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Ontario pledges $4 million for 2025 world junior hockey championship in Ottawa
OTTAWA - The Ontario government will provide $4 million in funding for the 2025 world junior hockey championship in Ottawa. Ontario's minister of tourism, culture and sport, Neil Lumsden, made the ann...
Dec 07, 2023
Cap on greenhouse gas emissions singles out Alberta, Premier Smith says
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ottawa's proposed cap on greenhouse gas emissions from the oilpatch singles out her province for punitive measures and she promises another court fight with the fed...
Dec 07, 2023
Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution as he runs out of time to delay or even derail an upcoming trial on charges ...
Dec 07, 2023
Centenarian survivors of Pearl Harbor attack are returning to honor those who perished 82 years ago
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) - The ceremony to honor the more than 2,300 U.S. servicemen killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor got underway Thursday in Hawaii with a moment of silence at the exac...
Dec 07, 2023
Michael Moorer, Ricky Hatton, Ivan Calderon, Diego Corrales elected to Boxing Hall of Fame
CANASTOTA, N.Y. (AP) - Michael Moorer, the first left-hander to win the heavyweight title, and fellow two-division champions Ricky Hatton and Ivan Calderon were elected Thursday to the International B...
Dec 07, 2023
Alouettes sign veteran DL Shawn Lemon to one-year contract extension
MONTREAL - The Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes have signed veteran defensive lineman Shawn Lemon to a one-year contract extension through next season, the team announced Thursday. Lemon was eligi...
Dec 07, 2023
Surge in newcomers putting pressure on inflation via housing demand: BoC deputy
WINDSOR, Ont. - A senior Bank of Canada official warns the recent surge in newcomers has propped up rent and home prices, adding pressure to inflation. In a speech in Windsor, Ont., deputy governor To...
Dec 07, 2023
HIV diagnoses hit 10-year high in Montreal, cases more than double between 2021-22
MONTREAL - Public health officials say they recorded in 2022 the highest number of new HIV diagnoses in 10 years in the city of Montreal and its on-island suburbs. Data shared last week shows the numb...
Dec 07, 2023
CBC head Catherine Tait summoned to committee over job cuts, executive bonuses
OTTAWA - MPs are calling CBC head Catherine Tait to testify about her announcement the public broadcaster would cut 10 per cent of its workforce while not ruling out bonuses for executives. The House ...
Dec 07, 2023
Amanda Todd's mom urges more jail time for tormentor, as Dutch court mulls sentence
WASHINGTON - The mother of B.C. teenager Amanda Todd, who was bullied into suicide by a Dutch national, says she'll be "so angry" if a court in Amsterdam doesn't give him significant extra jail time o...
Dec 07, 2023