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Ottawa to host 2025 world junior hockey championship for first time in 16 years
OTTAWA - The world junior hockey championship is returning to the nation's capital. Hockey Canada has announced that Ottawa will host the tournament from Dec. 26, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025. It will mark th...
Jun 22, 2023

Canadian men face stiff challenge in August with two rugby tests against Tonga
The Canadian men's rugby team will play two test matches in Tonga in August, its first action since facing the Netherlands and Namibia in Amsterdam in November. Canada, currently ranked 23rd in the wo...
Jun 22, 2023

Canada's Rebecca Marino wins second-round match at Wimbledon warm-up tournament
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Canada's Rebecca Marino outlasted American Emina Bektas 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1) on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Rothesay Classic. Marino, from Vancouver, needed tw...
Jun 22, 2023

Quebec wildfires: Dangerously dry weather to persist in fire regions until Monday
MONTREAL - Hot, dry conditions are forecast to continue through the weekend in regions of Quebec threatened by wildfires. Katia Petit, a senior Quebec civil security official, says no community or ess...
Jun 22, 2023

Overshadowed by Bedard's exploits, Fantilli primed for NHL draft after banner season
Adam Fantilli was on the ice at a suburban rink just outside Detroit. It was the summer of 2021, and the prospect was in talks with the University of Michigan about committing to its decorated NCAA pr...
Jun 22, 2023

Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a Trump critic, announces 2024 Republican presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Texas congressman Will Hurd, a onetime CIA officer and fierce critic of Donald Trump, announced on Thursday that he's running for president, hoping to build momentum as a more...
Jun 22, 2023

Remotely operated vehicles join subsea search for missing Titanic submersible
The United States Coast Guard says two more remotely operated vehicles have joined the search for a submersible that lost contact with surface vessels on Sunday as it was diving to reach the wreck of ...
Jun 22, 2023

Search for the missing Titanic submersible nears the critical 96-hour mark for oxygen supply
The search for the missing submersible on an expedition to view the wreckage of the Titanic neared the critical 96-hour mark Thursday when breathable air is expected to run out, reaching a vital momen...
Jun 22, 2023

US journalist Evan Gershkovich appears in Moscow court to appeal extended detention
MOSCOW (AP) - Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter detained on espionage charges in Russia, appeared in court Thursday to appeal his extended detention. U.S. citizen Gershkovich, 31, was a...
Jun 22, 2023

NDP expected to win B.C. byelections in safe ridings, but eyes on second place
VICTORIA - The NDP is expected to hold onto two British Columbia ridings where byelections will be held Saturday after the resignations of senior government figures, but the parties that take second p...
Jun 22, 2023