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[published_date] By anyone's measure, $150 billion a year is an eye-watering amount of money to spend on anything — let alone defence. While it pales in comparison to the inflation-adjusted appropriations of the Second World War, it is potentially, for this generation, the very definition of beating ploughshares into swords. Or is it? Following all…

[published_date] The Canada Games torch made its way through Corner Brook on Tuesday as just one of many July 1st ceremonies in the city. (Leila Beaudoin/CBC)While Canada Day and Memorial Day are always a shared occasion in Newfoundland and Labrador, this year's ceremonies in Corner Brook also honoured the upcoming Canada Games, as the torch…

[published_date] The Toronto Raptors signed first-round pick Collin Murray-Boyles to a rookie-scale contract, the team announced Tuesday. The six-foot-seven, 239-pound forward was the ninth overall pick in last week's NBA draft coming out of the University of South Carolina. Murray-Boyles averaged 16.8 points and 8.3 rebounds in 32 games en route to earning an All-Southeastern…

[published_date] Toronto FC is parting ways with Italian designated players Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, ending an expensive and unsuccessful partnership. The struggling Major League Soccer club said their contracts had been mutually terminated, with TFC using its two permitted buyouts of their guaranteed deals. "After several meaningful discussions, we are happy to have found…

[published_date] As more First Nations voice opposition to Bill C-5, some are drawing comparisons to the 2012 Idle No More movement.  Hayden King, executive director of the Yellowhead Institute, an Indigenous-led research and education centre at Toronto Metropolitan University, said both the speed with which it was passed and ideas in the bill remind him of former prime…

[published_date] The Centre for Free Expression is calling for the reinstatement of a York Region paramedic whose union says she was fired over a social media post criticizing Israel's military operations in the Middle East.   An open letter from James L. Turk, the director of the centre at Toronto Metropolitan University, and a group of…

[published_date] A former registered acupuncturist who sexually assaulted two of his patients is not eligible to apply to reinstate his registration for 30 years. In a disciplinary notice posted to its site, the College of Complementary Health Professionals of B.C. (CCHPBC) says Mario Luis Ibarra will not be able to apply to reinstate his registration until July…

[published_date] The Thompson-Nicola Regional District has declared a local state of emergency for the Blue Sky Country region due to an encroaching out-of-control wildfire near Lytton, B.C. It has also issued an evacuation order for two properties on Spencer Road South as the blaze poses "immediate danger to life." An evacuation order means those in the area…

[published_date] Canadians across the country flocked to local celebrations to commemorate the country's 158th birthday. Canada Day this year also coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Canadian flag and the 45th anniversary of the official adoption of O Canada as the national anthem. Here's a look at some of the events held across Canada. PHOTOS…

[published_date] A landmark sign that's welcomed beach-goers to a popular strip of sand on the Lake Huron shoreline for decades looked a little different this Canada Day. Reflecting a court decision last year that solidified ownership of a roughly two-kilometre section of land to the Chippewas of Saugeen First Nation, the iconic Sauble Beach sign was…

[published_date] It is not a good time to be an NHL team in need of a goaltender. Fewer than a dozen who played in the league last season were available as unrestricted free agents, Detroit acquired John Gibson from Anaheim over the weekend after years of trade rumors and that left a handful of veteran…

[published_date] In his first Canada Day address as prime minister, Mark Carney emphasized unity in a "changing" world.  "One hundred and 58 years ago, a few provinces bet on the idea that they'd be stronger together than they ever could be apart. They were right, and so they became a new federation that's now grown into…