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Feds commit $16M to stamp out abuse in sport, restore parents' trust
OTTAWA - Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge says $16 million in the budget to help stamp out maltreatment and sexual abuse in sport will ensure Canada's athletes feel safe and that their voices will be h...
Apr 14, 2022

Feds commit $16M to stamp out abuse in sport, restore parents' trust
OTTAWA - Sports Minister Pascale St-Onge says $16 million in the budget to help stamp out maltreatment and sexual abuse in sport will ensure Canada's athletes feel safe and that their voices will be h...
Apr 14, 2022

Canadian troops heading to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees
OTTAWA - Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will depart from an Ontario military base in the coming days to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, includ...
Apr 14, 2022

With housing plans, feds to target needs, links to immigration, Hussen says
OTTAWA - Canada's housing minister says federal funding to ramp up the pace of new builds will also look to target the kind of homes required to meet the changing needs of Canadians. Housing Minister ...
Apr 14, 2022

Canadian troops heading to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees
OTTAWA - Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will depart from an Ontario military base in the coming days to help with the care, co-ordination and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees in Poland, includ...
Apr 14, 2022

Top commander warns Canadian military 'stretched thin' amid growing threats
OTTAWA - Canada's top military commander says his force is "stretched thin" as demands for its assistance continue to grow at home and abroad. Defence chief Gen. Wayne Eyre says many Canadian Armed Fo...
Apr 14, 2022

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh demands Indian PM Modi stop stoking anti-Muslim hate
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stop stoking anti-Muslim sentiment in India. In an outspoken intervention into Indian politics, Singh says...
Apr 14, 2022

Michael Misa, 15, granted exceptional player status ahead of OHL draft
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Michael Misa just broke one of Connor McDavid's records. The 15-year-old is now set to join the Edmonton Oilers superstar as a member of another elite class. The Ontario Hockey Feder...
Apr 14, 2022

B.C. ferry needs tug after breakdown, prompts cancellations before long weekend
VANCOUVER - Travellers aboard a B.C. ferry heading to Nanaimo endured an epic late-night sailing when the vessel had engine trouble mid-voyage. BC Ferries says the Queen of Oak Bay departed Horseshoe ...
Apr 14, 2022

Brooklyn subway attack suspect ordered held without bail
NEW YORK (AP) - The man charged in this week's Brooklyn subway attack has been ordered held without bail, with prosecutors saying he terrified the "entire city." Frank James was arrested in Manhattan ...
Apr 14, 2022

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