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German skier Strasser takes Kitzbuehel slalom for 1st win in 2 years. Feller leads season standings
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) - German skier Linus Strasser got down on his knees and kissed the snow on an Austrian slope he has known since he was a child, with his wife Maria and their one-year-old daug...
Jan 21, 2024

U.S. gun crime, health insurance woes scare off Canadian diplomats, union says
OTTAWA - The union that represents Canadian diplomats abroad says Global Affairs Canada should consider boosting compensation for those posted to the United States because they face increased risk of ...
Jan 21, 2024

No recharge: long-term Prairie drought raises concerns over groundwater levels
EDMONTON - In the middle of an Alberta mountain playground, adjacent to a popular ski resort, there's a well sunk into the bedrock that has John Pomeroy worried. The Marmot Creek well in Kananaskis Co...
Jan 21, 2024

Vancouver's Bar Haifa is a 'love letter' to co-owners' Jewish and Palestinian roots
VANCOUVER - The collaborators behind restaurants in Vancouver and Toronto have Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli roots, and acknowledge they don't always agree. "Imagine 38 tastings for a falafel, and t...
Jan 21, 2024

Officials report at least 18 dead in shelling of a market in Russian-occupied Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - At least 18 people were killed Sunday by shelling at a market on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine, local officials reported Sunday. A further 13 pe...
Jan 21, 2024

Vancouver's Bar Haifa is a 'love letter' to co-owners' Jewish and Palestinian roots
VANCOUVER - The collaborators behind restaurants in Vancouver and Toronto have Palestinian, Jewish and Israeli roots, and acknowledge they don't always agree. "Imagine 38 tastings for a falafel, and t...
Jan 21, 2024

Challenger Dricus du Plessis wins split decision over Sean Strickland at UFC 297
TORONTO - South African challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis dethroned middleweight champion Sean Strickland, winning a split decision after a five-round gruelling battle in the main event of UF...
Jan 20, 2024

Oilers win 13th straight by dousing Flames 3-1
CALGARY - Sam Gagner's fluke goal was the game winner and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves as the Edmonton Oilers won their 13th game in a row with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night over the Calgary Flames....
Jan 20, 2024

Homan, Bottcher advance to Grand Slam finals
RED DEER, Alta. - Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be playing in Sunday night's Grand Slam championship final at the Co-op Canadian Open. Homan, and her crew of third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and l...
Jan 20, 2024

Rouge nets shootout winner as Toronto edges Poulin, Montreal 4-3
MONTREAL - Lauriane Rougeau scored the shootout winner as Toronto edged Montreal 4-3 in the first Professional Women's Hockey League game between the two rival cities on Saturday night at Verdun Audit...
Jan 20, 2024