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Canadians remember Pope Francis for historic apology for residential schools
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
TORONTO — Pope Francis will be remembered by Canadian Catholics as a progressive leader whose approach to the papacy helped usher in a new era of Indigenous relations and make the church more responsive to its rank and file. The Vatican says the pontiff died Monday at age 88. Francis was the global leader of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Advance polls open for final day before election
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Advance polls open for final day before election Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advance polls open for last day as election campaign heads into final week
By Canadian Press on April 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadians hoping to vote early in the upcoming federal election have until the end of the day to visit an advance polling station as the campaign enters its final week. Today is the fourth and final day that advance polls will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. before the general election ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Overwhelming’: Saskatoon drugs crisis far reaching with deaths and hundreds of calls
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
SASKATOON — The black concrete walls outside Saskatoon’s only safe consumption site show the wake left by the city’s drug crisis. The names of those who’ve died, most from drug poisoning, are scrawled on the Prairie Harm Reduction building. Kim Randall, the director of support services, points to the name of a woman who went ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP, Conservatives focus on battleground B.C. heading into final election week
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Conservatives and NDP spent the weekend hunting votes in British Columbia — a key late-campaign battleground that one pollster says may offer Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre his best shot at victory. Both Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh addressed Canadians’ cost-of-living concerns at campaign events in B.C. on Sunday. Singh was asked ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey fans conflicted over travelling to U.S. to see their teams in NHL playoffs
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
Jack Gurevitch is a Montreal Canadiens superfan and a proud Canadian who’s upset by United States President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex Canada, but he says he won’t let the political situation influence whether he travels to U.S. cities to support his team in the playoffs. Not everyone in his family agrees. “In ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Day 3 of advance polls finds Liberals in Ottawa, NDP, Conservatives in B.C.
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadians continued to head to advance polls Sunday as federal leaders campaigned in B.C. and in the capital. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre kicked the day off at a grocery store in Surrey, B.C., with another announcement on inflation. Arguing that a reduction in government spending would ease inflation, Poilievre said a Conservative government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fire breaks out on grounds of steel plant northeast of Montreal
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
MONTREAL — A fire broke out this morning on the grounds of an ArcelorMittal steel factory in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The fire began around 4 a.m. in scrapped vehicles outside the plant, according to the city of Contrecoeur, located about 50 kilometres northeast of Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New Brunswick group hopes to foster pride in basketball’s Canadian roots
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
ST. STEPHEN — The rise in patriotism prompted by a hostile U.S. president is renewing focus on everything Canada has given the world, and a small New Brunswick mill town wants people to know the sport of basketball belongs on that list. A brick building nestled between an empty lot and a sports bar in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Day 3 of advance polls finds Liberals in Ottawa, NDP, Conservatives in BC
By Canadian Press on April 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadians continue to head to the polls in advance voting today as federal leaders find themselves out West and in the capital. Both NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remain in British Columbia on Sunday, where they will both make announcements. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is scheduled for an afternoon ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Connor, Scheifele use their smarts to make Jets soar
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele go together like laces and hockey skates. The Jets’ top-line duo each had a goal and two assists to boost Winnipeg to a 5-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues in Saturday’s Game 1 opening-round playoff match. Scheifele threaded a pass to set up Connor’s one-timer with 1:36 ... Read More »
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