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Nova Scotia curler Christina Black angling for a return trip to Tournament of Hearts
Christina Black's laser-precise draws drew oohs and aahs at the 2023 national women's curling championship. The Nova Scotia skip wants to get back to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts for more of that...
Nov 28, 2024
Supreme Court to hear challenge of law that curbs spy watchdog members
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of legislation that limits members of a spy watchdog from using their parliamentary immunity to speak out. The top court's decisio...
Nov 28, 2024
Northern Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository
TORONTO - A region in northern Ontario has been chosen as the site to hold Canada's nuclear waste in a deep geological repository. The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced its decision toda...
Nov 28, 2024
Canadian men climb four places to No. 31, reach all-time high in FIFA world rankings
Canada will finish out the year at a career-high in the FIFA rankings after climbing four places to No. 31. The Canadian men had previously been as high as No. 33, achieved in February 2022 under John...
Nov 28, 2024
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepts a one-month suspension in doping case
Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integ...
Nov 28, 2024
Romanian court orders recount of first-round election won by far-right outsider
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election, which w...
Nov 28, 2024
Romanian court orders a recount of presidential election first round
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - A top Romanian court on Thursday asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first-round of the presidential election. The Con...
Nov 28, 2024
Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government
LONDON (AP) - A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence s...
Nov 28, 2024
Former British soldier convicted of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian government
LONDON (AP) - A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of passing on sensitive information to the Iranian intelligence s...
Nov 28, 2024
At least 13 dead after landslides bury 40 homes in villages in eastern Uganda
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, relief officials said Thursday. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have ...
Nov 28, 2024