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Six Ukrainian refugees who played at Quebec hockey tournament return for school
MONTREAL - Six Ukrainian refugees who took part in Quebec City's famed peewee hockey tournament earlier this year are returning to the provincial capital to attend school. One of the organizers who br...
Jul 24, 2023
Recent acquisition Kwadwo Opoku signs new contract with CF Montreal
MONTREAL - Striker Kwadwo Opoku signed a new contract with Major League Soccer club CF Montreal on Monday. The contract is effective immediately and runs through 2026, with an option year in 2027. Ter...
Jul 24, 2023
Canada hailed for focusing foreign aid on women's rights amid global backslide
OTTAWA - Canada is being hailed for funding initiatives in developing countries that aim to keep women who care for children or elders from being excluded from the economy. Ottawa announced projects t...
Jul 24, 2023
Six Ukrainian refugees who played at Quebec hockey tournament return for school
MONTREAL - Six Ukrainian refugees who took part in Quebec City's famed peewee hockey tournament earlier this year are returning to the provincial capital to attend school. One of the organizers who br...
Jul 24, 2023
Groups seek permission to appeal Quebec court ruling maintaining school prayer ban
MONTREAL - A Muslim organization and a civil liberties group are seeking to appeal a court ruling maintaining the province's ban on visible prayer in public schools. The Canadian Civil Liberties Assoc...
Jul 24, 2023
Ottawa reveals conditions for allowing future fossil fuel subsidies
MONTREAL - Ottawa is restricting the conditions under which it will allow subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. The federal government has released guidelines that will limit when public funds are us...
Jul 24, 2023
Showers for much of B.C., but evacuation orders, alerts grow in drought-ridden south
VANCOUVER - For the first time in more than a month, showers and cooler weather are reaching parched sections of British Columbia, potentially bringing some respite for crews battling hundreds of wild...
Jul 24, 2023
Calls for residential school abuse records to be re-examined for names of deceased
Geraldine Shingoose was shocked when she opened a report probing what should be done to protect potential unmarked grave sites at former residential schools for Indigenous children. Of the thousands o...
Jul 24, 2023
Searchers continue to pump water from Nova Scotia field in search for flood missing
HALIFAX - Workers are continuing to pump water from a flooded field in Nova Scotia that is the focus of a search for four people, including two children, who went missing in a torrent of water Saturda...
Jul 24, 2023
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting well after his Derby win, and Toronto's offense could use a boost
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is hitting just fine after winning the All-Star Home Run Derby. The Toronto slugger went deep Sunday for the fourth time in nine games since the break, which should quell whateve...
Jul 24, 2023
