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Newly sanctioned Iranians include Toronto gym denizen
OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning more Iranian officials, including a senior military official spotted earlier this year at a Toronto-area gym. Morteza Talaei, Tehran's former police chief and a former g...
Dec 02, 2022
Give a Little Life Day returns to the airwaves
As one of the acute care directors at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert, Sharon Griffin has seen firsthand how generosity can impact patient care.She'll have the chance to witness that goodwill o...
Dec 02, 2022
‘It’s been quite the ride’: Jon Ryan retiring from football
After an 18-year professional football career, Jon Ryan is hanging up the cleats."It's been quite the ride. I look back now and it all seems like a dream. I still can't quite believe it all happened t...
Dec 02, 2022
Government to un-redact text messages, notes of PMO staff at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - Lawyers for "Freedom Convoy" organizers have won their bid to get access to unredacted versions of 20 documents at the Public Order Emergency Act. Lawyer Brendan Miller applied to have the pu...
Dec 02, 2022
Canada Soccer to use lessons from Qatar to refine support at future tournaments
DOHA, Qatar - With bumper TV audiences at home, the World Cup has focused attention on the Canadian men just as the Tokyo Olympics served as a platform for the women to shine. Qatar has also allowed C...
Dec 02, 2022
Canada has lessons to learn after glass half-full, half-empty return to World Cup
DOHA, Qatar - The Canadian men leave the World Cup with "our heads up," according to coach John Herdman. They also exit the world stage without a win, at the bottom of Group F and the second team to b...
Dec 02, 2022
Hockey Canada says over 900 cases of on-ice discrimination last season
Hockey Canada says there were more than 900 documented or alleged incidents of on-ice discrimination - verbal taunts, insults and intimidation - across all levels and age groups during the 2021-22 sea...
Dec 02, 2022
Four years after Meng Wanzhou's arrest, U.S. moves to drop remaining indictment
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Four years to the day since the Chinese tech scion was...
Dec 02, 2022
Canada scores milestones with each of its two goals at World Cup in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar - Canada made history in Qatar with its first-ever goal at the men's World Cup. And it turns out its only other goal was also a milestone, albeit one scored by an opponent. FIFA says the o...
Dec 02, 2022
Camel pageant among attractions on World Cup sidelines
ASH-SHHANIYA, Qatar (AP) - Like all good pageant contestants, Nazaa'a displayed not only dazzling beauty but also poise and grace. She batted her eyelashes and flashed a toothy smile for the televisio...
Dec 02, 2022