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Canada's Shapovalov feeling motivated after strong finish to 2022 season
Ending last season on a high has given Canada's Denis Shapovalov a little extra motivation as he looks ahead to the 2023 campaign. Shapovalov overcame a summer slump by reaching two ATP Tour event fin...
Jan 12, 2023
Alberta to intervene in six lawsuits opposed to federal firearms ban
EDMONTON - The Government of Alberta will have active involvement in a series of legal actions that target Ottawa's firearms prohibition.The Federal Court has granted the province's application to int...
Jan 12, 2023
Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s
DENVER (AP) - Exxon Mobil's scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists' conclusions,...
Jan 12, 2023
Workers reported missing after explosion rocks propane facility north of Montreal
SAINT-ROCH-DE-L'ACHIGAN, Que. - Municipal officials say as many as four workers are missing after an explosion today at a propane facility in St-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Que. Stphanie Therrien, deputy direc...
Jan 12, 2023
Japanese PM Kishida visits Ottawa, asks for Canada's help on clean energy transition
OTTAWA - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is looking to Canada to help his country wean itself off fossil fuels from places like Russia. Kishida is in Ottawa today for his first visit as Japan's ...
Jan 12, 2023
Officer testifies in case of New York couple kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec
MONTREAL - A Quebec police officer told a trial today that a couple from Upstate New York were kidnapped and smuggled into Quebec in 2020 because of a drug deal involving their grandson. Investigator ...
Jan 12, 2023
B.C. creates $500 million fund to buy old rental buildings and protect tenants
BURNABY, B.C. - The British Columbia government says it will save rental homes and protect tenants from "housing speculators and profiteers" with the creation of a half-a-billion-dollar Rental Protect...
Jan 12, 2023
YMCA hosting a volunteer fair tonight
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The YMCA of Medicine Hat is hosting a volunteer fair today from 5-7 p.m. at the downtown branch. As a charity, the Y is supported by volunteers who teach group fitness classes, carr...
Jan 12, 2023
Star Blanket Cree Nation finds more than 2,000 ground anomalies at site of former residential school
More unmarked graves and burial sites have potentially been found at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan.Star Blanket Cree Nation says there were more 2,000 anomalies found during ...
Jan 12, 2023
Supreme Court of Canada won't hear appeal from supporters of slain Mexican activist
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from family and supporters of a Mexican activist who was killed after opposing a Canadian company's mining project. The applicants had aske...
Jan 12, 2023