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Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations top 2,000, highest level since October
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says there are more than 2,000 hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 across the province, the highest number since Oct. 19. Officials say 2,081 people are in hospit...
Dec 14, 2022

First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba
MONTREAL - Four First Nations in Manitoba are working with the provincial and federal governments to establish a new Indigenous protected area. The groups announced today at the COP15 global biodivers...
Dec 14, 2022

Blue Bombers sign defensive back Rose to one-year contract extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed cornerback Winston Rose to a one-year contract extension. He had been scheduled to become a free agent in February. Rose was third on the Bombers last ...
Dec 14, 2022

Canada's Maggie Mac Neil wins butterfly gold at short course world championships
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Maggie Mac Neil won gold in the women's 50-metre butterfly on Wednesday at the FINA world short course swimming championships. The 22-year-old from London, Ont., finish...
Dec 14, 2022

Deputy dressed as Grinch gives onions to speeding drivers
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) - Several motorists who were speeding through an elementary school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway received an odorous onion as a reminder to slow down from a county sher...
Dec 14, 2022

Man facing charge after Ukrainian refugee, 7, dies in Montreal hit and run
MONTREAL - A seven-year-old girl who was killed in a hit and run Tuesday in Montreal had recently arrived in Canada with her mother and two siblings after they had fled the war in Ukraine. Michael Shw...
Dec 14, 2022

87-year-old identified as Montreal driver who hit baby in carriage without stopping
Montreal police have identified an 87-year-old man who they say was behind the wheel of a vehicle that hit a baby stroller last month and drove off. Police had asked for the public's help to find the ...
Dec 14, 2022

Soccer writer Grant Wahl died of heart aneurysm at World Cup
NEW YORK (AP) - Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm in his heart when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American soccer writer. Wahl's...
Dec 14, 2022

4 confirmed dead after boat capsizes in English Channel
LONDON (AP) - Helicopters and lifeboats swooped to the English Channel off the coast of Kent in southern England to rescue a small boat that capsized in the freezing water, killing four people, author...
Dec 14, 2022

Premier Hockey Federation to double salary cap to US$1.5 million per team in 2023-24
BOSTON - The Premier Hockey Federation, which includes clubs in Toronto and Montreal, has announced a doubling of its salary cap to US$1.5 million per team for the 2023-24 season. The Toronto Six and ...
Dec 14, 2022