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Tuesday’s friendly against Tunisia was the last in Toronto before Canada opens its home World Cup here on June 12 against Bosnia-Herzegovina. CBC | Sports News
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Canada will face Bosnia-Herzegovina to open FIFA World Cup
Bosnia-Herzegovina defeated Italy 1-1 (4-1) in penalties in a World Cup qualifier playoff final and will now join Canada, Qatar and Switzerland in Group B at the tournament, and face Canada in Toronto on June 12. CBC | Sports News
Read More »LaGuardia air traffic control staffing might have violated procedures night of Air Canada collision
Air traffic controller staffing at LaGuardia airport on the night an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck may have violated the facility’s procedures by combining roles before midnight, according to a document seen by Reuters. CBC | World News
Read More »How China is charging forward with EV adoption as Canada prepares to welcome its cars
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Read More »Pro-Palestine European Parliament member Rima Hassan says she was denied entry to Canada
A French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament says she was denied entry into Canada only days before she was scheduled to participate in conferences in Montreal. Rima Hassan wrote online that she was “prevented” from coming to Canada in what she described as an attempt at censorship. CBC | World News
Read More »David scores twice from penalty spot as Canada battles back to tie Iceland in World Cup tune-up
Jonathan David scored twice from the penalty spot in the second half before Tajon Buchanan was shown a straight red card as Canada battled back from a 2-0 deficit to salvage a 2-2 draw with Iceland in an international men’s soccer friendly Saturday in Toronto. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House
Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $ 175-million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely linked to the Trump administration. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada could provide vessels, cyber support to clear Strait of Hormuz if there’s a ceasefire: minister
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Read More »Canada is pitching its energy ambitions in Texas — can the oil and gas industry be convinced?
Though oil and gas industry executives at CERAWeek, a global energy conference in Houston, welcomed Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson’s enthusiasm, they still say they want to see considerable action before they can be sure Canada’s federal government is serious about changing the country’s reputation as being reluctant to expand the energy sector, especially oil and natural gas. CBC | ...
Read More »‘Fragmented, inconsistent, unsafe’: Commission calls for sweeping change to sport in Canada
A commission studying the future of sport in Canada has called for sweeping change to the way sport is structured, after its work found “the widespread presence of maltreatment and abuse” in a poorly resourced and organized system. CBC | Sports News
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