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Police in Windsor, Ont. step up effort to end protest at Canada-U.S. border crossing
Police in Windsor, Ont., are resuming efforts to clear the Ambassador Bridge, a key border crossing between Canada and the U.S. where protesters opposed to COVID-19 public health restrictions have bro...
Feb 13, 2022
Protesters broke through RCMP barricades, causing highway closure near Pacific Border
SURREY, B.C. - The main route to the Pacific Highway border crossing in Surrey was closed Saturday afternoon after protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 measures broke through RCMP...
Feb 13, 2022
Black women's disproportionate role in Quebec health care source of community pride
MONTREAL - When 26-year-old nurse Stephanie Bumba looks at herself in the mirror wearing her uniform, she feels pride and sees a past she wants to honour. Bumba, who is of Congolese descent, is among ...
Feb 13, 2022
Saudi Arabia gives 4% of Aramco worth $80B to sovereign fund
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will transfer 4% of the stock in the state-run oil giant Aramco to a sovereign wealth fund, an infusion valued at nearly $80 billion as t...
Feb 13, 2022
Siakam's 35 not enough as Nuggets snap Raptors' eight-game win streak
The Toronto Raptors wasted a season-high 35-point and 10-rebound performance from Pascal Siakam in an agonizing defeat to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Saturday. A Fred VanVleet miss from bey...
Feb 13, 2022
Canucks ride goaltending of Thatcher Demko in win over Leafs
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks leaped out to the start they wanted then got the goaltending they needed from Thatcher Demko for a 3-2 NHL win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Saturday night. The Leafs ...
Feb 13, 2022
Another track record falls: Ahmed lowers his own Canadian 5,000 indoor record
BOSTON - Moh Ahmed broke his own Canadian indoor 5,000-metre record on Saturday. The Olympic silver medallist in the 5,000 ran 12 minutes 56.87 seconds to finish second at the Boston University Valent...
Feb 13, 2022
Flames run win streak to six in a row with victory over Islanders
CALGARY - It took a while to get in the lineup and stay in the lineup, but Flames Adam Ruzicka is starting to flash his potential. The rookie centre had a goal and an assist and was a plus-3 on Saturd...
Feb 13, 2022
Gushue back on track, Jones falling behind as curling continues at Beijing Games
BEIJING - Canada's curling teams were looking for positive results on Sunday after slow starts put their medal hopes at risk. Brad Gushue's men's team got what they were looking for in a comfortable 1...
Feb 13, 2022
Miley Cyrus, Green Day span decades in pre-Super Bowl show
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Miley Cyrus has only been alive for about half the Super Bowls ever played, but her setlist on the eve of the 56th spanned the whole history of the big game and then some. Cyrus and...
Feb 13, 2022