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[published_date] Hockey has been a big part of Doug Grandy's life since he was a young athlete playing on Fredericton ice. Now, as a father of two young girls, he's returning to those same rinks but with a different purpose. Despite record-setting hockey enrolment from girls across the country, he said, there are still challenges facing…

[published_date] A U.S.-South Korean dual citizen who has violated six deportation orders from Canada was sentenced Monday for his latest transgression. Junseo Hagh, 21, was sentenced to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to returning to Canada without authorization and failing to appear for an examination to determine whether he was allowed to return…

[published_date] B.C. Premier David Eby said he believes U.S. leadership has "very little awareness" of how offensive their remarks are, like the U.S. ambassador to Canada saying President Donald Trump thinks Canadians are "nasty" to deal with because of U.S. boycotts.   "Do they think Canadians are not going to respond when the president says, 'I…

[published_date] Vancouver police say they are investigating the murder of a 15-year-old boy who died after being stabbed Saturday night near the Vancouver Law Courts at Smithe and Hornby streets. "Vancouver police investigators have been working non-stop to secure evidence, identify witnesses, and find the person, or people, responsible for this murder," said Sgt. Steve Addison…

[published_date] The former director of a Saskatoon private Christian school has been found guilty on nine counts of assault with a weapon. John Olubobokun was accused of using a wooden paddle to hit students when he was the director at Christian Centre Academy for four years starting in 2003. The school was later renamed Legacy Christian Academy, then…

[published_date] Oumaima Chouay, who fled her home in Montreal nearly a decade ago to join ISIS in Syria, is the first person in Canada convicted for providing family support to a terrorist entity as a spouse.  Chouay was sentenced Monday to one day of custody, in addition to the 110 days she served in pretrial…

[published_date] A report by the National Research Council of Canada (NRCC) confirms what many Indigenous communities have long known: the rate of death for house fires in Indigenous communities is higher than in non-Indigenous communities.  The report, commissioned by the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council (NIFSC) and published earlier this month, found the rate of death was around…

[published_date] Manufacturing businesses in Quebec are calling on the federal government to allow temporary foreign workers already employed in the province to stay and continue working in the industry.  In September of last year, the federal government capped companies' ability to hire low-wage temporary foreign workers at 10 per cent of their workforce compared to 30 per cent…

[published_date] A federal inmate has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of serial killer Robert Pickton last year. Martin Charest, 52, was charged on July 3 for allegedly attacking Pickton at Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison. Pickton died in hospital on May 31, 2024, 12 days after he was assaulted, but no charges…

[published_date] NBA basketball sensation Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is set to receive the key to his hometown of Hamilton, at a celebration honouring his achievements next month. The much-anticipated event will take place at Hamilton Stadium —  formally known as Tim Hortons Field — on Aug. 7, the City of Hamilton said in a news release Monday. "[Hamilton] laid the foundation…

[published_date] Health Canada has issued a recall notice for more than 260,000 above-ground swimming pools sold in Canada since the early 2000s after nine kids drowned in the United States. Another five million pools are under a recall advisory in the U.S. The notices cover a range of Bestway, Intex Recreation and Polygroup pools sold…

[published_date] After leading Canada to victory at this year's 4 Nations Face-Off, head coach Jon Cooper is getting his same support staff for the Milan-Cortina Olympics. Hockey Canada announced Monday that Bruce Cassidy of the Vegas Golden Knights, Rick Tocchet of the Philadelphia Flyers and former Dallas Stars coach Peter DeBoer will once again serve…