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Quick Sketch: Meet Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland
OTTAWA - Chrystia Freeland is touting her experience in government as evidence she can rebuild the Liberal party and steer the country through a perilous time. The former journalist built her career i...
Jan 19, 2025

Raucous MAGA rally punctuates events celebrating Trump on the eve of his inauguration
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump used one last rally on the eve of his inauguration to again celebrate his election victory, declaring Sunday, "We won" to a crowd celebrating his return ...
Jan 19, 2025

Tabin's two points lead Victoire over Charge in sold-out game at Videotron Centre
QUBEC - Kati Tabin had a goal and an assist for her first two points of the season as the Montral Victoire held off the Ottawa Charge 2-1 Sunday in a Professional Women's Hockey Game before a sold-out...
Jan 19, 2025

Forsberg makes 25 saves and Senators slip past Devils for 2-1 victory
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Artem Zub and Zack Ostapchuk each scored a goal and Anton Forsberg stopped 25 shots to lead the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. Zub snapped a 1-1...
Jan 19, 2025

Madeline Schizas claims third Canadian women's figure skating title
LAVAL, Que. - Madeline Schizas captured her third Canadian figure skating title on Sunday. The 21-year-old from Oakville, Ont., debuted her "Butterfly Lovers Concerto" program and scored 133.87 points...
Jan 19, 2025

Final shot gives Whye 5-4 win over Jacobs in Grand Slam of Curling WFG Masters final
GUELPH, Ont. - Scotland's Ross Whyte scored two points in the final end for a 5-4 win over Brad Jacobs on Sunday in the men's final of the Grand Slam of Curling's WFG Masters. Jacobs' Calgary-based ri...
Jan 19, 2025

Nigerian gasoline tanker explosion death toll rises to 86, with 55 others injured
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - The death toll from a gasoline tanker explosion in north-central Nigeria has risen to 86, the country's emergency response agency said on Sunday. The blast happened in the early ...
Jan 19, 2025

Oilers captain McDavid to have hearing with NHL after match penalty for cross-check
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid will have a hearing for his cross-check to the head of Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland, the league's Department of Player Safety announced Sund...
Jan 19, 2025

Inflation data likely to show further slowing, partly due to GST break: economists
OTTAWA - Economists expect fresh data this week will reveal inflation slowed further in December, paving the way for the Bank of Canada to continue cutting interest rates. A Reuters poll shows economi...
Jan 19, 2025

Biden is spending his final full day in office in South Carolina. It helped him become president
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Joe Biden is spending his final full day in office Sunday in South Carolina, a state that holds special meaning after his commanding win in the 2020 Democratic primary th...
Jan 19, 2025