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Parks Canada capital budget falls as agency works on new plan for crumbling assets
OTTAWA - The capital budget for Canada's national parks and historic sites is being slashed by more than two-thirds this year even as more than 30 per cent of the agency's assets remain in poor or ver...
May 13, 2022
Feds seek dismissal of planned class action against RCMP over facial recognition tool
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to dismiss a Quebec photographer's bid for certification of a class-action lawsuit, possibly involving millions of people, over the RCMP's use of a co...
May 13, 2022
Battle for the base: What Conservatives think of Lewis – in a race against Poilievre
EDMONTON - It was a common refrain heard from Conservative party members gathered in Edmonton to watch the leadership debate: I like Leslyn Lewis, but I'm picking Pierre Poilievre. "I wouldn't be hear...
May 13, 2022
Point scores in OT as Lightning beat Maple Leafs 4-3 to force Game 7
TAMPA, Fla. - Brayden Point scored at 18:04 of overtime as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Thursday to force a seventh and deciding game in their first-round playoff se...
May 12, 2022
Munoz shoots 60 at Byron Nelson, record 2nd this season
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - Sebastian Munoz was standing in the middle of the fairway on the 18th hole thinking about his shot at a 59 in the first round of the Byron Nelson. After missing the green, he be...
May 12, 2022
PRO acknowledges officials erred in disallowing Toronto FC goal in Vancouver
TORONTO - The Professional Referee Organization has acknowledged that officials erred in disallowing a goal by Jayden Nelson in Toronto FC's 1-0 weekend loss at the Vancouver Whitecaps. "The evaluatio...
May 12, 2022
Sagstrom shoots 63 to take lead in LPGA Founders Cup
CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - Madelene Sagstrom shot a flawless 9-under 63 during a round she felt holes kept getting larger to take one-stroke lead over Megan Khang after the first round of the Cognizant Foun...
May 12, 2022
Louisiana House removes murder charge from abortion bill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana women who have abortions will not be subject to murder or other criminal charges after legislators revamped an abortion bill Thursday night. The controversial bill would h...
May 12, 2022
Saskatchewan government votes down bill for paid sick leave
On Thursday, the Saskatchewan Party government voted down an NDP bill that would have provided 10 days of paid sick leave for workers in the province.The NDP had invited workers to the Legislative gal...
May 12, 2022
Vedvik once again learning new culture at CFL rookie camp
Kaare Vedvik isn't a stranger to new lands."I took a trip to Nigeria when I was 16 and I really enjoyed being abroad. It was a different culture in Nigeria compared to Norway, it's a different way of ...
May 12, 2022