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Five people killed in multiple fires amid winter storm, police say
MONTREAL - Authorities are urging people without power to be careful after five people died in a series of deadly fires in Quebec, two of which are under investigation by provincial police. Three peop...
Dec 24, 2022

'Gonna be a lot of fun': Blue Jays' newest addition Varsho excited for opportunity
TORONTO - Though he was first shocked when he got the news, Daulton Varsho is viewing his recent trade to the Toronto Blue Jays as potentially being one of the best things that could happen to him. Th...
Dec 24, 2022

Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race
PHOENIX (AP) - A judge has thrown out Republican Kari Lake's challenge of her defeat in the Arizona governor's race to Democrat Katie Hobbs, rejecting her claim that problems with ballot printers at s...
Dec 24, 2022

The latest news on winter storms complicating holiday travel across Canada
The latest news on storms and other extreme weather shutting down power and creating difficult travel conditions at the peak of the holiday season across Canada: 1:21 p.m. Most of southern British Col...
Dec 24, 2022

Ovechkin, Georgiev, Pettersson named NHL's three stars of the week
Washington Capitals left-winger Alex Ovechkin, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev and Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Ovechki...
Dec 24, 2022

Trudeau says Canada is fortunate to be a 'country of peace' in Christmas message
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to remind themselves how fortunate they are "to live in a country of peace." Trudeau says in his annual Christmas address that it's the seaso...
Dec 24, 2022

Paradox between warming climate and intense snowstorms, say scientists
FREDERICTON - There is a complex, counterintuitive relationship between rising global temperatures and the likelihood of increasingly intense snowstorms across Canada. Winters are becoming on average ...
Dec 24, 2022

Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban government in Afghanistan on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups to suspend employing women. The order came in a letter from Economy...
Dec 24, 2022

Kurds, anti-racism groups gather after deadly Paris shooting
PARIS (AP) - Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups demonstrated Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack that prosecutors sa...
Dec 24, 2022

Whistleblower group criticizes federal review of wrongdoing disclosure regime
OTTAWA - An advocacy group for those who reveal wrongdoing says it cannot support a new task force looking at the federal whistleblowing regime because it lacks someone with "lived experience" as an a...
Dec 24, 2022