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Weidemann, Kingsbury earn Canada's first medals at Beijing Games
BEIJING - Canada made its mark on the medal table early at the Beijing Olympics, as speedskater Isabelle Weidemann raced to bronze in the women's 3,000 metres on Saturday. The 26-year-old from Ottawa ...
Feb 05, 2022
Ottawa, other cities act to rein in escalating anti-vaccine protests
Ottawa and several other cities across Canada are working to try to ensure that escalating protests against COVID vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions remain peaceful today. Police in...
Feb 05, 2022
Amir Locke, killed by Minneapolis cop, wanted music career
Before he was fatally shot by a Minneapolis police officer, Amir Locke had been making plans. The 22-year-old Black man had filed paperwork to start a music business, his mother said, and had already ...
Feb 05, 2022
Platinum Jubilee: First Nations leaders reflect on treaty relations with Queen
Dave (Sabe) Courchene remembers first hearing in his early teens the story of how his grandfather met the Queen during her 10-day tour of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories in 1970. It was his fat...
Feb 05, 2022
Canadian Kingsbury wins moguls silver at Beijing Olympics
ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury has been dethroned. Kingsbury, the defending champion, settled for moguls silver with a score of 82.18 at the Beijing Olympics after bein...
Feb 05, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Canadian Mikael Kingsbury wins silver in men’s moguls
BEIJING - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury has won men's moguls silver at the Beijing Olympics. More to come. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 5, 2022. The Canadian Press
Feb 05, 2022
Judge to decide on petition over B.C. Liberal leadership vote
VANCOUVER - A judge was expected to deliver her decision today on a petition that asks the British Columbia Supreme Court to delay the release of results from the B.C. Liberal party's leadership vote....
Feb 05, 2022
CFIA canned potato review irritates farmers and shows depths of government secrecy
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants to know what people think about the size of canned, cubed, white potatoes - but if you want to know exactly who asked for the change or why this is a...
Feb 05, 2022
Ottawa, other cities act to rein in escalating anti-vaccine protests
Ottawa and several other cities across Canada are working to try to ensure that escalating protests against COVID vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions remain peaceful today. Police in...
Feb 05, 2022
Hedman, Kyrou, Aho win big in Vegas NHL skills competition
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman won the Hardest Shot competition and St. Louis' Jordan Kyrou was the Fastest Skater during an NHL All-Star skills competition with a distinct Vegas flavor Fr...
Feb 04, 2022
