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Vonn 10th fastest in practice for her first World Cup downhill in 6 years
ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) - Ski great Lindsey Vonn was 10th fastest in a training run on Thursday for her first World Cup downhill in six years. Three weeks after her World Cup comeback with a titanium ...
Jan 9, 2025
Canadian women drawn with Britain, Fiji and U.S. for HSBC SVNS stop in Perth
PERTH - The Canadian women have been drawn in Pool B alongside Britain, Fiji and the U.S. at the HSBC SVNS Perth in Australia later this month. The Perth event, the third round of the seven-stop rugby...
Jan 9, 2025
Northleaf Capital Partners joins with Altor Equity Partners in CCM Hockey deal
TORONTO - Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has partnered with Swedish private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to invest in CCM Hockey. Financial terms of the agreement were not di...
Jan 9, 2025
Lebanon's parliament chooses army commander Aoun as president, ending a 2-year deadlock
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's parliament voted Thursday to elect the country's army commander, Joseph Aoun, as head of state, filling a more than two-year-long presidential vacuum. The session was the legis...
Jan 9, 2025
WNBA's Toronto Tempo joins forces with Sephora Canada in first sponsor partnership
TORONTO - Toronto Tempo president Teresa Resch believes the WNBA expansion team has found a kindred spirit in Sephora Canada as the basketball franchise's "founding partner and official beauty partner...
Jan 9, 2025
Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 46,000
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday, as the conflict raged into a 16th month with no end in si...
Jan 9, 2025
Attack on Chad's presidential palace leaves 19 dead
N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - An attack on Chad's presidential palace left 18 assailants dead and six in custody, with one soldier killed and three wounded, state media reported Thursday. The attack on Wedne...
Jan 9, 2025
In the news today: Coutts blockade sentencing, oilsands decarbonization uncertainty
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Sentencing hearing for leaders of Coutts blockade A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men con...
Jan 9, 2025
Booze-free 'liquor' stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall
VANCOUVER - Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen's liquor store on Vancouver's Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila - so long as you don't want any actual liquor. Hansen's "a...
Jan 9, 2025
West Ham hires former Chelsea coach Graham Potter
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - West Ham hired Graham Potter as manager on Thursday, a day after Julen Lopetegui was fired. Potter has been out of management since he was fired by Chelsea in 2023 after jus...
Jan 9, 2025