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Montreal to host second short-track World Tour stop after ISU cancels Utah event
MONTREAL - Montreal will host a second straight Short Track World Tour event next week after the International Skating Union relocated the event from Salt Lake City. Speed Skating Canada said in a rel...
Oct 25, 2024
Alberta legislature sitting to kick off with focus on rights bill, transgender policy
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is set to start its fall sitting with a focus on bills that the Opposition NDP says are aimed at catering to "fringe" elements of Smith's United ...
Oct 25, 2024
Community celebration to take place for Parksville paralympic hero
PARKSVILLE - Following an exceptional showing at this past summer's Paralympic Games, Parksville's Nicholas Bennett will be formally recognized where he honed his craft. The Regional District of Nanai...
Oct 25, 2024
Journalist says claims that he is a Russian agent are 'fabricated'
OTTAWA - A veteran Ottawa journalist is firing back against what he says are "entirely false" claims by a former Conservative cabinet minister that he acted as a Russian agent. David Pugliese, a repor...
Oct 25, 2024
WATCH LIVE: Mourners mark 1st anniversary of Lewiston mass shooting with moment of silence
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Mourners in Lewiston, Maine, held a moment of silence for victims of a mass shooting at 6:56 p.m. Friday at the exact moment of the one-year anniversary of the killings. The kil...
Oct 25, 2024
Poland arrests people in alleged plot to send explosives to Canada
OTTAWA - Polish authorities say four people have been charged in an alleged plan to send explosives via courier service to Canada and the United States. The RCMP says it is aware of the arrests, but d...
Oct 25, 2024
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal Metro Vancouver school stabbing
SURREY, B.C. - A man charged in the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in the parking lot of a Metro Vancouver high school two years ago has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. Homicide investigators say th...
Oct 25, 2024
Canfor reports net loss of $350 million as lumber market headwinds continue
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. says it had a net loss of $350.1 million in its last quarter as it took writedowns and impairment charges related to mill closures in a slumping lumber market. The forestry co...
Oct 25, 2024
World champs Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps rank first after short program at Skate Canada
HALIFAX - Reigning world champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps rocked the house and placed first in the pairs short program at Skate Canada International on Friday. The Canadians posted...
Oct 25, 2024
World champion Spain scores late goal to draw Canada 1-1 in women's soccer friendly
ALMENDRALEJO - Substitute Cristina Martn-Prieto scored in the 89th minute to give World Cup champion Spain a 1-1 draw with Canada in a women's international soccer friendly Friday. Ona Batlle found Ma...
Oct 25, 2024