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Israeli military says rocket fired from Gaza amid tensions
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says a rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties or damage from the projectile fired la...
Apr 20, 2022
Quebec City Halloween stabbing suspect described as calm, co-operative after arrest
QUEBEC - Police and first responders who engaged with the man accused in Quebec City's Halloween 2020 stabbing murders encountered a serene suspect who kept quiet under hours of questioning, a jury tr...
Apr 20, 2022
Alabama receiver John Metchie III moves atop Scouting Bureau rankings
TORONTO - The CFL Scouting Bureau provided another solid reason Tuesday why Tyrell Richards remains the favourite to be the first player taken in next month's draft. The Syracuse linebacker moved up a...
Apr 20, 2022
Canadians could make history at Presidents Cup by having two or three players on team
There could be a slightly different flavour to the International team at this year's Presidents Cup. A hint of maple. Canadian golfing great Mike Weir will be a captain's assistant for the Internation...
Apr 20, 2022
Quebec rights commission drops discrimination cases after Supreme Court's Ward ruling
MONTREAL - An October Supreme Court decision hailed by some as a victory for free speech is leading Quebec's human rights commission to drop dozens of cases involving allegations of discriminatory com...
Apr 20, 2022
Cherry farmers worried by unseasonably cold temperatures in British Columbia
KELOWNA, B.C. - Some cherry farmers in British Columbia are using helicopters to push warm air over their trees as unseasonably cool temperatures threaten this year's cherry crop even before the fruit...
Apr 20, 2022
Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry: federal lawyer defends role of Veterans Affairs
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A Nova Scotia inquiry investigating why a former Afghanistan war veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Tuesday from a federal lawyer who defended the work of Vete...
Apr 20, 2022
Scott Smith replaces retiring Tom Renney as Hockey Canada chief executive officer
CALGARY - Hockey Canada executed an uncomplicated succession plan in its leadership, naming Scott Smith the next chief executive officer to replace the retiring Tom Renney. Renney and Smith have worke...
Apr 20, 2022
Systemic failures and racism: Hearings for Desmond inquiry conclude in Nova Scotia
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - More than five years after Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond killed three family members and himself in their rural Nova Scotia home, a provincial fatality inquiry conclud...
Apr 20, 2022
Court halts South Carolina plan for firing squad execution
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's highest court on Wednesday issued a temporary stay blocking the state from carrying out what was set to be its first-ever firing squad execution. The order by th...
Apr 20, 2022
