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Curling Canada unveils 16 mixed doubles teams vying to wear Maple Leaf in 2026
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The field for the Olympic mixed doubles curling trials includes a who's who of Canadian curling. The 16 teams announced Tuesday compete Dec. 30, 2024, to Jan. 4, 2025, in Liverpool, ...
Dec 10, 2024
Advance voting underway for Lethbridge-West by-election
Residents of Lethbridge-West are choosing their next MLA.The by-election pits the United Conservative Party's John Middleton-Hope against the Alberta NDP's Rob Miyashiro and the Alberta Party's Layton...
Dec 10, 2024
FIFA economic assessment sees positive numbers arising from 2026 World Cup
TORONTO - The 2026 FIFA World Cup will contribute up to $3.8 billion in "positive economic output" for Canada as a host nation, according to a FIFA economic impact assessment. That amount is split bet...
Dec 10, 2024
McIntosh sets world record in 400 freestyle at short-course swimming championships
BUDAPEST - Summer McIntosh won the women's 400-metre freestyle in a world-record time Tuesday at the world short-course swimming championships. The 18-year-old from Toronto swam to victory in three mi...
Dec 10, 2024
Catholic bishops in Quebec oppose premier's suggestion to ban public prayer
MONTREAL - Quebec's Catholic bishops have come out against Premier Franois Legault's desire to end prayer in parks and other public places. Martin Lalibert, president of the assembly of Catholic bisho...
Dec 10, 2024
Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense ...
Dec 10, 2024
Postal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says the ongoing postal strike is delaying supplies of medicine and other necessities to rural and remote communities. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is ...
Dec 10, 2024
Canada continues to review Syrian refugee claims as European nations pause intake
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will continue evaluating the asylum claims of people who have fled Syria, even as some European countries are pausing those claims after the Assad...
Dec 10, 2024
A South Korean court issues arrest warrant for ex-defense minister over martial law imposition
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for the former defense minister in connection with last week's martial law imposition. The Seoul Central District Court said...
Dec 10, 2024
France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal
PARIS (AP) - France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signaling the beginning of the withdrawal of its military forces from the former French colony in Central ...
Dec 10, 2024