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Canadian para alpine skier Michaela Gosselin doubles up on World Cup gold
SANTA CATERINA, ITALY - Canadian para skier Michaela Gosselin won a pair of World Cup downhills Wednesday. The 23-year-old from Collingwood, Ont., claimed the first World Cup gold of her career and ad...
Jan 08, 2025
B.C. court approves class-action lawsuit about privacy over Home Depot receipts
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says a class-action lawsuit can go ahead alleging Home Depot violated its customers' privacy when collecting and sharing their information after emai...
Jan 08, 2025
'Scary' or 'empty threats'? Canadians weigh in on Trump's '51st state' plan
The Canadian Press asked people from Halifax to Vancouver what they thought of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's idea to make Canada the "51st state" and use "economic force" to do so. Here's what t...
Jan 08, 2025
'Scary' or 'empty threats'? Canadians weigh in on Trump's '51st state' plan
The Canadian Press asked people from Halifax to Vancouver what they thought of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's idea to make Canada the "51st state" and use "economic force" to do so. Here's what t...
Jan 08, 2025
Houston Dynamo reward Canada's Pat Onstad with a promotion and new contract
HOUSTON - The Houston Dynamo have rewarded Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Pat Onstad with a front-office promotion and a multi-year contract extension. Onstad's new title is president of soccer. The 56-y...
Jan 08, 2025
President-elect Donald Trump visits Jimmy Carter's casket in Capitol Rotunda after criticizing him
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump, who has alternated among praising, criticizing and even mocking Jimmy Carter, came Wednesday to the Capitol Rotunda to pay his respects as the 39th pres...
Jan 08, 2025
Minister Duclos says it should be 'relatively easy' to sell Trump on icebreaker pact
OTTAWA - Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says it should be "relatively easy" to convince incoming U.S. president Donald Trump not to scuttle an icebreaker production pact wit...
Jan 08, 2025
Browns approve the Titans' request to interview Canada's Catherine Hickman for GM, AP source says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans have been granted permission to interview Catherine Hickman by the Cleveland Browns as the team looks for a new general manager, a person familiar with the...
Jan 08, 2025
Gunshots are heard near Chad's presidential palace. Foreign minister says it's under control
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Multiple gunshots were heard near the presidential palace in Chad's capital Wednesday evening, residents said, while the African country's foreign minister said soldiers were de...
Jan 08, 2025
B.C. orders masks for hospitals, care facilities as flu, respiratory illness increase
VICTORIA - Medical masks are again required in British Columbia health-care facilities as provincial authorities say cases of respiratory illness are rising. A statement from B.C.'s Health Ministry sa...
Jan 08, 2025