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Quebec liquor store employees secure new collective agreement after 2-year fight
MONTREAL - Members of a union representing more than 5,000 Quebec liquor store employees have secured a new collective agreement, ending two years of negotiations with the province-owned company. The ...
Dec 07, 2024

Norris takes pole for season-ending Abu Dhabi GP, Hamilton 18th in Mercedes farewell
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - McLaren's 26-year wait for a Formula One constructors' title could soon be over. Lewis Hamilton's time with Mercedes is set to end on a low. Lando Norris took po...
Dec 07, 2024

Germany's Francesco Friedrich wins 80th World Cup bobsled gold
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) - Francesco Friedrich of Germany got the 80th World Cup win of his career Saturday, teaming with rookie Simon Wulff to prevail in the opening two-man bobsled race of the season...
Dec 07, 2024

Lindsey Vonn finishes 24th in downhill in her first race since announcing her return at age 40
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. (AP) - Lindsey Vonn finished 24th in a lower-level FIS downhill race on Saturday as she returned from retirement to compete for the first time in nearly six years. The 40-year-o...
Dec 07, 2024

Notre Dame reopens its doors to Macron and other world leaders in a rare symbol of unity
PARIS (AP) - Howling winds couldn't stop Notre Dame's heart from beating again. With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a staff carved from fire-scorched...
Dec 07, 2024

Quebec Conservative Party leader hospitalized with heart problem
MONTREAL - Quebec Conservative Party leader ric Duhaime has been hospitalized with a heart problem. Duhaime says he suffered heart trouble Friday night and his spouse immediately brought him to hospit...
Dec 07, 2024

Canada's Danae Blais claims World Cup short track gold in Beijing
BEIJING - Canadian short track speedskater Danae Blais captured her first World Cup gold medal in an individual distance Saturday when she was first in the women's 1,000 metres. The 25-year-old from C...
Dec 07, 2024

Trump receives a Paris welcome full of presidential pomp from France's Macron
PARIS (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full a dose of presidential pomp as the two men resumed the relationship they established during Trump's...
Dec 07, 2024

Beaten by Australia, Canadian women miss out on semifinals at Cape Town Sevens
CAPE TOWN - Australia, fresh off a fifth straight title in Dubai, downed Canada 26-10 in pool play at the Cape Town Sevens on Saturday to advance to the semifinals. The unbeaten Australian women will ...
Dec 07, 2024

Syrian opposition activists say insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus
BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian insurgents have reached the suburbs of Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that has seen them take over some of Syria's largest cities, opposition activists and a rebel...
Dec 07, 2024