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Challenging month for Canadian food banks amid holidays, rising demand
MONTREAL - The directors of two Canadian food bank associations say rising demand all year, coupled with a regular spike in users during the holiday season, have put particular pressure on their netwo...
Dec 30, 2023
Niederreiter scores pair in front of sellout crowd as Jets top Wild 4-2
WINNIPEG - Nino Niederreiter scored a pair of goals to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday afternoon. Axel Jonsson-Fjallby and Alex Iafallo also scored for Winn...
Dec 30, 2023
Canadian ski jumper Abigail Strate wins World Cup bronze
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Canada's Abigail Strate won bronze on Saturday at a women's World Cup ski jumping competition. The 22-year-old Calgarian scored 247.4 points over her two leaps, cover...
Dec 30, 2023
Sylvan Lake warns to not watch Jan. 1 fireworks from ice surface
The Town of Sylvan Lake says residents and visitors should NOT watch New Year's Eve fireworks on from the ice surface."Fireworks will be launched from Lakefront Park. That parking lot is closed for th...
Dec 30, 2023
PWHL's debut season among the hockey storylines to watch in 2024
The debut of a united North American women's league, Connor McDavid's quest for team success, the culmination of Connor Bedard's first season, a return to best-on-best in the men's international game,...
Dec 30, 2023
'Little adversity doesn't hurt anyone:' Canada regroups after world junior defeat
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Fraser Minten has seen his team play to its supposed identity in spurts. Canada's captain knows the buzzword - "relentless" - constantly bandied about the country's camp at the wo...
Dec 30, 2023
Reports: Raptors trade Anunoby, Achiuwa to Knicks for Quickley, Canadian RJ Barrett
TORONTO - Canadian guard RJ Barrett is set to play for the country's lone NBA team after a major trade between the Toronto Raptors and New York Knicks on Saturday, according to multiple media reports....
Dec 30, 2023
Montreal Old Port New Year's Eve fireworks event permanently cancelled
MONTREAL - There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal's Old Port. Montral en Ftes, the organization that since 2013 has organized a free holiday festival near the city's wa...
Dec 30, 2023
Central Alberta dancers win gold and silver in Belgium
A group of central Alberta girls who recently travelled to Belgium for a dance competition fared very well.rdnewsNOW shared news of their late November/early December trip in October.In the end, Kaitl...
Dec 30, 2023
Christ the Redeemer lit in Pele shirt as Brazil honors first anniversary of his death
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Christ the Redeemer was lit up in a Pele shirt among Brazilian tributes to the soccer great on the first anniversary of his death on Friday. Pele died of colon cancer at age 82. ...
Dec 30, 2023