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Oldham, Asselin achieve new highs in big air as Canadians take gold and bronze
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - Megan Oldham earned the first big air victory of her career and Olivia Asselin had her first-ever World Cup medal as Canada won gold and bronze on Friday. Oldham, from Parry S...
Dec 16, 2022
Jan. 6 panel eyes recommending 3 charges for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald T...
Dec 16, 2022
Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it's possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in a landf...
Dec 16, 2022
B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods
HOPE, B.C. - A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at thr...
Dec 16, 2022
Dutch continue speedskating supremacy in Calgary, Canadians earn two bronze medals
CALGARY - The Netherlands continued its torrid medal pace at a speedskating World Cup in Calgary and the host Canadian team picked up a pair of bronze Friday. The Dutch collected a dozen medals, inclu...
Dec 16, 2022
Indigenous leaders plan action against Saskatchewan First Act
Blockades could be set up in Saskatchewan if Premier Scott Moe doesn't retract the Saskatchewan First Act.More than 35 chiefs gathered in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations' (FSIN) boardro...
Dec 16, 2022
Migrants pack Mexico-US border ahead of asylum limits end
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) - Thousands of migrants packed shelters on Mexico's border with the United States on Friday as an end neared to Trump-era asylum restrictions. Ahead of that, illegal border crossi...
Dec 16, 2022
Samuel Charron, Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer's top Para, futsal players
TORONTO - Samuel Charron has been named Canada Soccer's Para Soccer Player of the Year for a third time with Daniel Chamale honoured as Canada Soccer Futsal Player of the Year. Charron, who has been p...
Dec 16, 2022
Montreal public health says two children have died from strep A infections
Montreal public health officials say two children have died from strep A amid an uptick in infections across the city. Health authorities have reported four cases in the city as of Dec. 15 and the dea...
Dec 16, 2022
Record amount of opium found in Vancouver marine containers: border services
DELTA, B.C. - What started as a probe into some oddities with shipping pallets in Vancouver has ended with a record seizure of opium by the Canada Border Services Agency. The agency says its investiga...
Dec 16, 2022