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Refugee who lost fingers to frostbite pleads with MPs not to pass new asylum law
OTTAWA - A refugee from Ghana who lost all his fingers to frostbite crossing irregularly into Canada made an impassioned plea to MPs on Thursday to scrap proposed new asylum-seeker rules the Liberals ...
May 11, 2019
Ramsay: CFL, CFLPA not where they need to be in collective bargaining talks
TORONTO - The CFL faces a partial strike at the start of training camp, then a full-blown work stoppage shortly afterwards. Brian Ramsay, the executive director of the CFL Players' Association, s...
May 11, 2019
Canada to play in all three finals at Curling World Cup Grand Final
BEIJING - Canadian teams will play for all three championships at the Curling World Cup Grand Final. Kevin Koe, in the men's competition, Jennifer Jones, in the women's, and Laura Walker and Kirk...
May 11, 2019
Leafs say injured Tavares to return to off-season training program in one month
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs say centre John Tavares is expected to return to his full off-season training program in a month after suffering an oblique injury. The team announced the news Saturd...
May 11, 2019
'Smart Drugs' features experiment among those fuelled by need to succeed
VANCOUVER - Toronto filmmaker Ann Shin was so intrigued by an animator's tales about doing some of his best work with the help of "smart drugs" that she wanted to learn how they would work i...
May 11, 2019
Kashechewan First Nation gets agreement from feds, Ontario to move
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation signed an agreement on Thursday with the federal and provincial government that lays out a plan to move a reserve threatened every year by ...
May 11, 2019
Controversial environment-review bill faces major changes in Senate as clock ticks
OTTAWA - A controversial Liberal bill overhauling the environmental-review process for new energy and transportation projects is undergoing major reconstruction at a Senate committee. More than 1...
May 11, 2019
A glossy ibis drifts off course to a Nova Scotia marsh and draws a crowd
BROOKFIELD, N.S. - Nature photographers are gathering in a marsh in the centre of Nova Scotia this weekend to capture images of the latest species of bird to fly off course and find its...
May 11, 2019
US seizes North Korean ship amid tense moment in relations
WASHINGTON - The U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship that was used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment...
May 11, 2019
Ex-Tory MP Del Mastro accuses Elections Canada of 'personal vendetta'
OTTAWA - A former Conservative MP who spent time behind bars for electoral offences is accusing Canada's elections commissioner of having a personal vendetta against him - and he wants ...
May 11, 2019