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Women's World Cup winner Spain finally tops FIFA rankings, Canada 10th
ZURICH (AP-CP) - World Cup champion Spain took over top spot in the new FIFA women's rankings Friday after advancing to the final four of the UEFA Nations League. Spain finished top of a Nations Leagu...
Dec 15, 2023
Kingsbury wins third straight World Cup moguls gold, Vaillancourt claims silver
ALPE D'HUEZ, France - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury's domination of the World Cup moguls circuit continued Friday with a gold medal at Alps d'Huez. Kingsbury, who won double gold last week...
Dec 15, 2023
17-year-old from Brooks makes Team Canada Women’s U18 team
KELOWNA, BC - A local teen is set to represent Canada on a major stage.Makayla Watson is a 17-year-old hockey player from Brooks. The defenceman will be the only Alberta player representing Canada at ...
Dec 15, 2023
Backlash after Medicine Hat High distributes illicit substance how-to pamphlets to students
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat High School received backlash on Thursday, December 14, 2023, after students saw instructions for how to safely prepare illicit substances for consumption earlier this ...
Dec 15, 2023
Tim Hortons, Telus and Esso reinstate support for Hockey Canada following scandal
OTTAWA, ON - A trio of sponsors are backing Hockey Canada once more, after pulling support for the organization when it was embroiled in scandal last year.Fast food chain Tim Hortons, telecommunicatio...
Dec 15, 2023
In the news today: Canada to send helicopters to Latvia as part of NATO mission
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Canada sending helicopters to Latvia Four Canadian Griffon helicopters will be ...
Dec 15, 2023
Freeland hosts annual meeting with provincial, territorial counterparts today
TORONTO - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is hosting her annual meeting of federal, provincial and territorial finance ministers in Toronto today. The meeting will focus on economic growth, housing...
Dec 15, 2023
Gay Ugandan in Edmonton faces deportation, fears jail or death over anti-LGBTQ law
EDMONTON - A man in Edmonton is making a last-ditch legal bid to avoid a Monday deportation flight back to Uganda, where he fears he may be imprisoned, harmed or even killed for being gay. The man, wh...
Dec 15, 2023
'Weighing our options': Ottawa open to further pause to expand assisted dying rules
OTTAWA - The federal government is considering whether to pause its original plan tobroaden the rules that govern medically assisted dying so they include patients whose only underlying condition is a...
Dec 15, 2023
Canada to pilot options for national emergency response agency in 2024: Sajjan
OTTAWA - A new national emergency response agency may consist of regional response teams that Ottawa can call into action when disaster strikes, Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan said in a...
Dec 15, 2023