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'Catastrophic': Quebecers worry about family as they watch crisis unfold in Haiti
MONTREAL - Wedne Colin says he feels like he's leading a "double life," living in Montreal but constantly worrying for his family in Haiti. Colin says his family members have had to flee their homes s...
Mar 11, 2024

Alberta government announces new rules for electricity generators
Alberta's government says it is updating its electricity market rules in order to help lower consumers' utility bills.Utilities Minister Nathan Neudorf says the UCP government is instituting two tempo...
Mar 11, 2024

MacKinnon, Zacha and Demko named NHL three stars of the week
Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Boston Bruins centre Pavel Zacha and Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. MacKinnon paced the leag...
Mar 11, 2024

Western Canada's cold snap in January causes $180 million in insurance damages
VANCOUVER - Extreme cold near the start of this year in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan has led to a damage bill that the Insurance Bureau of Canada says is more than $180 million. The bure...
Mar 11, 2024

New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to get MRI on right elbow
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) - New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will have an MRI of his right elbow after experiencing issues in bouncing back following spring training starts. The 2023 AL Cy Young Award win...
Mar 11, 2024

The Titans replacing Derrick Henry with Tony Pollard, AP source says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Tennessee Titans are replacing four-time Pro Bowl running back Derrick Henry with Tony Pollard. Pollard and the Titans agreed Monday to a $24 million, three-year contract, ...
Mar 11, 2024

Stricter drug testing before Paris Olympics ordered for track and field athletes from 4 countries
MONACO (AP) - Track and field athletes from Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Portugal will be tested more often ahead of the Paris Olympics because of sub-standard anti-doping programs at home, the sport's i...
Mar 11, 2024

FBI again searches California federal women's prison plagued by sexual abuse
Federal investigators on Monday were again searching a troubled women's prison in California, seizing computers and documents in an apparent escalation of a yearslong sexual abuse investigation that l...
Mar 11, 2024

HUD Secretary Fudge announces resignation in late March
WASHINGTON (AP) - Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday that she would resign her post, effective March 22, saying she was leaving "with mixed emotions." A former mayor...
Mar 11, 2024

U.S., Canada agree to work together on reducing B.C. coal mine pollution
The United States and Canada have agreed to launch a probe into a long-running cross-border dispute involving pollution from coal mines in British Columbia flowing into American waters. The two govern...
Mar 11, 2024