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Canada-made radar satellite component to be used in global surface water survey
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A piece of Canadian radar technology will play a key role in a satellite mission scheduled to launch Friday that aims to study almost all of the Earth's water surfaces. The Surface W...
Dec 15, 2022
Auger-Aliassime, Fernandez named Tennis Canada's players of the year
MONTREAL - Flix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Annie Fernandez have been named Tennis Canada's Players of the Year. Auger-Aliassime, who won three straight events late in the year before leading Canada to...
Dec 15, 2022
Indictment: Mom used drugs before killing Georgia toddler
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The mother of a toddler found dead in a Georgia landfill has been charged with murder and other crimes in a 19-count indictment that alleges she used drugs before killing her son ...
Dec 15, 2022
Mac Neil, Masse advance to 50 backstroke final at short-course swimming championships
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadians Maggie Mac Neil and Kylie Masse have advanced to the final of the women's 50-metre backstroke at the world short-course swimming championships. Mac Neil and Masse, who...
Dec 15, 2022
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to be next NCAA president
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be the next president of the NCAA, the association announced Thursday, replacing Mark Emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body in the count...
Dec 15, 2022
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to be next NCAA president
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be the next president of the NCAA, the association announced Thursday, replacing Mark Emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body in the count...
Dec 15, 2022
Million dollar Lotto 649 ticket sold in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - A $1 million dollar Lotto 649 ticket has been sold in Prince George.It's in connection to last night's (Dec.14) draw. According to playnow.com, the white ball winning ticket was purcha...
Dec 15, 2022
Man gets 12 years for assisting Gov. Whitmer kidnap plotter
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) - One of three men who forged an early alliance with the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan's governor was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison for assisting him before the FB...
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
Paralympic curler Ideson says club accessibility in Canada lacking
Entering a curling club isn't something Mark Ideson takes for granted. The three-time Paralympian in wheelchair curling says a single stair poses a formidable hurdle to pursue his sport. "That one sta...
Dec 15, 2022