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Setting a foundation: What we've learned about the PWHL's 4 newest expansion teams

CBC Canadian Headlines - 41 min 41 sec ago

New PWHL teams in Hamilton, Detroit, Las Vegas and San Jose each signed five players as foundational players this week. The expansion teams will begin play next season.

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2 First Nations in B.C. withdraw legal challenge of Ksi Lisims LNG project

CBC Canadian Headlines - 55 min 39 sec ago

The news come as Ksi Lisims recently announced preliminary supply deals with German utilities, and the partners aim to make a final go-ahead decision this year.

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Feds extend amnesty period for firearms ban pending Supreme Court ruling

CBC Canadian Headlines - 2 hours 30 min ago

The Liberal government is extending the amnesty period for gun owners to comply with its "assault-style" firearm ban pending a Supreme Court ruling on the policy.

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Toronto reselling World Cup tickets to 'avoid' spending property taxes on tournament, city says

CBC Canadian Headlines - 2 hours 51 min ago

The city is defending its move to resell its World Cup tickets for profit, saying that it helps 'avoid' spending property taxes on a tournament that has gone over its initial budget and begins this Friday.

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Ontario Provincial Police officer killed in line of duty near Hearst, Ont.

CBC Canadian Headlines - 3 hours 1 min ago

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) say an officer was killed in the line of duty after he was seriously injured while conducting an investigation near Hearst, Ont.

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Would-be drivers in B.C. can now take learner's licence knowledge test online and at home

CBC Canadian Headlines - 3 hours 11 min ago

Would-be drivers in British Columbia are now being allowed to take the knowledge test for their learner's licence online and at home.

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Thunder Bay Jail 'a ship that's already under water,' inquest for Ontario MPP's nephew told

CBC Canadian Headlines - 3 hours 24 min ago

Jeffrey Bell told an Ontario inquest that he and fellow correctional officers at the Thunder Bay Jail “are constantly fighting the age of our building and the hiring practices of our employer.” Bell testified this week before a coroner's jury examining the death of Kevin Mamakwa, a member of Kingfisher Lake First Nation and nephew of Kiiwetinoong NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa.

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Canada's top justice says tight resources are delaying trials, harming judges' health

CBC Canadian Headlines - 3 hours 33 min ago

Underfunding of Canada's judicial system is causing trials to drag on past their legal limits, significantly boosting the number of unrepresented people and worsening mental and physical health of the country's judges, says the country's highest-ranking justice.

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Minister now open to trimming 1-year data retention period in lawful access bill

CBC Canadian Headlines - 3 hours 51 min ago

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he is now open to shortening the time electronic service providers would be required to keep digital metadata under a proposed bill intended to help police and spies.

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Sask. murder trial hears audio from night of 30-year-old mother's death, recorded by hockey mom in next room

CBC Canadian Headlines - 4 hours 6 min ago

As a lawyer prepared to play an audio recording that captured some of the last minutes of his daughter's life, Darris Dobersheck and his wife Hazel got up and quietly left the courtroom.

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Serena Williams makes winning comeback in doubles with Canada's Victoria Mboko

CBC Canadian Headlines - 5 hours 3 min ago

After nearly four years away from professional tennis, Serena Williams made a winning return at Queen's Club on Tuesday. The 44-year-old Williams showed she still has plenty of her trademark power, hitting service winners as she teamed up with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko to win their opening doubles match at the grass-court tournament.

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