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Funeral for Ukrainian girl killed in hit and run will be held today in Montreal
MONTREAL - The funeral service for seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee Mariia Legenkovska will be held today in Montreal. Legenkovska, whose family moved to Montreal this year to flee the Russian invasio...
Dec 21, 2022
B.C. timber industry in throes of change, as premier warns of 'exhausted forests'
British Columbia's forest sector has "never been under greater stress," Premier David Eby says. There is an "inescapable recognition ... that change is needed to ensure our forest industry is sustaina...
Dec 21, 2022
Should Canada should produce more medicine amid ongoing shortages? Trudeau isn't sure
OTTAWA - As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children's medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn't know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to...
Dec 21, 2022
Toffoli and Kadri both score twice, Flames beat Sharks 7-3
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Tyler Toffoli and Dillon Dube both scored in the first 30 seconds, Nazem Kadri got the go-ahead goal midway through the third period and the Calgary Flames beat the San Jose Sh...
Dec 21, 2022
Connor a top gun as Jets sink Senators 5-1
WINNIPEG - Kyle Connor scored twice and added an assist as the Winnipeg Jets downed the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Tuesday. Connor and defenceman Josh Morrissey, who had a goal and assist, both extended t...
Dec 20, 2022
Sharp Leafs snap Lightning's five-game win streak with 4-1 victory
TORONTO - Auston Matthews scored in the second period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday. Michael Bunting, Pierre Engvall and William Nylander had the other goa...
Dec 20, 2022
Peru Congress tentatively OKs early election amid unrest
LIMA, Peru (AP) - Peru's Congress tentatively endorsed a plan on Tuesday to hold early elections in 2024 in an attempt to defuse a national political crisis after lawmakers ousted President Pedro Cast...
Dec 20, 2022
Officers cleared of wrongdoing in shootout with Toronto cop killer: SIU
Officers were justified in fatally shooting a gunman who killed three people, including a Toronto constable, earlier this year, Ontario's police watchdog said Tuesday. Sean Petrie, 40, had "embarked o...
Dec 20, 2022
Extreme cold to linger a couple more days
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Environment Canada is forecasting wind chills as low as -41 C on Wednesday evening and an extreme cold warning for the Medicine Hat-Bow Island-Suffield region remains in effect. The...
Dec 20, 2022
County councillor to seek UCP nomination in Cypress-Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - After five years serving Cypress County, one councillor is looking to move up to provincial politics.Robin Kurpjuweit announced Monday he will run for the United Conservative Party ...
Dec 20, 2022