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Quebec looks beyond hydroelectricity as last planned megaproject set to wrap
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro dams have long provided its residents cheap electricity and bragging rights in the race to reduce global carbon emissions, with Premier Franois Legault suggesting the provinc...
Dec 21, 2021
'The sound of home': Indigenous radio station celebrates 50 years of programming
WINNIPEG - It's 6 p.m. on a Friday night and the call lines at one of Canada's largest Indigenous radio stations are all flashing. That will be the case for the next four hours as hundreds of listener...
Dec 21, 2021
Osaka fire suspect might have copied Kyoto Animation attack
TOKYO (AP) - The suspect in a deadly fire at a mental health clinic in Osaka last week might have studied the fatal 2019 Kyoto Animation studio arson while preparing his own attack that killed 25 peop...
Dec 21, 2021
CP NewsAlert: NHL announces league-wide shutdown from Wednesday to Christmas Day
The NHL and the National Hockey League Players' Association have announced the suspension of all operations from Wednesday to Christmas Day amid an increase of positive COVID-19 tests. All team facili...
Dec 20, 2021
Sledge hockey thriving in its Canadian birthplace
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Sledge Hockey has the same rules as stand-up hockey, five players aside and outscore your opponent.But instead of using your legs, sledge hockey is played with only your upper body....
Dec 20, 2021
Larkin, Tarasenko, Elhers named NHL's three stars
NEW YORK - Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin, St. Louis Blues sniper Vladimir Tarasenko and Winnipeg Jets winger Nikolaj Ehlers have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Larkin led the l...
Dec 20, 2021
Marc Kennedy joins Brad Gushue's curling team as Olympic alternate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Brad Gushue's curling team bound for Beijing's Winter Olympics in February has recruited Marc Kennedy as alternate. Kennedy becomes a three-time Olympian after winning gold playing ...
Dec 20, 2021
Raptors stop team practices due to COVID-19, training individually
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have stopped practising as a team, instead working with coaches individually. It's a precautionary measure being introduced as Toronto's game against Orlando on Monday ni...
Dec 20, 2021
Give to your loved ones & charity all at once: a Medicine Hat fundraiser
MEDICINE HAT -- At a certain outlet in the Medicine Hat Mall, it's not Santa's elves at work. But for the United Way, the people at this location are a pretty good substitute, as they wrap gifts for m...
Dec 20, 2021
Jan. 6 committee seeks interview with GOP Rep. Scott Perry
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and documents from Republican Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania on Monday, marking the first ...
Dec 20, 2021