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Ontario pledges $4 million for 2025 world junior hockey championship in Ottawa
OTTAWA - The Ontario government will provide $4 million in funding for the 2025 world junior hockey championship in Ottawa. Ontario's minister of tourism, culture and sport, Neil Lumsden, made the ann...
Dec 7, 2023
Alberta Health services appoints new President and CEO
EDMONTON, AB - Alberta Health Services (AHS) has named its new President and CEO.Athana Mentzelopoulos will take over the position previously held by Mauro Chies. Mentzelopoulos was previously the Exe...
Dec 7, 2023
Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges ...
Dec 7, 2023
Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - The ceremony to honor the more than 2,300 U.S. servicemen killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor got underway Thursday in Hawaii with a moment of silence at the exac...
Dec 7, 2023
Michael Moorer, Ricky Hatton, Ivan Calderon, Diego Corrales elected to Boxing Hall of Fame
CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) - Michael Moorer, the first left-hander to win the heavyweight title, and fellow two-division champions Ricky Hatton and Ivan Calderon were elected Thursday to the International B...
Dec 7, 2023
Alouettes sign veteran DL Shawn Lemon to one-year contract extension
MONTREAL - The Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes have signed veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon to a one-year contract extension through next season, the team announced Thursday. Lemon was eligi...
Dec 7, 2023
HIV diagnoses hit 10-year high in Montreal, cases more than double between 2021-22
MONTREAL - Public health officials say they recorded in 2022 the highest number of new HIV diagnoses in 10 years in the city of Montreal and its on-island suburbs. Data shared last week shows the numb...
Dec 7, 2023
CBC head Catherine Tait summoned to committee over job cuts, executive bonuses
OTTAWA - MPs are calling CBC head Catherine Tait to testify about her announcement the public broadcaster would cut 10 per cent of its workforce while not ruling out bonuses for executives. The House ...
Dec 7, 2023
Amanda Todd's mom urges more jail time for tormentor, as Dutch court mulls sentence
WASHINGTON - The mother of B.C. teenager Amanda Todd, who was bullied into suicide by a Dutch national, says she'll be "so angry" if a court in Amsterdam doesn't give him significant extra jail time o...
Dec 7, 2023
Targeted by mistake: Quebec police conduct raids tied to organized crime killings
MONTREAL - Quebec police are conducting raids and seizures tied to a series of organized crime-related killings, including the deaths of three people who were mistakenly targeted. Today's operation, w...
Dec 7, 2023