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Senators captain Brady Tkachuk laments another lost season in Ottawa
Brady Tkachuk was convinced this season would be different. The Ottawa Senators captain felt the same about 2022-23. And the campaign before that. Former general manager Pierre Dorion confidently stat...
Feb 07, 2024
From Uber Eats' 'Friends' reunion to Bud's Clydesdales, here are the buzziest Super Bowl ads so far
NEW YORK (AP) - If you watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, you no longer have to wait until the big game to see what advertisers have in store for viewers. Many companies now release ads ahead o...
Feb 07, 2024
Authorities search for missing Marine Corps helicopter carrying 5 Marines from Nevada to California
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Crews were searching for a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops from Nevada to California that was reported overdue early Wednesday, a watch commander said. The Marines were f...
Feb 07, 2024
Montreal man faces charge for online post targeting prime minister
MONTREAL - The RCMP say a Montreal man is facing one count of uttering threats for allegedly threatening in an online post to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The federal police force says Paul Cla...
Feb 07, 2024
Paralympic alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announces retirement
CALGARY - Decorated para alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announced his retirement Wednesday, but he isn't done with sport. The 26-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., won six Paralympic medals, inclu...
Feb 07, 2024
In the news for Feb. 7: N.S. health services reduced, Oilers fall to Golden Knights
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Health services still reduced after N.S. snowstorm Nova Scotia Health says non-...
Feb 07, 2024
Non-emergency health services disrupted as Nova Scotia snowstorm cleanup continues
Nova Scotia Health says non-emergency services in its Eastern zone will continue to be reduced following a weekend snowstorm. That zone comprises Antigonish and Guysborough counties as well as Cape Br...
Feb 07, 2024
B.C. environmental groups request review of tire chemical linked to salmon deaths
Conservation groups have written to the federal environment minister requesting a review of a chemical used in tires that they say has been linked to the "mass deaths" of coho salmon. Peter Ross, seni...
Feb 07, 2024
'We're not looking for placebo policy': health fix will take time, minister says
OTTAWA - Provincial leaders were frantic about the ailing state of their health care systems last year when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat them down and offered $46.2-billion worth of urgent treatm...
Feb 07, 2024
A bombing at an independent candidate's election office kills 14 in Pakistan ahead of elections
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb exploded at an election office of an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held, killing at least 14...
Feb 07, 2024