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Four-time Olympian and moguls specialist Chloe Dufour-Lapointe is retiring
VANCOUVER - Six months after becoming the first Canadian freestyle skier to compete in four Olympic Games, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe is retiring. The 30-year-old moguls skier from Montreal won silver at t...
Sep 14, 2022
Some Indigenous leaders concerned about reconciliation with new monarch
Some Indigenous leaders and community members say they're concerned about making progress on reconciliation with King Charles III. Treaty 8 Grand Chief Arthur Noskey says the Queen's death last week w...
Sep 14, 2022
Zelenskyy visits liberated, but devastated, city of Izium
IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the recently liberated city of Izium on Wednesday, greeting soldiers and thanking them for their efforts in retaking the area, as ...
Sep 14, 2022
China's Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday started his first trip abroad since the outbreak of the pandemic with a stop in Kazakhstan ahead of a summit with Russia's Vladi...
Sep 14, 2022
Temporary boost to GST rebate appropriate amid high inflation: economists
OTTAWA - The federal government's newly announced inflation relief for lower-income Canadians through the GST rebate stacks up as a better policy than some of the cash payments issued by provinces, ec...
Sep 14, 2022
'Out of control': Quebec politicians facing repeated intimidation on campaign trail
MONTREAL - Gilles Blanger, a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Qubec, recently moved his children and partner out of his house, and he makes sure the doors are always locked. The drastic steps come a...
Sep 14, 2022
UN human rights officials press Canada on case of overseas detainee Jack Letts
OTTAWA - The federal government has told United Nations officials that international human rights law does not obligate Canada to actively facilitate the return of its citizens detained in northern Sy...
Sep 14, 2022
Poilievre's leadership win could signal change for social conservative wing of party
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre's crushing win to become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada raises questions about the status and power of the party's social conservatives. That well-mobilized part ...
Sep 14, 2022
"History": Thousands come for last glimpse of queen
LONDON (AP) - When Rachel Brading was a child she waited hours to see Queen Elizabeth II pass by her hometown in the midlands of England. Forty years later she was waiting again, one among a crowd of ...
Sep 14, 2022
Blazers ride three-goal first period to topple Mintos
The Saskatoon Blazers came out firing on all cylinders on Tuesday night, potting three first period goals to take down the Prince Albert Mintos 5-3 at the Art Hauser Centre. Lee Shurgot's three-point ...
Sep 13, 2022
