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Bedard shines as Canada gets back on track at world juniors with 11-2 rout of Germany
HALIFAX - Connor Bedard had a hat trick and four assists as Canada got back on track at the world junior hockey championship Wednesday with an emphatic 11-2 victory over Germany. Dylan Guenther also h...
Dec 28, 2022
Northern California statue of meat-packing magnate beheaded
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The statue of a 19th-century Northern California rancher and meat-packing magnate was decapitated earlier this week, leaving investigators in the state's capital city scratch...
Dec 28, 2022
Kosovo Serbs to remove barricades that triggered tensions
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic said late Wednesday that Serbs will start removing their barricades in Kosovo on Thursday in a move that could deescalate tensions that trig...
Dec 28, 2022
The tale of Bunbun, stranded at Vancouver airport, has a happy ending
VANCOUVER - It's been a chaotic Christmas for many travellers across the country, including one fluffy passenger who was separated from their family and stranded at Vancouver's airport. But a spokespe...
Dec 28, 2022
Slovakia upsets United States 6-3 at world junior hockey championship
MONCTON, N.B. - Slovakia got goals from a half-dozen skaters in a 6-3 upset of the United States on Wednesday at the world junior hockey championship. Libor Nemec, Dalibor Dvorsky, Robert Baco, Filip ...
Dec 28, 2022
Health agency 'closely monitoring' COVID-19 in China, no mention of pre-flight tests
OTTAWA - The national public health agency says it's "closely monitoring" the COVID-19 situation in China, but gives no indication it's planning to follow the U.S. by requiring that travellers from Ch...
Dec 28, 2022
'Drive to the conditions': Medicine Hat police at 25 accidents in two days
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Snow and -30 C temperatures before Christmas, a quick warm-up and melting over the weekend and then freezing rain and more snow the past couple of days.It's all added up to a treach...
Dec 28, 2022
Canada Soccer joins federal government's safe sport program
Canada Soccer is the latest national sports organization to sign an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. The governing bod...
Dec 28, 2022
Maple Leafs fined $100,000 for Boxing Day travel, Keefe docked $25k for ref abuse
NEW YORK - The Toronto Maple Leafs have been hit in the pocketbook for travelling over the holidays. The NHL said Wednesday that the Maple Leafs have been fined US$100,000 for travelling to St. Louis ...
Dec 28, 2022
Prosecutors open investigation into Rep.-Elect George Santos
NEW YORK (AP) - Long Island prosecutors have launched an investigation into U.S. Rep.-elect George Santos of New York, after revelations surfaced that the now-embattled Republican lied about his herit...
Dec 28, 2022