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Germany sweeps women's singles at luge World Cup; Canada's Susko places ninth
WHISTLER, B.C. - Julia Taubitz led a German podium sweep in the women's singles at the 2023 Eberspacher Luge World Cup circuit stop at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Saturday. Taubitz grabbed gold wit...
Dec 16, 2023
People's Party candidate must stop using 'engineer,' B.C. Supreme Court rules
VICTORIA - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that a Vancouver Island People's Party of Canada candidate who ran against Elizabeth May in the last federal election must stop describing h...
Dec 16, 2023
'Simply outrageous': Premier blasts organization that distributed illicit substance how-to pamphlets
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Premier Danielle Smith has blasted the organization that distributed pamphlets to Medicine Hat High School students showing how to safely prepare illicit substances for consumption....
Dec 16, 2023
National 'bring a friend to the mosque' event aims to foster dialogue and combat hate
MONTREAL - A Muslim group is organizing mosque visits across Canada this weekend in hopes of building bridges with other communities after an uptick in Islamophobic and antisemitic hate incidents nati...
Dec 16, 2023
Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury earns World Cup bronze in men's dual moguls
HUEZ, France - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury claimed his fifth World Cup medal of the season with bronze in men's dual moguls action on Saturday. The Deux-Montagnes, Que., native placed be...
Dec 16, 2023
Canada's Eliot Grondin claims World Cup bronze in snowboard cross
BREUIL-CERVINIA, Italy - Canada's Eliot Grondin earned bronze on Saturday in World Cup men's snowboard cross action in Italy. The Sainte-Marie, Que., native finished behind Australia's Adam Lambert, w...
Dec 16, 2023
Dubois leads four-medal day for Canada at short track speedskating World Cup
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - Steven Dubois earned his first gold of the season to lead a four-medal day for Canada at a short track speedskating World Cup stop in South Korea on Saturday. The Terrebonn...
Dec 16, 2023
Estranged spouse charged with murder of Newfoundland woman seven years after death
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police have charged the estranged husband of a woman from Newfoundland's Great Northern Peninsula with first-degree murder in a case that stretches back seven years. Jennifer Hillie...
Dec 16, 2023
It's raining microplastics: Hurricane Larry dropped plastic particles all over N.L.
When hurricane Larry made landfall in Newfoundland and Labrador in 2021, the powerful storm brought heavy rain and wind across the province - and millions of microplastic particles originating from th...
Dec 16, 2023
Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Kuwait's ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died, state television reported Saturday. Kuwait TV broke into programming with Quranic ver...
Dec 16, 2023