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UK media: Boris Becker released from jail, faces deportation
LONDON (AP) - British news agency Press Association reports that German tennis legend Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from ...
Dec 15, 2022
Six-month COVID-19 vaccine delay would have cost $156B: study
A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. That would have b...
Dec 15, 2022
Environment ministers try to get Montreal biodiversity talks on track in last days
MONTREAL - Environment ministers from around the world are gathering in Montreal for the last few days of a conference aimed at preserving what's left of the planet's biodiversity. Talks at COP15 hit ...
Dec 15, 2022
Financial intelligence agency tracking signs of homegrown terrorism financing
OTTAWA - Efforts by Canada's financial intelligence agency over the last three years uncovered activity related to homegrown terrorism, the bankrolling of international terrorist groups and attempts b...
Dec 15, 2022
'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago
HALIFAX - A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct. 27, 2009, when singer-songwr...
Dec 15, 2022
Kuzmenko, Martin lead Canucks to 4-3 shootout win over Flames
CALGARY - Andrei Kuzmenko scored the lone goal, Spencer Martin stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and the Vancouver Canucks made it six straight road wins on Wednesday night with a 4-3 v...
Dec 14, 2022
With one-point loss to Kings, Raptors lose three in a row for first time this season
TORONTO - De'Aaron Fox scored 27 points on Wednesday to lift the Sacramento Kings to a 124-123 victory over the Toronto Raptors, who lost three in a row for the first time this season. Fred VanVleet s...
Dec 14, 2022
Senators hold off Canadiens' late surge to earn 3-2 victory
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators survived a late push from the Montreal Canadiens to pick up their third straight win, 3-2 on Wednesday night. Shane Pinto, Drake Batherson and Brady Tkachuk each scored fo...
Dec 14, 2022
RCMP Resource report moves to Council table
PRINCE GEORGE - Plenty of recommendations from a pair of consultants who were brought in last year to review RCMP. The recurring theme with the presentation was the need for the City, the RCMP, and ma...
Dec 14, 2022
Jury finds escaped inmate guilty of the first-degree murder of a B.C. man
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court jury in the trial of an escaped inmate accused of first-degree murder has found James Lee Busch guiltyin the death of a Vancouver Island man. However, wh...
Dec 14, 2022