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UK media: Boris Becker released from jail, faces deportation
LONDON (AP) - British news agency Press Association reports that German tennis legend Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from ...
Dec 15, 2022
In The News for Dec. 15 : Canada's banking regulator to set mortgage stress test
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 15, 2022
Environment ministers try to get Montreal biodiversity talks on track in last days
MONTREAL - Environment ministers from around the world are gathering in Montreal for the last few days of a conference aimed at preserving what's left of the planet's biodiversity. Talks at COP15 hit ...
Dec 15, 2022
Financial intelligence agency tracking signs of homegrown terrorism financing
OTTAWA - Efforts by Canada's financial intelligence agency over the last three years uncovered activity related to homegrown terrorism, the bankrolling of international terrorist groups and attempts b...
Dec 15, 2022
'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago
HALIFAX - A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct. 27, 2009, when singer-songwr...
Dec 15, 2022
Kuzmenko, Martin lead Canucks to 4-3 shootout win over Flames
CALGARY - Andrei Kuzmenko scored the lone goal, Spencer Martin stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks made it six straight road wins on Wednesday night with a 4-3 v...
Dec 14, 2022
With one-point loss to Kings, Raptors lose three in a row for first time this season
TORONTO - De'Aaron Fox scored 27 points on Wednesday to lift the Sacramento Kings to a 124-123 victory over the Toronto Raptors, who lost three in a row for the first time this season. Fred VanVleet s...
Dec 14, 2022
Senators hold off Canadiens' late surge to earn 3-2 victory
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators survived a late push from the Montreal Canadiens to pick up their third straight win, 3-2 on Wednesday night. Shane Pinto, Drake Batherson and Brady Tkachuk each scored fo...
Dec 14, 2022
Jury finds escaped inmate guilty of the first-degree murder of a B.C. man
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court jury in the trial of an escaped inmate accused of first-degree murder has found James Lee Busch guiltyin the death of a Vancouver Island man. However, wh...
Dec 14, 2022
Ovechkin at 800 now chasing Howe for 2nd on NHL goals list
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin becoming just the third NHL player with 800 goals has put him on the verge taking his next big step in hockey history. Ovechkin is just two goals from passing Gordie Ho...
Dec 14, 2022