Poll shows 60 per cent of Japanese want Olympic Games cancelled
Nearly 60 per cent of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled, an opinion poll showed on Monday, less than three months before the Games are due to begin.
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Kentucky Derby winner fails post-race drug test
Medina Spirit's victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a positive post-race drug test, one that prompted Churchill Downs to suspend Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert immediately on Sunday in the latest scandal to plague the sport.
Canada's Staehli wins women's 5,000-metre, beats Olympic standard at Golden Games
Canada's Julie-Anne Staehli ran under the Olympic standard and won the women's 5,000 metres in Sunday's late session at the USATF Golden Games.
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Three-point nights for Gaudreau, Tkachuk keeps Flames alive in playoff race
The Calgary Flames kept their slim playoff hopes alive with a 6-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night.
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McIlroy ends 18 months without winning at Quail Hollow
After he hung on for a one-shot victory in the Wells Fargo Championship, his first title in 18 months, Rory McIlroy revealed his neck locked up during his final practice session and if not for a late tee time Thursday, he would have had to withdraw.
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Two Tokyo Olympics: Inside and outside the National Stadium
Seated inside Tokyo's new National Stadium, Sebastian Coe again tried to reassure athletes and skeptical residents of Japan that the postponed Olympics will be safe when they open in just under 11 weeks.
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Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime prevails in opening round of Italian Open
Quebec's Felix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the second round of the Italian Open after a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 win over Serbia's Filip Krajinovic on Sunday.
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'Canelo' Alvarez stops Saunders to unify super middleweight titles
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez stopped Billy Joe Saunders in eight rounds on Saturday to unify three super middleweight titles in front of the largest US crowd in history to watch an indoor boxing event.
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Montana governor signs bill banning transgender girls from girls' sports in schools
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a bill Friday that prohibits transgender girls from participating in girls' sports in schools, according to the records of the state legislature.
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Leafs getting first doses of vaccine, as new NHL virus protocols emerge
The Toronto Maple Leafs are getting their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday, but the team won't have relaxed virus protocols like some of their American counterparts.
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Gymnastics Canada will not send teams to Olympic qualifier over COVID-19 concerns
Gymnastics Canada will not send a team to a last-chance Tokyo Olympic qualifier because of COVID-19 concerns.
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42-year-old single mother of 7 killed in northern Alta. Friday motorcycle crash
The motorcyclist who died after an accident near Fairview, Alta. on Friday was a single mother of seven children, business woman, and volunteer firefighter.
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'We did our best': Three teens help evacuate St. Albert, Alta. retirement home
Three St. Albert, Alta. teens put the safety of others ahead of their own as they ran into a burning retirement home to help evacuate seniors.
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Vancouver thrift store seeks owner of donated Second World War memorabilia
A thrift store in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has received a historical and very valuable donation that dates back to the Second World War.
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Some universities say no to proof of vaccination requirement
A COVID-19 vaccine likely won't be a requirement to return to the physical classroom at some universities in September, with several large schools saying they have no intention of mandating proof of immunization for students.
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Vancouver airport shooting likely gang-related; police say 28-year-old victim was known to them
Homicide investigators say the victim of a brazen mid-afternoon shooting outside Vancouver International Airport Sunday afternoon was a 28-year-old man who was known to police.
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Two-year EI review needed to buy time for needed tech upgrades, Qualtrough says
Canada's employment minister says a budgetary pledge for funding to study changes to the employment insurance system reflects realities that improvements to the safety net can't happen overnight.
World
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Man stabs 5 at New Zealand supermarket; 3 critically wounded
Shoppers and staff at a New Zealand supermarket were being praised for their bravery Monday after authorities said they managed to stop a frenzied man from hurting others after he stabbed four people in a random attack, critically wounding three of them.
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Queen's first cousin allegedly trading on links to Putin and monarchy: U.K. report
Prince Michael of Kent, Queen Elizabeth's first cousin, said Sunday that he 'has no special relationship' with Russian President Vladimir Putin after an undercover journalistic investigation claimed he and a close friend were 'secretly trading on their links' with Putin for profit.
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Man kills 6, then self, at Colorado birthday party shooting
A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said.
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South Korea's Moon hopes to restart North Korean diplomacy with Biden
South Korea's leader said Monday he'll use his upcoming summit with U.S. President Joe Biden to push to restart diplomacy with North Korea, saying that the U.S. has opted for a diplomatic, phased approach to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis.
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50 Palestinians hospitalized in Jerusalem clashes: medics
At least 50 Palestinians were hospitalized after being injured in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site, Palestinian medics said. Police fired tear gas and stun grenade canisters some of them landing in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site.
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Leopard on the loose in eastern China after zoo escape
A search for the last of three leopards that escaped from a safari park in eastern China was ongoing, authorities said Monday, as the park came under fire for concealing the breakout for nearly a week.
Entertainment
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Elon Musk says he is first SNL host with Asperger's syndrome
Elon Musk kicked off his 'Saturday Night Live' debut by declaring himself to be the first person with Asperger's syndrome to host the U.S. comedy sketch show.
