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Canadian Grand Prix remains on F1 schedule for time being, despite report
MONTREAL - The Canadian Grand Prix remains on the Formula One schedule for the 2021 season at least for the time being, but there's a chance it could be cancelled soon. On Thursday morning, a report b...
Apr 15, 2021
Emotions ran high for Toronto FC goal-scorers in CONCACAF Champions League triumph
Toronto FC's Patrick Mullins and Justin Morrow acknowledged their goals against Club Leon on Wednesday night came with an outpouring of emotion. For Mullins, the reason was simple. His grandmother pas...
Apr 15, 2021
'Nothing to be envious about:' Experts caution against following U.S. lead on COVID
Canadians may be looking with envy at the United States as it lifts COVID-19 restrictions and distributes vaccinations, but experts say key indicators show there's no reason to covet our southern neig...
Apr 15, 2021
Preliminary hearing for accused in Todd Stone homicide moved to fall
A preliminary hearing has now been rescheduled for this fall for the accused in the Todd Levi Stone homicide investigation.Michael Jordan White, also known as Michael Jordan Frank, 33, who remains in ...
Apr 15, 2021
Political party governing Montreal mulls disarming police and redirecting funds
MONTREAL - The political party governing Montreal is questioning whether all city police need to carry firearms at all times. Projet Montreal adopted a motion during the municipal party's recent conve...
Apr 15, 2021
Legal challenge seeks to overturn Quebec ban on cannabis T-shirts, other products
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge is hearing the final day of arguments in a head shop's challenge of a provincial law that bans the sale of cannabis-themed products. The co-owner of Prohibitio...
Apr 15, 2021
Feds announce immediate construction of 84 homes for Sask. First Nations
The federal government has announced a $17 million investment to the Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI) for the immediate construction of 84 units of affordable homes for First Nations in Saskatchewan. Th...
Apr 15, 2021
Barbers, artists help defy vaccine myths for people of colour
SAN DIEGO - In a Washington, D.C., suburb, Black and Latino barbers are busting myths about the coronavirus vaccine while clipping hair. Across the country, a university researcher in Phoenix teamed u...
Apr 15, 2021
Judge: R. Kelly to be moved to NYC for sex-trafficking trial
NEW YORK - A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays. Kelly has been held in Chicago, where ...
Apr 15, 2021
Vancouver Aquarium now owned by Dollywood theme park operator Herschend Enterprises
VANCOUVER - A privately owned entertainment company based in the United States is the new owner of the Vancouver Aquarium. The aquarium says in a statement 100 per cent ownership has been acquired by ...
Apr 15, 2021