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After cold, snowy Christmas, temperatures to rise across southern Quebec for new year
MONTREAL - After a cold, snowy Christmas, temperatures are set to rise across southern Quebec to bring in the new year. Environment Canada says a major weather system from the southern United States w...
Dec 27, 2024
Canada's top mixed doubles curling teams gear up for Olympic Games bid
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - The winner of the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials that start Monday will take on double duty. That duo not only earns the right to represent Canada in the 2026 Olympic Games, b...
Dec 27, 2024
US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in sev...
Dec 27, 2024
US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
BOSTON (AP) - The United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness this year, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of m...
Dec 27, 2024
American defensive back Tyrique McGhee signs with Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - American defensive back Tyrique McGhee has signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. McGhee signed with the Los Angeles Chargers as an undrafted free agent following the 2020 NFL Draft, spend...
Dec 27, 2024
Tugboats, crews try to refloat ship stuck in St. Lawrence River near Montreal
MONTREAL - A team of tugboats is being deployed to refloat a ship that has been stuck in the St. Lawrence River northeast of Montreal since Christmas Eve. The Canadian Coast Guard says the attempt to ...
Dec 27, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Olympic hammer throw champion Katzberg is CP male athlete of the year
Ethan Katzberg, who won Canada's first-ever gold medal in men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympics, has been voted The Canadian Press male athlete of the year. More coming. The Canadian Press
Dec 27, 2024
Conservatives call for no-confidence vote by late January
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jonathan Williamson says he'll get the ball rolling early in the New Year on no-confidence vote that could bring down Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government in a little mo...
Dec 27, 2024
Mavs star Luka Doncic will be out about a month before check on calf injury, AP source says
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic will be out about a month before being re-evaluated for a calf injury sustained in a Christmas Day loss to Minnesota, a person with knowledge of th...
Dec 27, 2024
Sarrazin among 2 skiers injured in downhill training in Italy on the slope for 2026 Olympics
BORMIO, Italy (AP) - French standout Cyprien Sarrazin was one of two skiers airlifted to a hospital on Friday after crashing during training for a World Cup downhill race in Bormio. Pietro Zazzi of It...
Dec 27, 2024