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Canada's Selena Costabile learns from former NFLers during Epson Tour pro-am round
Pro-am rounds can be a fun opportunity for serious golf fans to meet their favourite players and for the golfers to get some extra practice in ahead of that week's tournament. But for Canadian golfer ...
Mar 20, 2024
Montreal public health optimistic that measles outbreak can be brought under control
MONTREAL - One of the doctors leading Montreal public health's response to the measles outbreak in the city says he's optimistic officials can gain control of the virus despite the rising number of ca...
Mar 20, 2024
Quebec newspaper La Presse removes cartoon denounced as antisemitic
MONTREAL - Quebec newspaper La Presse has removed a cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the vampire from the film "Nosferatu" after criticism that the caricature used antise...
Mar 20, 2024
'Possibly the end.' Quebec shrimp fishery facing climate change, tough economy
MONTREAL - For years, the northern shrimp fished in the Quebec waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence have been known as "crevettes de Matane," named after the town where much of the province's harvest ha...
Mar 20, 2024
Manitoba premier to apologize to two men switched at birth in 1955
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is set to apologize on behalf of the government to two men who were switched at birth in 1955 in a hospital north of Winnipeg. The premier's office says Kinew wil...
Mar 20, 2024
Canadian featherweight Jeremy (JBC) Kennedy finally gets Bellator title shot
After stints in the UFC and PFL, and with four wins in his five Bellator outings, Canadian featherweight Jeremy (JBC) Kennedy is finally getting his title shot. The 31-year-old from Surrey, B.C., last...
Mar 20, 2024
Shapovalov downs Darderi to advance to second round of Miami Open
MIAMI - Canada's Denis Shapovalov downed Italy's Luciano Darderiin three sets Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Miami Open. Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., fired 16 aces and won 77 p...
Mar 20, 2024
B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of extracting critical minerals....
Mar 20, 2024
Husband of slain Quebec provincial police sergeant testifies at coroner's inquest
MONTREAL - The husband of a provincial police sergeant killed in the line of duty in March 2023 told a coroner's inquest today that he is still haunted by her murder. In a letter read during the heari...
Mar 20, 2024
BoC expects to cut rates this year, governing council split on timing: deliberations
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada expects it will be able to cut interest rates sometime this year, but officials are split on timing. That's according to the central bank's summary of deliberations which d...
Mar 20, 2024
