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Canada's Drury wins silver and Thompson takes bronze at ski-cross World Cup
IDRE FJALL, Sweden - Toronto's Kevin Drury won silver in the men's big final at a ski-cross World Cup event on Sunday, with Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., finishing third on the women's side. Ge...
Jan 26, 2020

Canada's Justin Kripps wins bronze in four-man bobsled World Cup
KONIGSSEE, Germany - Justin Kripps piloted his four-man Canadian bobsled crew to their first-ever podium in Konigssee, Germany, winning the bronze on Sunday. Kripps, from Summerland, B.C., captured hi...
Jan 26, 2020

Pentagon: 34 troops suffered brain injuries in Iran strike
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon disclosed on Friday that 34 U.S. service members suffered traumatic brain injuries in Iran's missile strike this month on an Iraqi air base, and although half have returned t...
Jan 26, 2020

How letters to his daughter helped Poilievre back out of Tory leadership race
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre had spent weeks pushing past a fear about what a run for the Conservative leadership would mean for his family. He'd promised his wife and 18-m...
Jan 26, 2020

Memo to Trudeau prods Liberals to look at reviving vice-regal appointments board
OTTAWA - Senior officials advising Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have pressed him gently to rethink how the Liberals have chosen the Queen's representatives in Canada as he gets ready to make ano...
Jan 26, 2020

Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight
OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...
Jan 26, 2020

Canadian women fall in rugby sevens final while Canadian men finish fifth
HAMILTON, New Zealand - The Canadian women finished runner-up at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Sunday while the Canadian men finished fifth. Canada lost 24-7 to host New Zealand in the women's final....
Jan 26, 2020

Rebels fall 5-2 to Calgary to start home and home series
The Red Deer Rebels fell 5-2 to the Calgary Hitmen at the Westerner Park Centrium Saturday night in the first of three meetings between the two teams over the next week. "It wasn't a great game by us,...
Jan 26, 2020 Photo: Rob Wallator

Scope of right-wing extremism vexed security officials, documents show
OTTAWA - Canadian security officials have been grappling not only with how to address the growing threat of right-wing extremism, but also the best means of defining the phenomenon and explaining...
Jan 26, 2020

Quebec police divers find final sunk snowmobile amid search for missing tourists
ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Divers with Quebec's provincial police say they have located the seventh and final submerged snowmobile involved in a tragic accident last Tuesday ...
Jan 26, 2020