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Quebec to ban cellphones in elementary and high schools during entire school day
QUBEC - The Quebec government is expanding its cellphone ban in schools, prohibiting the devices on the grounds of the province's elementary and high schools for the entire school day. Education Minis...
May 1, 2025

Share of Americans ranking Canada as top ally U.S. doubles despite Trump's rhetoric
OTTAWA - Despite U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated claim that Canada has been ripping off the United States, new polling suggests the proportion of Americans identifying Canada as their country's...
May 1, 2025

Golden Knights leading goal scorer Pavel Dorofeyev out for Game 6 against the Wild
Pavel Dorofeyev, who led the Vegas Golden Knights with 35 goals this season, will not play Thursday night in Game 6 at Minnesota because of an undisclosed injury. Vegas coach Bruce Cassidy said after ...
May 1, 2025

Here's what the Liberals promised for health care. But can they deliver?
TORONTO - Until U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty came along, many thought health care would be a key issue in the federal election. Instead, it came across as ...
May 1, 2025

Alberta seeks court ruling on constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity plan
EDMONTON - Alberta's government is seeking a court ruling on the constitutionality of Ottawa's clean electricity grid regulations. The regulations were finalized late last year and lay out a plan to d...
May 1, 2025

Top court to look at whether challenge of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether a group's challenge of a federal ethics report on Justin Trudeau's involvement in a decision about WE Charity can proceed. In May 2021, then-f...
May 1, 2025

Winnipeg Jets forward Mark Scheifele out for Game 6 against St. Louis Blues
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg forward Mark Scheifele will not play in Game 6 when the Jets hope to eliminate the St. Louis Blues with a road victory. Speaking today during a media availability at the Winnipeg a...
May 1, 2025

Indigenous chiefs call for Alberta Premier Smith to stop stoking separatism talk
EDMONTON - Two First Nations chiefs are accusing Alberta Premier Danielle Smith of "attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis" and are calling on her to stop stoking the fires of separatism. S...
May 1, 2025

Leafs go with same lineup for Game 6, Pacioretty to play with Tavares, Nylander
OTTAWA - Craig Berube is standing pat - with a slight adjustment. The Maple Leafs head coach will go with the same lineup for Game 6 of his team's first-round playoff series against the Ottawa Senator...
May 1, 2025

Vancouver artist who was mother of two identified among Vancouver festival victims
VANCOUVER - Family members and friends of those killed in a vehicle attack at a Vancouver festival are coming forward to tell the stories of their loved ones. A 30-year-old man faces a series of secon...
May 1, 2025

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