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Quebec Premier François Legault defends decision to subsidize NHL pre-season games
RIVIERE-AU-RENARD, Que. - Quebec's premier is defending his government's decision to spend up to $7 million to bring the Los Angeles Kings to Quebec City for two NHL pre-season games next year. Franoi...
Nov 18, 2023

Grey Cup: Winnipeg Blue Bombers list Schoen, Bighill as game-time decisions
HAMILTON - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will wait until the last minute before deciding if linebacker Adam Bighill and/or receiver Dalton Schoen will play in the Grey Cup. Winnipeg listed both players as...
Nov 18, 2023

Canadian speedskaters Blondin, Maltais and Dubreuil reach World Cup podium in Beijing
BEIJING - Canada won three medals at the speedskating World Cup stop in Beijing on Saturday. In the women's mass start, Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin won silver and Valrie Maltais of La Baie, Que., took bro...
Nov 18, 2023

Table tennis player Stephanie Chan wins Canada's first medal at Parapan Am Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - Vancouver table tennis player Stephanie Chan won Canada's first medal at the Parapan American Games on Saturday. Chan, Canada's oldest athlete in Santiago at 66, clinched a bronze me...
Nov 18, 2023

Authorities say they have identified the suspect in the shooting of a hospital security guard
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Authorities say the gunman who was killed after shooting to death a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital has been identified. New Hampshire Attorney General John...
Nov 18, 2023

'Forge a new relationship': Indigenous leaders hopeful of new provincial government
WINNIPEG - When Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew took the unconventional move of appointing himself the minister responsible for Indigenous reconciliation, he did so with the intent of strengthening the rel...
Nov 18, 2023

Scientific report urges debate on genetic modification to control insect pests
Scientists are learning to turn the genetics of insect pests against themselves, altering the genome of familiar foes in ways that give farmers and doctors new ways to fight them. The burgeoning field...
Nov 18, 2023

Day 2 of Halifax International Security Forum to discuss Gaza war, tension with China
HALIFAX - The conflict in the Middle East and tensions between western nations and China are on the agenda today at the Halifax International Security Forum. The former prime minister of Israel, Ehud ...
Nov 18, 2023

Ukrainians fleeing war say there are barriers to starting new life in Canada
OTTAWA - The lunchtime chatter among a small group of employees in the crowded breakroom of a large corporate office in Markham, Ont., is increasingly edged with anxiety. After fleeing the war in Ukra...
Nov 18, 2023

Shifa Hospital patients, staff and displaced leave the compound, Gaza health officials say
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza health officials say many patients, medical staff and the displaced on Saturday left Gaza's largest hospital, which was taken over by Israeli forces earlier in the ...
Nov 18, 2023