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Canadian Marielle Thompson earns World Cup ski cross bronze in season opener
AROSA, Switzerland - Canada’s Marielle Thompson captured bronze at the opening World Cup ski cross event of the season on Monday. The native of Whistler, B.C., won her semifinal heat before fini...
Dec 17, 2018
Freeland says corners could not be cut with U.S. arrest request of Huawei exec
OTTAWA - Cutting corners to avoid arresting a Chinese executive at the request of the Americans simply was not an option to keep Canada out of a difficult political situation, Foreign Affairs Minister...
Dec 17, 2018
Daughter tells of dad's unlikely bond with Charles Barkley
BOSTON - A chance meeting in a hotel lobby sparked an unlikely friendship between former NBA star Charles Barkley and a cat litter scientist in Iowa. The story has been shared widely since it was told...
Dec 17, 2018
Alberta gets federal disaster mitigation funding
More than two dozen Alberta communities including Red Deer are getting funding for new and replacement flood mapping to support emergency response and long-term planning. The federal government has an...
Dec 17, 2018
Flyers fire coach Dave Hakstol, Gordon interim replacement
It took less than two weeks as general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers for Chuck Fletcher to see what he needed to see with coach Dave Hakstol. The Flyers were still making too many mistakes, still...
Dec 17, 2018
Feds endangering rights of accused spy for China, lawyer tells Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Federal foot-dragging over secrecy is risking the right to timely justice for a man accused of trying to spy for China on Canadian shipbuilding plans, his lawyer charges. In a letter filed wi...
Dec 17, 2018
I didn't question Muskrat Falls cost estimates, former premier tells inquiry
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - The premier who sanctioned the controversial Muskrat Falls hydro megaproject in Newfoundland and Labrador says she had no inkling how excessively over-budget it would become. ...
Dec 17, 2018
Ottawa wins reprieve for solitary confinement law; now valid until April 30
TORONTO - The federal government eked out a four-month reprieve for its solitary confinement law on Monday despite criticism from Ontario’s top court about Ottawa’s failure to address conc...
Dec 17, 2018
Garbage Truck Santa's decorated rig rolls for 27th year in Whitehorse
WHITEHORSE - A familiar, if somewhat unconventional, holiday event resumes for its 27th season in Whitehorse but the man who’s better known as Garbage Truck Santa worries he’s celebrating ...
Dec 17, 2018
Diverging accounts at trial for accused in deaths of Calgary mother, daughter
CALGARY - Jurors are being asked to believe diverging accounts of what a Calgary man was doing on July 11, 2016, when a single mother was found dead in her apartment bound in duct tape and her young d...
Dec 17, 2018