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PGA-LIV merger shocks golf world ahead of Canadian Open
On the eve of the RBC Canadian Open, news of a merger between the PGA Tour, European Tour and LIV Golf shocked the golf world - including one of Canada's best players. "Nothing like finding out throug...
Jun 06, 2023

Vancouver Island scuba divers spot sixgill shark in rare shallow-water sighting
NANAIMO, B.C. - A group of British Columbia scuba divers on Vancouver Island spotted a bluntnose sixgill shark on a recent dive in Alberni Inlet, capturing what they say is rare footage of the animal ...
Jun 06, 2023

Known travellers from 13 more countries can skip visa to come to Canada: minister
OTTAWA - Low-risk travellers from 13 more countries will be able to skip a visa application if they want to visit Canada, the immigration minister announced Tuesday. An expanded program would allow pe...
Jun 06, 2023

Judge rejects Montreal homeless camp injunction, site to be dismantled by June 15
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has refused to extend an injunction protecting a homeless encampment under a busy Montreal highway, ruling the tent city must be dismantled by June 15 as plann...
Jun 06, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays send struggling right-hander Alek Manoah down to minors
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays are sending right-hander Alek Manoah down to the minors after his latest disappointing start. Manoah gave up six earned runs in just one-third of an inning in Monday's ...
Jun 06, 2023

Winnipeg sophomore receiver Dalton Schoen among CFL players to watch in 2023
TORONTO - Dalton Schoen has a tough act to follow this season with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. His own. The six-foot-one, 218-pound receiver took the CFL by storm in 2022. The 26-year-old American imme...
Jun 06, 2023

Former Canadian international plans next step from aboard his floating home in Spain
Newly retired as a soccer player, former Canadian international Issey Nakajima-Farran is working on his future aboard a boat in Barcelona. It's his floating home. Football has already taken the 39-yea...
Jun 06, 2023

CFL commissioner Ambrosie can finally concentrate on football to open 2023 season
TORONTO - It's a welcomed change for Randy Ambrosie. For the first time in a while, the CFL commissioner can concentrate solely on the start of a regular season and not the immediate future of one of ...
Jun 06, 2023

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie files paperwork launching 2024 Republican presidential bid
NEW YORK (AP) - Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has filed paperwork formally launching his bid for the Republican nomination for president ahead of a town hall event in New Hampshire Tuesday eve...
Jun 06, 2023

Provincial auditor says 60 per cent of calls to Income Support go unanswered
Most of the people who call the Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) program never get anyone to answer, the Provincial Auditor said today in a report. In six months, over 255,000 calls were made to the ...
Jun 06, 2023