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Extreme cold warnings blanket Western Canada as winter officially arrives
VANCOUVER - Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory except Manitoba as winter storms or extreme cold usher in the official start of winter. Environmen...
Dec 21, 2022

Senior Environment Canada climatologist's top weather stories of 2022
From "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave to "hotumn" for the fall that never came, Canadians got a whole new vocabulary for wild weather this year. Here is a list of Canada's top 10 weathe...
Dec 21, 2022

'Weird and wacky': Hurricane Fiona top weather story in stormy, wet, windy, dry year
If nothing else, 2022 gave Canadians a slew of new weather words. There was "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave. There was "hotumn" for the fall that never came. "Derecho" got new currency...
Dec 21, 2022

Experts say F-35 startup costs will be high due to infrastructure, network upgrades
OTTAWA - Experts say they are not surprised that Canada intends to spend billions on an initial set of F-35s given the large startup costs associated with buying a new fighter jet. The Canadian Press ...
Dec 21, 2022

Olympic speedskaters Gilmore Junio, Kaylin Irvine and Marsha Hudey retire
CALGARY - Canadian Olympic speedskaters Gilmore Junio, Kaylin Irvine and Marsha Hudey announced their retirements on Wednesday. Junio, from Calgary, won 12 World Cup medals over the course of his 12-y...
Dec 21, 2022

Mall shooter told ex he would `take others' if he died
GREENWOOD, Indiana (AP) - The ex-girlfriend of a 20-year-old man who fatally shot three people at an Indianapolis-area mall said he told her he didn't expect to make it to 21 and that if he killed him...
Dec 21, 2022

VIDEO: First half performance culminates in NCAA Commitment for Clippers' Daniells
NANAIMO - The Clippers took three out of four points in the final weekend before their Christmas break but for leading scorer Kai Daniells there was some even more important hockey news.The 19-year-ol...
Dec 21, 2022

Roughriders sign defensive back Nick Marshall to one-year extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive back Nick Marshall to a one-year contract extension. Marshall set a Roughriders' record for interceptions returned for touchdowns last seaso...
Dec 21, 2022

Public safety minister hopes to table First Nations policing legislation in new year
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says he hopes to introduce legislation declaring First Nations policing an essential service in the new year. In a year-end interview with The Canadian ...
Dec 21, 2022

US sending $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it will provide $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine, rolling out funding for a Patriot missile battery as Ukrainian President V...
Dec 21, 2022