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Local DJ uses music to raise money for Ukraine
Almost 100 years after his father moved from Ukraine to Canada, Terry Chitrenia still feels the call of the homeland and the need to help out. In the wake of the Russian invasion, Chitrenia felt like ...
Jun 13, 2022
Trump campaign manager no longer testifying, 1/6 panel says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Donald Trump's former campaign manger Bill Stepien abruptly pulled out of Monday's appearance before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, citing a family...
Jun 13, 2022
Sentencing hearing set to begin for Toronto's van attacker
TORONTO - Survivors and families of victims in Toronto's deadly van attack are set to give statements in court today as a sentencing hearing in the case gets underway. Eight women and two men died on ...
Jun 13, 2022
Number of Canadian blood donors plummets to lowest point in a decade during COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization says the virus that has persisted since March 202...
Jun 13, 2022
Bachelet will not stand for 2nd term as human rights chief
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, said Monday she will not seek a new four-year term after the current one that has been overshadowed by criticism of her response to China'...
Jun 13, 2022
Toronto van attack hearing and Capitol riot probe : In The News for June 13, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 13, 2022... What we are watching in Canad...
Jun 13, 2022
Inquiry to hear testimony on Ottawa's off-the-rails transit system
OTTAWA - Hundreds of public servants and downtown workers trudged shoulder to shoulder down the sidewalk on the outskirts of Ottawa's core on a dreary October 2019 morning, making an unexpected march ...
Jun 13, 2022
Newgarden wins at Road America, earns $1 million bonus
ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) - Josef Newgarden wanted to thank the pet service that helped him adopt his 30-pound mutt, Axel, that has become part of his family. The Team Penske driver repaid the shelter -...
Jun 12, 2022
Vallee proves she belongs in elite divers company
CALGARY - After collecting gold Saturday in synchronized diving with teammate Margo Erlam of Saskatoon, Sask., Mia Vallee of Beaconsfield, Que., hoped to get back on the podium Sunday in the individua...
Jun 12, 2022
Floyd Mayweather Jr. touched by Hall of Fame induction
VERONA, N.Y. (AP) - Reduced to tears at a banquet on the eve of his big day, Floyd Mayweather Jr. was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame on Sunday, just a tinge of emotion in his voic...
Jun 12, 2022
