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Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory
ARE, Sweden (AP) - American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-tying 86th World Cup race Friday with victory in a giant slalom. Shiffrin's win matched the overall record set by Swedish great Ingema...
Mar 10, 2023
In The News for March 10 : How did Canada's job market fare last month?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 10 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 10, 2023
Federal and provincial justice ministers meeting to discuss bail reform
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is preparing to face off with his provincial counterparts in Ottawa Friday on whether to reform Canada's bail system, as premiers, federal Conservatives and law...
Mar 10, 2023
Aid for war-related sexual violence in Ukraine also benefits domestic abuse survivors
UZHHOROD, Ukraine - Kseniya Horovenko, a psychologist, has welcomed them into a brightly lit room furnished with a few chairs, couches and tables topped with small Ukrainian and Canadian flags. She ha...
Mar 10, 2023
Head of Google Canada set to return to House of Commons committee
OTTAWA - The head of Google Canada is set to return to a House of Commons committee to talk about the company's decision to block news access to some of its users. Sabrina Geremia was summoned by MPs,...
Mar 10, 2023
Climate change slowing down, not speeding up, movement of large Arctic rivers: study
YELLOWKNIFE - Scientists have long believed that rapid warming in the Arctic would cause river channels to move faster, but a new study has found the opposite may be true for large, winding rivers in ...
Mar 10, 2023
'There is this blemish': Man charged in bathhouse raid calls expungement move lacking
TORONTO - Ron Rosenes remembers Toronto police officers knocking on the door of his room at a downtown bathhouse on Feb. 5, 1981, during co-ordinated raids that targeted four gay clubs in the city tha...
Mar 10, 2023
'Recovery scams' targeting sextortion victims are on the rise, experts warn
VANCOUVER - A panicked 14-year-old from British Columbia and his family paid $1,500 to a company that claimed it would recover intimate images that were being used to extort him. It didn't. Darren Lau...
Mar 10, 2023
Canadian time changes may be a thing of the past if U.S. passes 'sunshine' law
Legislation in the United States that could trigger an end to seasonal time changes in Canada is moving forward again, as Canadians get ready to wind their clocks ahead an hour before going to bed Sat...
Mar 10, 2023
German police: 8 dead in Jehovah's Witnesses hall shooting
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - Eight people were killed in a shooting at a Jehovah's Witnesses hall in Hamburg, German police said Friday, and an unspecified number of others were wounded. Police gave the fi...
Mar 10, 2023