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Niederreiter scores pair in front of sellout crowd as Jets top Wild 4-2
WINNIPEG - Nino Niederreiter scored a pair of goals to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon. Axel Jonsson-Fjallby and Alex Iafallo also scored for Winn...
Dec 30, 2023
Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate wins World Cup bronze
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Canada's Abigail Strate won bronze on Saturday at a women's World Cup ski jumping competition. The 22-year-old Calgarian scored 247.4 points over her two leaps, cover...
Dec 30, 2023
PWHL's debut season among the hockey storylines to watch in 2024
The debut of a united North American women's league, Connor McDavid's quest for team success, the culmination of Connor Bedard's first season, a return to best-on-best in the men's international game,...
Dec 30, 2023
'Little adversity doesn't hurt anyone:' Canada regroups after world junior defeat
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Fraser Minten has seen his team play to its supposed identity in spurts. Canada's captain knows the buzzword - "relentless" - constantly bandied about the country's camp at the wo...
Dec 30, 2023
Reports: Raptors trade Anunoby, Achiuwa to Knicks for Quickley, Canadian RJ Barrett
TORONTO - Canadian guard RJ Barrett is set to play for the country's lone NBA team after a major trade between the Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks on Saturday, according to multiple media reports....
Dec 30, 2023
Montreal Old Port New Year's Eve fireworks event permanently cancelled
MONTREAL - There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal's Old Port. Montral en Ftes, the organization that since 2013 has organized a free holiday festival near the city's wa...
Dec 30, 2023
Christ the Redeemer lit in Pele shirt as Brazil honors first anniversary of his death
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Christ the Redeemer was lit up in a Pele shirt among Brazilian tributes to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death on Friday. Pele died of colon cancer at age 82. ...
Dec 30, 2023
Quebec nurses union says negotiations with provincial government still deadlocked
MONTREAL - A labour group representing 80,000 Quebec nurses and other health care workers says its negotiations with the provincial government are still deadlocked heading into the new year. The Fdrat...
Dec 30, 2023
Thiem endures brush with venomous snake at Brisbane International
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Former U.S. Open champion Dominic Thiem had a brush with one of Australia's most venomous snakes during a qualifying match at the Brisbane International on Saturday. Thiem w...
Dec 30, 2023
Top Stories of 2023: Nanaimo bans natural gas as primary heating source in new builds
NANAIMO - It was a controversial move at the time, and the months since have done little to dampen the views of either side.In late August, Nanaimo city councillors narrowly voted to fast-track their ...
Dec 30, 2023