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Radio Waves: Back to normal for most NHL/NBA radio broadcasters — but not everyone
TORONTO - Just like the teams they follow, radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges. A few outliers remain on the...
Nov 11, 2022
Russia claims all troops gone from city in southern Ukraine
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) - The Russian Defense Ministry says it has finished pulling out its troops from the western bank of the Dnieper River in Ukraine's southern Kherson region. In a statement carrie...
Nov 11, 2022
Belgium stabbing suspect was on list of potential extremists
BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian authorities said Friday that a lone assailant who killed one police officer and wounded another in a stabbing attack had been on a list of potential extremists. The suspect, wh...
Nov 11, 2022
Former Supreme Court judge tabbed to help settle several 'Havana Syndrome' claims
OTTAWA - Former Supreme Court justice Thomas Cromwell will mediate claims against the federal government from nine family members of Canadian diplomats who suffered unexplained ailments in Cuba. The d...
Nov 11, 2022
Guilbeault optimistic about targets even as Canada's emissions rebound post-pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's carbon dioxide emissions crept back up in 2021 after falling sharply during the first year of COVID-19, and experts believe they will go up even further this year as the return to no...
Nov 11, 2022
Trudeau en route to Southeast Asia for summits aimed at deeper Indo-Pacific ties
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Southeast Asia for a series of summits aimed at deepening Canada's presence in the Indo-Pacific. He is joined by Trade Minister Mary Ng and Foreign Affairs...
Nov 11, 2022
Canadians prepare to mark Remembrance Day at ceremonies across the country
OTTAWA - Canadians will gather at cenotaphs and monuments across the country today to remember and pay their respects to those who fought and died in service of Canada. This year will mark a full retu...
Nov 11, 2022
Banff National Park considers next steps for bison herd reintroduced into backcountry
BANFF, Alta. - Parks Canada officials are trying to determine what's next for a herd of plains bisonin Banff National Park after a draft report shows its reintroduction in the park's backcountry has b...
Nov 11, 2022
Ex-nurse donates $3.8M for health unit in Downtown Eastside where she worked in 1950s
VANCOUVER - Lily Lee's first contribution to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and Chinatown neighbourhoods was as a 21-year-old community nurse in the 1950s when she was fresh out of the University of Br...
Nov 11, 2022
Japan minister quits over execution remark, PM delays trip
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delayed his departure Friday to Southeast Asia's three upcoming summits in order to sack and find a replacement for his justice minister over a remar...
Nov 11, 2022
