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Game day preview: Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Lethbridge Hurricanes
Medicine Hat comes into the weekend already knowing where they'll finish in the standings in the Eastern Conference as they'll start as the 4 seed in the WHL Playoffs and will play Red Deer in Round 1...
Mar 22, 2024
OPP, Montreal police nab 31 in Project Volcano, aimed at Ontario car theft suspects
HAWKESBURY, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police and Montreal police say they've arrested 31 people in Quebec with outstanding warrants for car thefts and other serious crimes in Ontario. The arrests are ...
Mar 22, 2024
Canada's Phelan wins World Cup ski cross race, teammate Sherret takes silver
IDRE FJLL, Sweden - Brittany Phelan won gold at a World Cup ski cross stop Friday to highlight another successful day for Canadian athletes on the circuit. Phelan, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., overtook te...
Mar 22, 2024
Police find Missouri student Riley Strain's body in Tennessee river after nearly 2-week search
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee on Friday announced that Riley Strain, a University of Missouri student who went missing in Nashville for nearly two weeks, has been found dead. Metro Nashv...
Mar 22, 2024
Trinidad and Tobago no stranger when it comes to breaking Canadian soccer hearts
The numbers favour the Canadian men in Saturday's high-stakes Copa America qualifier with Trinidad and Tobago in Frisco, Texas. Canada is ranked 50th in the world, compared to No. 96 for Trinidad. And...
Mar 22, 2024
One dead, one injured in strip club brawl north of Montreal
TERREBONNE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say one man is dead and another badly injured after a brawl at a strip club in Terrebonne, Que., just north of Montreal. Police say the fight occurred about...
Mar 22, 2024
Russia and China veto US resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored U.N. resolution calling for "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza to protect civilians and en...
Mar 22, 2024
Tech platforms face 'whack-a-mole' situation in battling health misinformation
TORONTO - When Dr. Garth Graham thinks about health misinformation on social media platforms, he envisions a garden. No matter how bountiful or verdant that garden is, even the head of YouTube's globa...
Mar 22, 2024
A national school food framework is on Chrystia Freeland's desk. Will Ottawa say yes?
OTTAWA - A framework for a national school food program has landed on the desk of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and with the federal budget just weeks away advocates hope the proposal will get t...
Mar 22, 2024
'Like a hot iron.' B.C. man's ultra-marathon Hawaiian swim is scuttled by jellyfish
Ultra-endurance athlete Nick Pelletier knew the Hawaiian channel he planned to swim had plenty of sharks, but he should have been worried about the jellyfish. Pelletier, who's from Kelowna, B.C., flew...
Mar 22, 2024