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Dandjinou, Dubois win gold as Canada continues mastery of short-track World Tour
TILBURG - William Dandjinou and Steven Dubois earned gold medals Saturday in the penultimate event of the ISU Short Track World Tour as Canada continued its dominance on the speedskating circuit. Mont...
Feb 08, 2025

More snow for Vancouver Island while B.C.'s North Coast faces Arctic outflow
VANCOUVER - More snowfall is in the forecast for parts of British Columbia's south coast after heavy snow battered the region earlier in the week. Environment Canada says a low-pressure system is crea...
Feb 08, 2025

TWolves begin final road weekend with defeat in Langley
LANGLEY B.C. - The UNBC Timberwolves began their final road weekend of the Canada West season with a pair of defeats against the Trinity Western Spartans Friday (Feb. 7) night.The 4-13 UNBC women kick...
Feb 08, 2025

Amazon starts closing Quebec warehouses as union president calls for boycott
MONTREAL - The union that represents workers at what was Canada's only unionized Amazon warehouse says the online retail giant has begun shutting down its seven facilities in Quebec this week, putting...
Feb 08, 2025

Bombers sign veteran quarterback Chris Streveler to one-year contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed quarterback Chris Streveler to a one-year contract, the CFL club announced Saturday. Streveler appeared in 13 games last season before sustaining a kne...
Feb 08, 2025

Dry conditions contributed to low January snowpack: Ministry
Snow accumulation is still well below normal throughout the province, according to the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship.While January typically sees the highest snow accumulation out o...
Feb 08, 2025

War-torn Lebanon forms its first government in over 2 years
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's new prime minister on Saturday formed the country's first full-fledged government since 2022. President Joseph Aoun announced in a statement that he had accepted the resignatio...
Feb 08, 2025

US skier Breezy Johnson wins gold in the women's downhill at the Alpine world championships
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - American skier Breezy Johnson won gold in the women's downhill at the Alpine skiing world championships on Saturday. Johnson finished 0.15 seconds ahead of silver ...
Feb 08, 2025

From Trump to Taylor: Six Super Bowl storylines Canadian marketers will be watching
When Canadians tune into the Super Bowl on Sunday, there will be plenty of action on and off the field that marketers will have their eye on. This year's face-off between the Kansas City Chiefs and th...
Feb 08, 2025

'Should I just laugh?': Energy experts question Freeland's pledge to push LNG
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland's pitch to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to allies is drawing skeptical reactions from those who say her government neglected the sector ov...
Feb 08, 2025