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Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88
Singer-songwriter Lloyd Price, an early rock 'n roll star and enduring maverick whose hits included such up-tempo favourites as 'Lawdy Miss Clawdy,' 'Personality' and the semi-forbidden 'Stagger Lee,' has died. He was 88.
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Vax Live concert raises US$302 million, exceeds vaccine goal
The Global Citizen fundraising concert advocating the importance of vaccine equity has pulled in US$302 million, exceeding the goal for the organization's campaign.
Health
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Registered practical nurses struggling with pandemic stress, workload: poll
One of two new polls shows that more than half of those surveyed said they were coping 'poorly' or 'extremely poorly' at work over the past year of the pandemic. And 86 per cent said they believe the potential for medical errors has increased over the past 12 months.
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Ottawa girl with rare disorder encouraging Ontario students to become stem cell donors
An Ottawa girl with a rare disorder is encouraging students to become stem cell donors and possibly save a life.
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For a view of a COVID-19 future, Canadians should look across the pond
Britain, like Canada, is one of the only countries in the world to delay second doses for several months, so that more people can get protected from at least one dose faster. Now, after half the British population has had a single vaccine dose, new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all down significantly.
Politics
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Minister suggests with Bill C-10, regulations could apply to accounts with a large enough following
While the government continues to insist that individuals' online audio or video content won't be subject to federal regulations under Bill C-10, the Canadian Radio-television and telecommunications Commission (CRTC) could impose regulations on accounts that have a large enough following or are making enough money off of it, according to Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault.
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Two-year EI review needed to buy time for needed tech upgrades, Qualtrough says
Canada's employment minister says a budgetary pledge for funding to study changes to the employment insurance system reflects realities that improvements to the safety net can't happen overnight.
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Grappling with how to press the virtual flesh, parties gear up for election showdown
The uncertainty of COVID-19 has the three main national parties ravenously raising funds and wooing would-be nominees while suspended in a kind of limbo, forced to map out multiple scenarios for an election whose timing under a minority Liberal government remains unknown.
Sci-Tech
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This machine can help turn used PPE into almost anything
A U.K. company is reducing hospital waste by melting and compressing personal protective equipment into plastic that can be recycled and re-engineered into things like school chairs, water bottle caps and coat hangers.
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DNA used to identify sailor of doomed 1845 Franklin arctic expedition
A sailor of the infamous doomed 1845 Franklin arctic expedition was identified using DNA samples from a living relative in South Africa.
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U.S. researchers create sci-fi-style laser holograms that can move in the air
Researchers from Utah have figured out how to use lasers to create sci-fi-style holograms inspired by phasers from ‘Star Trek’ and lightsabers from ‘Star Wars.’
Business
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Amazon blocked 10 billion listings in counterfeit crackdown
Amazon, which has been under pressure from shoppers, brands and lawmakers to crack down on counterfeits on its site, said Monday that it blocked more than 10 billion suspected phoney listings last year before any of their offerings could be sold.
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Asian shares rise on U.S. rally, jobs data signalling low rates
Asian shares mostly rose Monday, cheered by a rally on Wall Street as a grim jobs report signalled to investors that interest rates will likely stay low.
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SpaceX accepts dogecoin as payment to launch lunar mission next year
SpaceX will launch the "DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon" in the first quarter of next year, with Elon Musk's commercial rocket company accepting the meme-inspired cryptocurrency dogecoin as payment.
Autos
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China propels BMW to strong profits, Germany lags
Booming sales in China helped propel German luxury carmaker BMW to stronger profits in the first three months of the year even as its home market Germany trailed the ongoing recovery in global car markets from the worst of the pandemic shutdowns.
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Should Canada mandate sales targets for electric vehicles? Report says 'yes'
A parliamentary committee tasked with studying how to incentivize the purchase and production of electric vehicles recently recommended that Ottawa work with provinces and industry to 'establish a national ZEV standard.'
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Stellantis CFO: Chip shortage impact remains 'controlled'
The Stellantis automotive company created out of the merger of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot reported Wednesday a 14 per cent increase in first-quarter revenues, despite a drop in production due to the semiconductor shortage.
Lifestyle
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'Born to ride': 2-year-old B.C. boy is a cycling prodigy
Two-year-old Kashius Weme is making waves at a B.C. bike park, where he takes on dirt jumps alongside kids five times his age.
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'Wild goose chase': Ottawa police provide escort back to the river for a Canada goose and six goslings
A goose and its goslings received a police escort back to the river on Mother's Day after blocking traffic on a busy street.
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Vancouver thrift store seeks owner of donated Second World War memorabilia
A thrift store in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside has received a historical and very valuable donation that dates back to the Second World War.
Sports
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Poll shows 60 per cent of Japanese want Olympic Games cancelled
Nearly 60 per cent of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled, an opinion poll showed on Monday, less than three months before the Games are due to begin.
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Kentucky Derby winner fails post-race drug test
Medina Spirit's victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a positive post-race drug test, one that prompted Churchill Downs to suspend Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert immediately on Sunday in the latest scandal to plague the sport.
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Canada's Staehli wins women's 5,000-metre, beats Olympic standard at Golden Games
Canada's Julie-Anne Staehli ran under the Olympic standard and won the women's 5,000 metres in Sunday's late session at the USATF Golden Games.