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The final countdown to banning some single-use plastics in Canada begins today
OTTAWA - Canadians will need to find alternatives for plastic straws and grocery bags by the end of the year as the federal government puts the final motions in place to ban some single-use plastics. ...
Jun 20, 2022
Ex-PQ leader André Boisclair's sex assault cases returning to court
MONTREAL - Former Parti Qubcois leader Andr Boisclair's criminal cases on allegations of sexual assault are due back in court today. Boisclair, 56, has pleaded not guilty to charges in separate cases ...
Jun 20, 2022
'The robots are coming': Calgary researchers working on rescue robots for disasters
CALGARY - It could be a character on a Saturday morning kids show, but this rescue robot is anything but fantasy. "It's not science fiction. It's science and this thing exists," said Alejandro Ramirez...
Jun 20, 2022
Title IX: Ann Meyers Drysdale shares how law shaped her life
(Editor's Note: Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of Famer, longtime TV basketball analyst mother of three kids shares how Title IX has help ...
Jun 20, 2022
Title IX: Ann Meyers Drysdale shares how law shaped her life
(Editor's Note: Ann Meyers Drysdale was the first woman to receive an athletic scholarship at UCLA. The Hall of Famer, longtime TV basketball analyst mother of three kids shares how Title IX has help ...
Jun 20, 2022
"Not protective": Early bodychecking doesn't prevent hockey injuries, study finds
EDMONTON - Introducing young hockey players to bodychecking at an early age doesn't protect them from injury as they move into older, harder-hitting leagues, new research has concluded. In fact, the o...
Jun 19, 2022
Masters champ Scheffler ties for second at U.S. Open
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - Scottie Scheffler stood in the eighth fairway at The Country Club and waited for his ball to stop rolling. When it did, he took a few steps to his left and tried for a third ti...
Jun 19, 2022
Suwinski hits 3 HRs, Pirates beat Giants 4-3
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jack Suwinski hit his third homer of the game in the ninth inning, giving the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3, walk-off victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday to avoid a three-game...
Jun 19, 2022
Fitzpatrick wins U.S. Open; Kupcho takes LPGA Meijer Classic
BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - Matt Fitzpatrick of England is a champion again at The Country Club, this time with the grandest of trophies in golf. A U.S. Amateur champion in 2013. The U.S. Open champion Su...
Jun 19, 2022
World swimming bans transgender athletes from women's events
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - World swimming's governing body has effectively banned transgender women from competing in women's events, starting Monday. FINA members widely adopted a new "gender inclusion...
Jun 19, 2022
