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Liberal leadership hopefuls campaigning in Quebec on Sunday
OTTAWA - Former central banker Mark Carney is set to add another big endorsement to his growing pile of backers as Industry Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne is expected to announce his endorsement ...
Jan 26, 2025

Survey says more young Canadians believe the history of the Holocaust is exaggerated
OTTAWA - On Monday the world will mark eight decades since the liberation of Auschwitz, the notorious Nazi extermination camps where more than a million people, most of them Jews, were murdered during...
Jan 26, 2025

South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law, reports say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law last month, news reports said. Yonhap news agency reporte...
Jan 26, 2025

'He drags guys along': Quinn Hughes hitting new highs with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Quinn Hughes is not one to settle. Last season, the Vancouver Canucks' captain won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman. Then he spent his off season further perfecting his game. ...
Jan 26, 2025

NHL roundup: Cam Talbot shines as Red Wings blank the Lightning 2-0
DETROIT (AP) - Cam Talbot stopped 28 shots for his second shutout of the season as the Detroit Red Wings beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-0 on Saturday night. Marco Kasper redirected J.T. Compher's shot...
Jan 25, 2025

Hughes scores twice, Canucks snap Capitals' win streak with 2-1 decision
VANCOUVER - Quinn Hughes scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat the league-leading Washington Capitals 2-1 on Saturday. The performance extended Hughes' point streak to five games with five goals...
Jan 25, 2025

Devils' goalie Allen thrilled to net 4-3 win in return to Montreal
MONTREAL - Ask most NHL players and they will say there is something special about playing games at Montreal's Bell Centre, particularly on a Saturday night. For New Jersey Devils goaltender Jake Alle...
Jan 25, 2025

Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old au...
Jan 25, 2025

Some 70 people killed in attack on hospital in Sudan's Darfur region, WHO chief says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Some 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said S...
Jan 25, 2025

Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old au...
Jan 25, 2025