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Military procurement chief stands by naval helicopters despite recent problems
OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top procurement official says he would feel safe flying on one of the military's new naval helicopters despite the fleet's rash of recent problems. Assistant deputy m...
Dec 22, 2021
Amazingly preserved fossil egg shows dinosaur, bird links: scientists
Scientists say an amazingly well-preserved fossil egg adds more evidence to the close links between dinosaurs and modern birds. Darla Zelenitsky from the University of Calgary has just published a pap...
Dec 22, 2021
Pause on student loan payments is extended through May 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Wednesday extended a student loan moratorium that has allowed millions of Americans to put off debt payments during the pandemic. Under the action, paymen...
Dec 22, 2021
NHL Notebook: Boudreau finally gets valuable practice time with Canucks
Bruce Boudreau took advantage of something he hasn't had much of since being hired to coach the Vancouver Canucks. Time. With the NHL pausing cross-border travel due to COVID-19 until after its holida...
Dec 22, 2021
Raptors' game at Chicago postponed; Toronto unable to field NBA minimum 8 players
The NBA has postponed Toronto's game at Chicago tonight because the Raptors do not have the required eight players available. The announcement from the NBA comes a day after the Raptors added four pla...
Dec 22, 2021
Manchester United hires a second former member of Toronto FC's coaching staff
TORONTO - Manchester United has added another former Toronto FC coach to its staff. Ewan Sharp, an assistant coach with the MLS team this season, has joined the iconic English Premier League side as a...
Dec 22, 2021
NHL players officially not going to Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns
The NHL won't be going to the Beijing Olympics. The official announcement, confirmed to The Canadian Press on Tuesday by a person with direct knowledge of the decision, comes amid COVID-19 concerns th...
Dec 22, 2021
Deliberations resume in sex abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Wednesday at the sex trafficking trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. The jury entered its second full day of considering the fate of Maxwell afte...
Dec 22, 2021
Jurors at Kim Potter trial resume work Wednesday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jurors in the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Black motorist Daunte Wright began their third day of deliberations Wednesday, after a question to t...
Dec 22, 2021
VIDEO: "Thank you for loving me:" emaciated momma dog and her puppies safe and warm for Christmas
NANAIMO - The story of Celeste, a two-year-old, starving dog who was abandoned while pregnant to give birth to her five puppies on the street, won't soon be forgotten by the citizens of Nanaimo.And th...
Dec 22, 2021