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Parks Canada sets new rules for climbing Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, in Yukon
Parks Canada has implemented new rules for climbers on the country's highest peak after having to rescue eight people in seven years. The rules, which are posted on the agency's website, include ...
Jan 16, 2020

Moore-Towers, Marinaro getting accustomed to skating among the best in world
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro say impostor syndrome cost them a spot on the medal podium at figure skating's prestigious Grand Prix Final last month. The glob...
Jan 16, 2020

Jets' Mathieu Perreault lashes out at NHL for not punishing Canucks' Virtanen
Winnipeg Jets forward Mathieu Perreault is livid after the NHL's Department of Player Safety decided not to hand out any discipline to Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen following a controversial...
Jan 16, 2020

Cdn military program seeking help to find and take out waste in space
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the trash in space. Over the last two years, the military's Innovation for Defence Excellence and Security program has awarded nearly $5 m...
Jan 16, 2020

Supreme Court dismisses B.C.'s appeal in Trans Mountain pipeline case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada shut down British Columbia's move to regulate what can flow through an expanded Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. B.C. was appealing to the...
Jan 16, 2020

Family of Indigenous woman critical of police investigation into her death
WINNIPEG - The family of a 22-year-old Indigenous woman found unclothed and injured in a train yard is criticizing how Winnipeg police investigated her death. Police say Jaeda Vanderwal died from blun...
Jan 16, 2020

French director gets sex misconduct charge on actress claim
PARIS - A French filmmaker has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of an actress when she was 15. Director Christophe Ruggia received the preliminary charge Thursday of assault of a minor by ...
Jan 16, 2020

Canada looks to add to valuable FIFA ranking points in friendly against Iceland
Two wins, eight goals but just 2.26 ranking points. A pair of comfortable 4-1 victories over No. 162 Barbados has given Canada confidence but done little to move the needle when it come...
Jan 16, 2020

The hardscrabble story behind Canadian wrestling legend Rocky 'Soulman' Johnson
HALIFAX - Growing up in northern Nova Scotia in the 1950s, Wayde Bowles once spent 25 cents to watch wrestlers like "The Beast" compete at the Bailey Arena in Amherst. "It's hard to say exac...
Jan 16, 2020

Montreal Canadiens prospect Cam Hillis having bounce-back season with OHL Storm
Guelph Storm forward Cam Hillis needed a few games at the beginning of this year's Ontario Hockey League season to get back up to speed after all the time he spent off the ice rehabilitating...
Jan 16, 2020