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Woman recalls meeting future queen as eight-year-old in small-town Ontario
Eliette Levesque was just eight-years-old when she had her first brush with royalty, never realizing she had just met a future queen. In the fall of 1951, the then Princess Elizabeth and her husband P...
Sep 11, 2022

Biden honors 9/11 victims, vows commitment to thwart terror
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden marked the 21st anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, laying a wreath at the Pentagon in a somber commemoration held under a steady rain and paying tribute to "ext...
Sep 11, 2022

First the win, now the work: What Pierre Poilievre has to do next as new Tory leader
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is waking up today as the new leader of the Conservative party, coming off a landslide win. Before he can take time to enjoy the victory, he has a list of things to do. The H...
Sep 11, 2022

In Quebec, the Queen's death raises questions about future of the monarchy in Canada
MONTREAL - The mixed reactions in Quebec to the death of Queen Elizabeth II highlight the province's complex relationship with the monarchy. In the days after the Queen's death, incumbent Premier Fran...
Sep 11, 2022

Riders can’t answer Bombers, give up 54 points in Banjo Bowl loss
The Saskatchewan Roughriders didn't have much of an answer for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Saturday's Banjo Bowl.The top team in the CFL handled business at home, scoring points on its first eight dr...
Sep 11, 2022

US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks
NEW YORK (AP) - The 9/11 anniversary commemoration at ground zero has begun with a tolling bell and a moment of silence, 21 years after the start of the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. Victims' ...
Sep 11, 2022

Military ombudsman reports 10 vaccine-related complaints, no plans to probe mandate
OTTAWA - Canada's military ombudsman says his office has received fewer than a dozen complaints from service members about the Armed Forces' vaccine requirement, and that he has not found any issues w...
Sep 11, 2022

Fatigue, burnout hit spiritual leaders on the front lines of faith during pandemic
On Christmas Eve 2020, Rev. John Lemire got ready for work: two funerals and three masses. The Catholic priest in Timmins, Ont., felt "somewhat exhausted" after presiding at back-to-back funeral servi...
Sep 11, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II's coffin leaves her beloved Balmoral
LONDON (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II's coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne begins her last journey back to London for a s...
Sep 11, 2022

River mystery: what is killing the giant sturgeon of B.C.'s Nechako River?
VANCOUVER - Fisheries scientists in British Columbia have recovered the bodies, but have few other clues and no prime suspect. So what is killing the giant sturgeon of the Nechako River? Government sc...
Sep 11, 2022