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Canada represented by 215 athletes at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Charles Hamelin is back to compete in his fifth and final Winter Olympic Games as part of a 215-athlete delegation Canada is sending to Beijing. Hamelin, the decorated...
Jan 28, 2022
Parliament Hill girds for massive truck convoy protest
The first trucks in a massive national convoy that was organized to protest the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers are due to arrive in the Ottawa area today. The c...
Jan 28, 2022
3 indicted in fire at Wendy's after Rayshard Brooks killing
ATLANTA (AP) - Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020. A Fulton County gr...
Jan 28, 2022
Teck says coal sales down from extreme weather, COVID-19 affecting operations
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday that its coal sales fell below its guidance because of extreme weather in British Columbia and warned that COVID-19 was leading to higher costs and could di...
Jan 28, 2022
Five members of Team Canada delegation in COVID-19 protocol ahead of Beijing Olympics
Five members of Team Canada's delegation in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics are currently in COVID-19 protocol, the Canadian Olympic Committee said Friday. The COC announced the numbers in a rele...
Jan 28, 2022
Skip Tracy Fleury enters COVID-19 protocol will miss start of Tournament of Hearts
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Skip Tracy Fleury will sit out the start of the Canadian women's curling championship in COVID-19 protocol. The skip of a wild-card team was one of two athletes in the Scotties Tou...
Jan 28, 2022
Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, prompting rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from...
Jan 28, 2022
Djokovic feted in Montenegro amid new virus test doubts
BUDVA, Montenegro (AP) - Tennis star Novak Djokovic received honors at a small Adriatic Sea resort in Montenegro on Friday even as doubts re-emerged about the positive COVID-19 test he used to try to ...
Jan 28, 2022
Djokovic feted in Montenegro amid new virus test doubts
BUDVA, Montenegro (AP) - Tennis star Novak Djokovic received honors at a small Adriatic Sea resort in Montenegro on Friday even as doubts re-emerged about the positive COVID-19 test he used to try to ...
Jan 28, 2022
Parliament Hill girds for massive truck convoy protest
The first trucks in a massive national convoy that was organized to protest the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers are due to arrive in the Ottawa area today. The c...
Jan 28, 2022