating that a new federal tax on vacant, foreign-owned properties may not bring in as much as the Liberals hope. The one-per-cent tax was to take effec...
Jan 31, 2022
African Union suspends Burkina Faso after coup last week
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso until constitutional order is restored in the West African country, the organization announced in a tweet on Monday. The s...
Jan 31, 2022
Cyprus overturns UK woman's conviction for making up rape
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The Supreme Court in Cyprus overturned the conviction of a British woman given a four-month suspended sentence for making up claims that she was gang raped by as many as a dozen...
Jan 31, 2022
Barcelona bids to sign Aubameyang and sell Dembélé
MADRID (AP) - The last day of the winter transfer window arrived in Spain on Monday with Barcelona hoping to seal the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and find a buyer for Ousmane Dembl. Aubameyan...
Jan 31, 2022
Eriksen set for playing return after signing for Brentford
LONDON (AP) - Christian Eriksen is set for a remarkable playing comeback after signing for Premier League club Brentford on Monday, almost seven months after having a cardiac arrest on the field at th...
Jan 31, 2022
Eriksen set for playing return after signing for Brentford
LONDON (AP) - Christian Eriksen is set for a remarkable playing comeback after signing for Premier League club Brentford on Monday, almost seven months after having a cardiac arrest on the field at th...
Jan 31, 2022
Ontario, Quebec begin easing COVID-19 restrictions as schools reopen in the Maritimes
Canada's most populous provinces are easing some COVID-19 restrictions today, while students head back to classrooms in two Maritime provinces. Ontario and Quebec have reported declines in hospitaliza...
Jan 31, 2022
Calling the Ottawa protests 'peaceful' downplays non-violent dangers, critics say
Police haven't reported any physical violence at the ongoing Ottawa rally against vaccine mandates and other government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions, but critics warn that conflating the absence of b...
Jan 31, 2022
Trial to start for teen charged in 2020 hit-and-run death of Calgary police officer
CALGARY - A trial for the 19-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer just over a year ago is scheduled to begin today. The teen, who cannot b...
Jan 31, 2022