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Milano-Cortina Olympians and Paralympians honoured on Parliament Hill
Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes were honoured in Ottawa Wednesday, spending the day touring the capital, first with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon at Rideau Hall and then at a reception on Parliament Hill.
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A ballad for bovines: tuba player serenades cows
Justin Hickmott performed for cows at the Canadian Agriculture Museum on Tuesday as they paraded to the night pasture.
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Student carrying Palestinian flag at ceremony denied diploma until he puts the flag away
A graduating student who tried to take his diploma while holding a Palestinian flag behind his back was told to ditch the banner before he could receive his certificate. Video shared Tuesday on social media shows the University of California Berkeley student wearing dark glasses and presenting a Palestinian flag to the audience, who are…
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John Risley’s CFFI heads toward court-supervised sale process amid $1.4-billion debt dispute
John Risley ’s CFFI Ventures Inc . is preparing to launch a court-supervised sales process after creditor opposition derailed an earlier restructuring plan that would have handed control of the company’s assets to its largest lender, New York-based HPS Investment Partners LLC. The proposed sales and investment solicitation process (SISP), which is scheduled to go…
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Kris Sparre named head coach of new PWHL Hamilton franchise
Former Boston Fleet head coach Kris Sparre will be the head coach of the new PWHL Hamilton franchise. The announcement came on Wednesday, just five days after Sparre was named a finalist for the PWHL’s Coach of the Year award with the Boston Fleet.
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Searches for unmarked burials at residential schools face funding barriers, tribunal hears
On Day 3 of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal in Montreal, witnesses gave testimony over the difficulty and complexity of conducting ground searches for unmarked burials at residential schools.
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Canada’s scary debt problem: Federal, provincial debt to exceed $2.4 trillion this year, report finds
As prices for just about everything skyrocket and an untold number of Canadians are going deeper into debt trying to keep up, the Fraser Institute’s latest study is a reminder that Canada and the provinces have been hurdling their own roads of indebtedness since the 2008 recession. In its latest research bulletin on the growing…
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White House eclipsed by giant UFC fight cage. Here’s what to know
The White House is building an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighting cage on the South Lawn, with plans to host an event there next month as part of the nation’s 250th birthday. Here’s what to know. What is the structure? Crews are erecting a standard UFC cage, which is 30 feet (about 9.1 metres) in…
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German submarine bid promises Canada $86B economic boost and tens of thousands of jobs
Germany’s bid to build Canada’s next-generation submarines promises a massive economic windfall, with up to 50,000 jobs over five years and an $86-billion boost to GDP, CBC News has learned. The proposal ties Arctic defence to NATO integration, while offering major investments in shipbuilding, critical minerals, missiles, ports and energy infrastructure.