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4 confirmed dead after boat capsizes in English Channel
LONDON (AP) - Helicopters and lifeboats swooped to the English Channel off the coast of Kent in southern England to rescue a small boat that capsized in the freezing water, killing four people, author...
Dec 14, 2022
Premier Hockey Federation to double salary cap to US$1.5 million per team in 2023-24
BOSTON - The Premier Hockey Federation, which includes clubs in Toronto and Montreal, has announced a doubling of its salary cap to US$1.5 million per team for the 2023-24 season. The Toronto Six and ...
Dec 14, 2022
In The News for Dec. 14 : New poll shows Tories retaining lead over Liberals
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 14, 2022
World Cup: Moroccan fans hope for upset against 2018 champions France
MONTREAL - Fans of Morocco's national team say the odds are good that their underdog squad can beat defending World Cup champions France today in the semifinal. Moroccan Montrealer Bilal Mammes, 33, s...
Dec 14, 2022
Conservatives retaining lead over Liberals with slightly wider gap, new poll says
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the Tories still have a small lead over the governing Liberals and have slightly widened the gap. The poll conducted by Leger over the weekend says 33 per cent of responde...
Dec 14, 2022
Montreal biodiversity conference to discuss role of financial sector in conservation
MONTREAL - The role of private money and industry in preserving enough natural ecosystems to keep the planet functioning will be the focus of talks Wednesday at an international conference on biodiver...
Dec 14, 2022
Transport Canada must be 'more vigilant,' relatives say two years after N.S. sinking
MILTON, N.S. - Geno Francis loved most things about fishing on the high seas, but his son says that in his final year, fear overshadowed that passion. "My father said, 'After this trip, this was it,' ...
Dec 14, 2022
Supply-chain turbulence is here to stay, so what is Canada doing about it?
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has lots of reasons to be losing sleep. Soaring living costs have Canadians lined up at food banks. The federal Liberals are anticipating a possible recessi...
Dec 14, 2022
Inside SickKids: As the operating room sits quiet, staff worry about growing backlog
TORONTO - Three large television screens in the nerve centre of the operating room at Canada's largest pediatric hospital display a list of its surgical spaces, showing which ones have children underg...
Dec 14, 2022
Ovechkin scores 800th goal as Capitals beat Blackhawks 7-3
CHICAGO (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored three times to become the third NHL player with 800 career goals, and the streaking Washington Capitals beat the lowly Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on Tuesday night. Nic ...
Dec 13, 2022