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Piper and Gilles golden at Four Continents as Canada claims two ice dance medals
SHANGHAI - Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier's dream season continued on Sunday at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai, China. The Canadians won their first ISU Championships ...
Feb 4, 2024
Senegal police fire tear gas as the opposition protests at election delay
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Senegal's police on Sunday fired tear gas at opposition supporters who were protesting against the decision by President Macky Sall to postpone the Feb. 25 election over a disput...
Feb 4, 2024
Forest fires rage on in central Chile killing at least 64
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Firefighters wrestled Sunday with massive forest fires that broke out in central Chile two days earlier, as officials extended curfews in cities most heavily affected by the bla...
Feb 4, 2024
Argos kicker Boris Bede bids farewell to Toronto fans on social media
TORONTO - Boris Bede's time with the Toronto Argonauts appears to be over. The veteran kicker took to social media Sunday to bid farewell to Argos fans, saying the club has "decided to go in a differe...
Feb 4, 2024
Spotlight on London, Ont. as world junior hockey sex assault case goes to court
TORONTO - The southwestern Ontario city of London will be under a spotlight Monday as a high-profile, multi-year probe into allegations of sexual assault involving players from Canada's 2018 world jun...
Feb 4, 2024
Spotlight on London, Ont. as world junior hockey sex assault case goes to court
TORONTO - The southwestern Ontario city of London will be under a spotlight Monday as a high-profile, multi-year probe into allegations of sexual assault involving players from Canada's 2018 world jun...
Feb 4, 2024
New AFN chief looks to turn page with Pierre Poilievre from Harper-era tensions
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is trying to make inroads with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, hoping to forestall the tensions and angst that marked the party's las...
Feb 4, 2024
Flight Centre fights hundreds of fake sites, as bogus booking costs B.C. man $2,280
VANCOUVER - Ihsan Abdul Salam describes himself as a "loyal" customer of Flight Centre, booking tickets with the international travel company since 1995. But when he went to a Vancouver branch of the ...
Feb 4, 2024
Namibian President Hage Geingob dies in a hospital where he was receiving treatment, his office says
CAIRO (AP) - Namibian President Hage Geingob died Sunday while receiving medical treatment, his office announced. In a post on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, the Namibian presidency sa...
Feb 3, 2024
All-star Sayles, Lions agree to two-year extension
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions confirmed Saturday that American defensive back Marcus Sayles has signed a two-year extension. The two-time CFL all-star was eligible to become a free agent on Feb. 13. The ...
Feb 3, 2024