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'Work to be done': Cockrill takes over as health minister
Jeremy Cockrill is into day two into his new health portfolio and he said he's excited. "It's another challenge but I do love a challenge so we're looking forward to get into it," he said. Newly re-el...
Nov 08, 2024
Roles reversed: Defending champion Alouettes host Argonauts in East final rematch
MONTREAL - Cody Fajardo knows the roles are reversed. The reigning Grey Cup MVP still likes where his Montreal Alouettes stand compared to the Toronto Argonauts 12 months ago, because they know what i...
Nov 08, 2024
Magnitude 5.3 quake hits northern Yukon, no damage reported
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck in northern Yukon, but Natural Resources Canada says there have been no reports of damage and none would be expected. The quake struck about 167 kilometres north ...
Nov 08, 2024
Maple Leafs put superstar Auston Matthews on injured reserve, call up Connor Dewar
TORONTO - Superstar Auston Matthews has been placed on the Toronto Maple Leafs' injured reserve. The move is retroactive to Nov. 3 when the Leafs captain suffered an upper-body injury in a 2-1 overtim...
Nov 08, 2024
Canadian Premier League wants to expand by two teams in 2026
CALGARY - The Canadian Premier League intends to expand by two teams in 2026. CPL commissioner Mark Noonan says the league is in discussions with groups in Edmonton, Laval, Que., Kelowna, B.C., Kitche...
Nov 08, 2024
Canada Soccer studying drone-spying review, says it shows past 'unacceptable culture'
Canada Soccer says an independent review has confirmed that the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal was not an isolated misstep. Canada Soccer CEO Kevin Blue says the spying "was a symptom of a past p...
Nov 08, 2024
Federal government to apologize for Nunavik dog slaughter
OTTAWA - The federal government will apologize to Inuit in Nunavik for the killing of sled dogs between the mid-1950s until the late 1960s. In his opening remarks at the Inuit-Crown partnership commit...
Nov 08, 2024
Canada's response to Trump deportation plan a key focus of revived cabinet committee
OTTAWA - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's promise to launch a mass deportation of millions of undocumented people has the Canadian government looking at its own border. Deputy Prime Minister Chryst...
Nov 08, 2024
‘Aging membership’ Some legion branches struggle to keep open
The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal's Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a de...
Nov 08, 2024
Montreal says Quebec-Canada dispute stalling badly needed funding to help homeless
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says a "constitutional fight" between Quebec and Canada is tying up money the city badly needs to deal with its worsening homelessness problem. Plante is callin...
Nov 08, 2024