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Bedard sets 5 records, Canada beats Slovakia in OT to advance to world junior semis
HALIFAX - Canada is off to the semifinals at the world junior hockey championship. Connor Bedard scored at 5:17 of overtime on an incredible individual effort as the tournament hosts defeated Slovakia...
Jan 02, 2023

Ransomware group LockBit apologizes saying 'partner' was behind SickKids attack
TORONTO - A global ransomware operator issued an apology and offered to unlock the data targeted in a ransomware attack on Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, a move cybersecurity experts say is rar...
Jan 02, 2023

Head of group fighting COVID restrictions charged with attempting to obstruct justice
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Police Service says the president of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is facing charges that include attempting to obstruct justice, following his admission in 20...
Jan 02, 2023

DeBrusk scores 2 in 3rd, Bruins beat Pens in Winter Classic
BOSTON (AP) - Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the third period with just over two minutes remaining and the NHL-leading Boston Bruins rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in t...
Jan 02, 2023

Some Saskatchewan Sunwing passengers make it home, others make their own way back
REGINA - Some Sunwing travellers from Saskatchewan say the airline is leaving them at airports in other provinces, while another says her flight from Mexico that made it to Regina had dozens of empty ...
Jan 02, 2023

Canada extends copyright protection another 20 years to meet new trade obligation
OTTAWA - There will be no new books or plays added to the public domain in Canada until 2043 after the government squeezed in a change to copyright laws just before the end of 2022. Until Dec. 30, cop...
Jan 02, 2023

Convoy organizer says plans to stage a 2023 protest in Winnipeg are off
Freedom Convoy 2.0 appears to be a bust.Canada Unity, one of the anti-government protest groups behind the protests that headlined much of last year, is calling off its plans to restage the event this...
Jan 02, 2023

Stjernborg's shorthanded goal leads Sweden over Finland in world junior quarterfinal
MONCTON, N.B. - Victor Stjernborg scored a shorthanded goal with 65 seconds remaining and Sweden defeated rival Finland 3-2 in quarterfinal action Monday at the world junior hockey championship. Finla...
Jan 02, 2023

Birth of nine calves sparks hope for endangered North Atlantic right whales
FREDERICTON - A scientist who studies the endangered North Atlantic right whale is cautiously optimistic about the current breeding season after nine calves were spotted during its first few weeks. Mo...
Jan 02, 2023

Quebec ultra-marathoner preparing to run nearly 8,000 km from Florida to Quebec
MONTREAL - A Quebec ultra-marathon runner is preparing for a nearly 8,000-kilometre run from the most southern point of the United States to Quebec's Gasp Peninsula. Joan Roch, 49, is known for runnin...
Jan 02, 2023