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UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - After many delays, the U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civilians in Gaza but withou...
Dec 22, 2023
Hockey Canada chair looks back, sees brighter days ahead: 'The game was in trouble'
Jonathan Goldbloom knows certain topics aren't discussed at the water cooler. Headlining the list in his home province of Quebec? Politics, language and religion. Everyone, however, is happy to share ...
Dec 22, 2023
Concordia offers new award of up to $4,000 in response to Quebec tuition hike
Montreal's Concordia University has announced financial support of up to $4,000 for new Canadian undergraduate students from outside Quebec starting next fall. The school says it is introducing the Ca...
Dec 22, 2023
Redblacks sign defensive back Brandin Dandridge to two-year extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have signed defensive back Brandin Dandridge to a two-year contract extension, the CFL team announced Friday. He was set to become a free agent in February. Dandridge was...
Dec 22, 2023
Canada's Kingsbury picks up sixth World Cup medal of the season with moguls bronze
BAKURIANI, Georgia - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury picked up a bronze medal Friday at a World Cup moguls event. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., scored 75.21 points, putting him just ...
Dec 22, 2023
Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pardoning thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, the White House sa...
Dec 22, 2023
Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return
There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competit...
Dec 22, 2023
Gymnastics star Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year a third time after dazzling return
There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competit...
Dec 22, 2023
In the news today: Temporary visas offered to people in Gaza with Canadian relatives
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... People in Gaza with Canadian relatives offered visas, but no guarantee of escap...
Dec 22, 2023
Is Canada's fleet of water bombers fit for climate-change fuelled wildfires?
TORONTO - They're an easily recognizable part of Canada's fight against wildfires, playing a key supporting role in the annual battle against the flames. Water bombers can look as though they might la...
Dec 22, 2023