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Traveller confusion reigns amid shifting advice and variants
Confusion is now the defining state for many Canadians considering travel this month amid shifting advice, COVID-19 variants and layers of testing and quarantine rules. Marty Firestone, who heads a tr...
Dec 11, 2021
Kaiden Guhle gears up to play for Canada again, but in his home rink this time
CALGARY - Kaiden Guhle will be even more of a hometown favourite at the 2022 world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton. The Western Hockey League's Prince Albert Raiders traded the defenceman...
Dec 11, 2021
Canada wins bronze in World Cup monobob and four-man races at Winterberg
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada won bronze in the monobob and four-man races Saturday at the Winterberg World Cup bobsled competition. Toronto's Cynthia Appiah finished third with a two-run time of one m...
Dec 11, 2021
Canada’s Keegan Messing wins gold at ISU Challenger Series event
ZIBEL, Croatia - Canada's Keegan Messing won the gold medal Saturday at figure skating's Zagreb Golden Spin. Messing, who lives in Girdwood, Alaska but has dual citizenship, was first in the men's sho...
Dec 11, 2021
Barrett had hundreds of friends and family members in attendance for Toronto return
TORONTO - RJ Barrett had about 1,000 people in attendance to watch him play his second game with the New York Knicks at Scotiabank Arena on Friday night, everyone from family and friends to his entire...
Dec 11, 2021
‘It’s like Christmas’: Companies, environmentalists eager to open coal mining reports
EDMONTON, AB. -- This year, Albertans won't find out if there's coal in their stockings until after Christmas.Sometime early in 2022 - the government won't say exactly when - Energy Minister Sonya Sav...
Dec 11, 2021
'Scope' and cost of software fix to naval helicopters expected in spring 2022
HALIFAX - The scope and cost of changes needed to remedy a software issue that was a cause of a naval helicopter crash off Greece resulting in six deaths won't be known until next spring. A Defence De...
Dec 11, 2021
Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis trailblazer, dies at 83
MADRID (AP) - Manuel "Manolo" Santana, who reached No. 1 in the tennis rankings and was the first man from Spain to win a Grand Slam title, has died. He was 83. The Madrid Open announced the death of ...
Dec 11, 2021
Bettman not closing the door on NHL's return to Quebec City, but nothing imminent
MANALAPAN, Fla. - Gary Bettman says he's always happy to meet with elected officials. And a specific gathering slated for next month has certainly piqued the interest of fans in a Canadian hockey mark...
Dec 11, 2021
Gut-Behrami edges Goggia to win a World Cup super-G
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) - It was Lara Gut-Behrami's turn to edge Sofia Goggia for victory in a World Cup super-G race on Saturday, reversing the result of their duel in Canada last weekend. Gut-B...
Dec 11, 2021