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Canada set to open selection camp looking for world junior three-peat
Peter Anholt sees a group craving for an opportunity - finally - in the spotlight. Many of the players hoping to make Canada's roster for the upcoming world junior hockey championship were hit especia...
Dec 08, 2023
1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says about one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection. The report released today says that amounts to 3.5 million Canadians. Symptoms ar...
Dec 08, 2023
Source: Montreal Alouettes sign linebacker Darnell Sankey to two-year extension
MONTREAL - Darnell Sankey is staying put. According to a league source, the veteran linebacker has signed a two-year contract extension with the Grey Cup-champion Montreal Alouettes. Sankey was slated...
Dec 08, 2023
Sofia Goggia wins first speed race of weather-hit World Cup ski season in super-G. Shiffrin is 4th
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - Sofia Goggia won a women's super-G Friday as skiing's World Cup was finally able to hold its first speed race of a weather-affected season, with Mikaela Shiffrin finishi...
Dec 08, 2023
In the news today: Jury to resume deliberations in B.C. murder trial
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ibrahim Ali murder jury to resume deliberations A jury is resuming deliberation...
Dec 08, 2023
Time's up for some short-term rentals in B.C., as new housing rules transform scene
VICTORIA - Nancy Paine's short-term rental business is dead in the water. As co-founder and CEO of Victoria-based Superhost, Paine said she had been at the forefront of the Airbnb revolution for seven...
Dec 08, 2023
Nunavut TV channel, The Weather Network deliver forecasts in Inuktut languages
Inuit Nunangat, the four regions comprising the Inuit homeland in Canada, is home to some of the country's harshest climates. With the area's severe, cold winters and short, cool summers, weather has ...
Dec 08, 2023
Quebec unions representing 420,000 public sector workers start weeklong strike
MONTREAL - Unions representing 420,000 Quebec public sector workers are beginning a weeklong strike today. The workers, including teachers, education support staff and lab technicians, are members of ...
Dec 08, 2023
'Silence isn't neutral': Emails show debate in Quebec universities on Israel, Hamas
MONTREAL - Five days after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, Universit de Montral rector Daniel Jutras was under growing pressure to say more about the conflict. Shortly after midnight on Oct. 12, he...
Dec 08, 2023
B.C. jury to resume deliberations in Ibrahim Ali's murder trial
VANCOUVER - A jury is resuming deliberations today in the case of Ibrahim Ali, whose marathon first-degree murder trial in B.C. Supreme Court wrapped up Thursday. Ali is accused of murdering a 13-year...
Dec 08, 2023