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Organizers, athletes adapt to warming climate before and during Canada Winter Games
HALIFAX - The East Coast's whipsaw shifts between freeze and thaw has complicated life for the Canada Winter Games, as athletes and organizers adapt to what climate scientists say is the new reality o...
Feb 20, 2023
Researchers hope wrongfully convicted database will lead to reforms, more releases
OTTAWA - A new registry identifying a lengthy list of wrongful conviction cases is launching this week with the intention to draw more attention to the problem. The registry was developed by staff and...
Feb 20, 2023
Key developments in the aftermath of the Turkey, Syria quake
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is paying his second visit to provinces devastated by the Feb. 6 earthquake as search and rescue efforts for buried survivors in the worst ...
Feb 20, 2023
Toronto FC sends striker Jesus Jimenez to FC Dallas for midfielder Brandon Servania
Toronto FC has acquired midfielder Brandon Servania from FC Dallas in exchange for Spanish striker Jesus Jimenez and an international slot for the 2023 season. The 23-year-old Servania signed as a hom...
Feb 20, 2023
Quebec town votes no to Lac-Mégantic rail bypass project as expropriations loom
MONTREAL - Residents of a Quebec town have voted overwhelmingly against a rail bypass project that would divert trains around Lac-Mgantic, where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 y...
Feb 20, 2023
Islanders' Barzal out indefinitely with lower-body injury
PITTSBURGH (AP) - New York Islanders center Mat Barzal is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury, the team announced Monday, a devastating blow to its playoff pursuit. He was injured on a hit from ...
Feb 20, 2023
Jann Arden petitions Ottawa to ban live horse exports for slaughter
OTTAWA - Thousands of Canadians are petitioning the federal Liberals to live up to their election promise to ban the live export of horses for slaughter. Statistics Canada data show since the promise ...
Feb 20, 2023
Whitecaps acquire Venezuelan forward Sergio Cordova, agree to three-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Venezuelan international forward Sergio Cordova from German Bundesliga side FC Augsburg, the team announced Monday. Cordova, 25, agreed to a three-yea...
Feb 20, 2023
Celebration marks repatriation of B.C. totem to Nuxalk Nation after century-long wait
BELLA COOLA, B.C. - A carved pole that embodies the history and culture of a British Columbia First Nation is being welcomed back to its ancestral home, more than 100 years after it was taken. Dancing...
Feb 20, 2023
Biden in Kyiv to show solidarity as Ukraine war nears 1 year
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit Monday to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a gesture of solidarity that comes days before the one-year anniversary...
Feb 20, 2023