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Toronto Wolfpack add Super League experience in Brad Singleton, James Cunningham
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have added experience in the form of Leeds Rhinos prop Brad Singleton and London Broncos hooker James Cunningham. Singleton, a 27-year-old Irish international, was part ...
Nov 22, 2019

British Columbians unprepared for increasingly severe weather: BC Hydro
VICTORIA - BC Hydro says its customers are largely unprepared for power outages despite increasingly severe winter storms. The Crown utility says in a report that it's seeing increasing...
Nov 22, 2019

Quebec auditor general says youth protection delays increase risk
QUEBEC - Children in Quebec aren't able to get prompt help from the province's youth protection agency and those delays could threaten their safety, the province's auditor gen...
Nov 22, 2019

Military facing likely delay in delivery of new search-and-rescue plane
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is refusing to accept the first of its new search-and-rescue planes from European manufacturer Airbus because of concerns with the aircraft's manuals. The new plane ...
Nov 22, 2019

Statcan details wait times for social housing, perceptions on housing overall
OTTAWA - Results from a new national survey show that more than 283,000 households in Canada have someone on a waiting list for affordable housing. The first-of-its-kind data from Statistics Canada al...
Nov 22, 2019

'No substantive progress' in talks as CN Rail workers strike enters fourth day
MONTREAL - The strike at the country's biggest railway has entered its fourth day with no resolution in sight as round-the-clock negotiations continue under the watch of federal mediators. The Teamste...
Nov 22, 2019

Prime Minister Trudeau to meet with Ontario Premier Ford today in Ottawa
TORONTO - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Ottawa today. The sit-down between the pair will be the latest in a series of in-person talks Trudeau is having...
Nov 22, 2019

Quebec human rights commission urges police to end routine street checks
MONTREAL - Quebec's human rights commission says Montreal police must definitively end the practice of routine street checks. Commission vice-president Myrlande Pierre made the comments today to membe...
Nov 22, 2019

Russia beats Serbia 2-1 to reach Davis Cup semifinals
MADRID - Novak Djokovic played singles and doubles matches Friday but couldn't keep Serbia from losing to Russia 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup. Djokovic defeated Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-3 i...
Nov 22, 2019

No buses in Metro Vancouver for 3 days as labour minister urges resolution
VANCOUVER - The union representing almost 5,000 Metro Vancouver transit employees has announced a three-day shutdown of bus service next week as British Columbia's labour minister urges both side...
Nov 22, 2019