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CRTC to get new chair as role of broadcast regulator expands
OTTAWA - The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says its chair Ian Scott and broadcasting vice-chair are to be replaced within months and Canadian Heritage is now accepting ap...
May 13, 2022
One arrested, one missing in City Convenience thefts investigation
The Meadow Lake RCMP have made an arrest in the theft and bear mace incident at City Convenience from Monday, while one suspect remains at large.Police enacted the arrest after acting on information f...
May 13, 2022
Revamped Toronto FC learning as it goes under veteran head coach Bob Bradley
TORONTO - Mexican centre back Carlos Salcedo returns to bolster an uncertain Toronto FC defence as Orlando City visits BMO Field on Saturday. Salcedo, one of TFC's designated players, is deemed good t...
May 13, 2022
Canadian warship hit with COVID-19 outbreak ahead of overseas deployment
OTTAWA - A Canadian warship has been hit with an outbreak of COVID-19 while preparing for an overseas deployment in the Pacific. HMCS Winnipeg is back home in Esquimalt, B.C., after seven sailors test...
May 13, 2022
Inukjuak men's association teaching the next generation of Inuit hunters
INUKJUAK, Que. - Elder Simeonie Ohaituk sits on a caribou skin on the floor of the Unaaq Men's Association in Inukjuak, Que., pulling and cutting a stretchy, cylindrical piece of sealskin. He makes sm...
May 13, 2022
There it is Vancouver: Boudreau will be back to coach Canucks
VANCOUVER - Bruce Boudreau will return as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks after helping to turn the struggling NHL club around as a midseason replacement. The Canucks confirmed in a release Friday...
May 13, 2022
Quebec premier won't participate in English-language debate ahead of provincial vote
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault is refusing to participate in an English-language leaders debate ahead of the province's October election. Legault spokesman Ewan Sauves says the premier will...
May 13, 2022
Leafs embrace Game 7 test against Tampa Bay: 'We're good enough to beat anybody'
TORONTO - Auston Matthews let his actions on the ice do the talking all season. Toronto's star sniper also didn't mince words with the Maple Leafs preparing to face yet another Game 7 showdown with th...
May 13, 2022
Impressive runs for Andreescu, Shapovalov end in Rome quarterfinals
ROME (AP) - If there were any lingering questions about who is the new dominant force in women's tennis, Iga Swiatek put that to rest with a 7-6 (2), 6-0 victory over 2019 U.S. Open champion Bianca An...
May 13, 2022
Olympic champion De Grasse fourth in 200 metres at Diamond League's Doha stop
DOHA, Qatar - Olympic champion Andre De Grasse finished fourth in the men's 200-metre race Friday at the Diamond League stop in Doha. De Grasse, from Markham, Ont., completed the race in 20.15 seconds...
May 13, 2022