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Toronto's homeless residents and frontline workers brace for bitter winter
TORONTO - In warmer weather, Jamie Lee Pauk is usually on the move searching for food or a job. But as winter closes in, she's mostly staying close to a downtown Toronto encampment squeezed into a chu...
Dec 16, 2023

NHL roundup: Bruins bear down in shootout to beat Islanders 5-4
NEW YORK (AP) - David Pastrnak scored in the third round of a shootout to give the Boston Bruins a 5-4 National Hockey League victory over the New York Islanders on Friday night. Pastrnak, Morgan Geek...
Dec 15, 2023

Stars erase two-goal deficit to edge Senators 5-4
DALLAS (AP) - Miro Heiskanen and Matt Duchene scored 44 seconds apart in the third period, and Dallas beat the short-handed Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Friday night after Stars goalie Jake Oettinger depart...
Dec 15, 2023

Trae Young's 38-point double-double leads Hawks past Raptors 125-104
TORONTO - Trae Young scored 38 points and had 11 assists to lead the Atlanta Hawks past the Toronto Raptors 125-104 on Friday. Young made three fewer three-pointers than the entire Raptors roster comb...
Dec 15, 2023

Federal judge denies cattle industry’s request to temporarily halt wolf reintroduction in Colorado
DENVER (AP) - A federal judge has allowed the reintroduction of gray wolves in Colorado to move forward in the coming days by denying a request Friday from the state's cattle industry for a temporary ...
Dec 15, 2023

Halifax youth basketball association bans fans from games to curb abusive behaviour
HALIFAX - A youth basketball association based in the Halifax area has banned all spectators from games this weekend in a bid to stop the antics of abusive fans. "Despite efforts to curb the behaviour...
Dec 15, 2023

Kraken acquire Tatar from Avalanche for 2024 5th-round pick
DENVER (AP) - The Seattle Kraken acquired forward Tomas Tatar from the Colorado Avalanche on Friday for a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL entry draft. Tatar had a goal and eight assists in 27 games f...
Dec 15, 2023

Senators' Tarasenko sits out against Stars to attend to family matter
DALLAS (AP) - Ottawa Senators forward Vladimir Tarasenko sat out Friday night against the Dallas Stars to attend to a family matter, missing what would have been his 700th NHL game. The team announced...
Dec 15, 2023

Max Langenhan takes gold in men's luge singles, Canadians round out top 20
WHISTLER, B.C. - Germany's Max Langenhan struck gold in the men's singles race at the Eberspacher Luge World Cup stop at the Whistler Sliding Centre on Friday. Langenhan finished with a time of one mi...
Dec 15, 2023

Assault charge over car-swerving incident at Gaza protest near B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - A man who allegedly accelerated his car toward a pro-Palestinian protester near the British Columbia legislature earlier this month has been charged with assault and dangerous driving. Vict...
Dec 15, 2023