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Star-studded event to mark what would have been Jack Layton's 71st birthday
TORONTO - Family and friends of former federal NDP leader Jack Layton will host a virtual event next month to mark what would have been his 71st birthday. The event will involve a concert on Aug. 22 w...
Jul 18, 2021
Tadej Pogacar wins 2nd straight Tour de France
PARIS (AP) - Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for a second straight year after a mostly ceremonial final stage to the Champs-Elysees on Sunday in cycling's biggest race. The Slovenian rider with U...
Jul 18, 2021
'I have to do my part': Canadians across the country walking for a cause and to heal
By putting one foot in front of the other, sometimes slowly and sometimes with quicker strides, Bilal Malik says he desperately hopes the government will listen to what he has to say. The 36-year-old ...
Jul 18, 2021
Three books vying for title of Red Deer Reads 2021 champion
The final round of Red Deer Reads 2021 is going on now.A different format was chosen for this year's program. It involves three finalist titles, each with a local champion promoting to the public why ...
Jul 18, 2021
Canadiens' star goalie Carey Price left unprotected for Kraken expansion draft
After backstopping the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup Final, Carey Price has been left unprotected for the Seattle Kraken expansion draft. Price could become the face of the NHL's 32nd franchis...
Jul 18, 2021
Canadiens' star goalie Carey Price left unprotected for Kraken expansion draft
After backstopping the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup Final, Carey Price has been left unprotected for the Seattle Kraken expansion draft. Price could become the face of the NHL's 32nd franchis...
Jul 18, 2021
'I have to do my part': Canadians across the country walking for a cause and to heal
By putting one foot in front of the other, sometimes slowly and sometimes with quicker strides, Bilal Malik says he desperately hopes the government will listen to what he has to say. The 36-year-old ...
Jul 18, 2021
OPEC, allies raise limits for 5 countries to end oil dispute
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - OPEC and allied nations Sunday agreed to eventually raise the production limits imposed on five countries, ending an earlier dispute sparked by the United Arab Emirates t...
Jul 18, 2021
Harvard student, Queen's prof, collaborating to rapidly identify Lyme-infected ticks
OTTAWA - Harvard University microbiology student Indumathi Prakash was just seven years old when a tick bite near her home in Massachusetts gave her Lyme disease and left her to spend most of her chil...
Jul 18, 2021
Fire experts prescribe Indigenous cultural burns to reduce wildfire risk in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Wildfire experts say British Columbia must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes. "We're not burning...
Jul 18, 2021