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Canada's Kyle (The Monster) Nelson to face the 'Korean Superboy' in Feb. 4 UFC bout
Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson will take on (The Korean Superboy) Doo Ho Choi on a Feb. 4 UFC Fight Night card in Las Vegas. Choi (14-4-0) has not fought since a December 2019 loss, ...
Dec 29, 2022
U.S. Coast Guard rescues man, two dogs, from stricken sailboat off Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - A sailor and his two dogs are recovering on Vancouver Island thanks to life-saving action by the United States Coast Guard. The man and his canine companions were aboard a small sailboat of...
Dec 29, 2022
Canada leaves Spengler Cup without a win after 3-1 loss to Sweden's Orebro
DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada finished winless at the 2022 Spengler Cup after losing 3-1 to Swedish club Orebro HK Thursday in quarterfinal action at the international hockey tournament. Goals from Fili...
Dec 29, 2022
North Lethbridge fire sends one person to hospital
LETHBRIDGE, AB - One person was sent to hospital following a fire in north Lethbridge.In the evening of Wednesday, December 28, 2022, crews from three stations responded to the residential fire on Eag...
Dec 29, 2022
Canadian Army eyeing new weapons in response to lessons learned from Ukraine war
OTTAWA - The Canadian Army is rushing to buy new equipment in response to lessons learned from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Joe Paul says that includes anti-tank and ...
Dec 29, 2022
About 11,000 Hydro-Québec customers still without power one week after winter storm
MONTREAL - Hydro-Qubec says more than 10,700 customers are still without power a week after a major winter storm knocked out transmission lines across the province. The utility says the power is still...
Dec 29, 2022
'Our language is still here:' Revitalizing Indigenous languages in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - From legislative chambers to classrooms, and on the radio and TV, Indigenous languages are spoken and heard every day across the North thanks to dedicated elders, teachers, translators a...
Dec 29, 2022
Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Thursday named Amazon defender Marina Silva as environment minister for his incoming government, indicating he will prioritiz...
Dec 29, 2022
Israel swears in Netanyahu as PM of hard-line government
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Thursday swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country's history. Netanyahu took the oath of of...
Dec 29, 2022
NHL's Sidney Crosby, astronaut David Saint-Jacques among 99 named to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - David Saint-Jacques says he has always been "obsessed" with the notion of perspective - from the physical, like understanding where we are in space and what's beyond the clouds, to the philos...
Dec 29, 2022