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Montreal man sentenced in U.S. for exporting weapon components to Russia
MONTREAL - A Montreal man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a United States federal court for running a scheme to illegally export millions of dollars' worth of electronic components to Rus...
Jan 09, 2025
Polish government adopts resolution protecting Netanyahu from arrest if he attends Auschwitz event
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The Polish government adopted a resolution on Thursday vowing to ensure the free and safe participation of the highest representatives of Israel - including Prime Minister Benjam...
Jan 09, 2025
Longtime Liberal MP, cabinet minister Gudie Hutchings not running in next election
OTTAWA - Newfoundland MP Gudie Hutchings says she's not planning to run in the next federal election. Hutchings, who was first elected as a Liberal in 2015, is the minister of rural economic developme...
Jan 09, 2025
U.S. steel, plastics among items Canada may target with retaliatory tariffs
OTTAWA - Canada is looking to target American steel, ceramics and plastics with retaliatory tariffs in response to an escalating trade dispute with the incoming Trump administration. A senior governme...
Jan 09, 2025
Alberta to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
EDMONTON - Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles. Premier Danielle Smith says on...
Jan 09, 2025
Rick Campbell returns to Ottawa Redblacks as special-teams co-ordinator
OTTAWA - Rick Campbell is back with the Ottawa Redblacks. Campbell was named Ottawa's special-teams co-ordinator Thursday. He served as the Redblacks first head coach from 2014-19, leading the franchi...
Jan 09, 2025
Vancouver Rise add veteran NWSL midfielder Nikki Stanton to inaugural roster
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Rise continue to build out their roster ahead of the inaugural National Super League season, signing veteran midfielder Nikki Stanton on Thursday. Stanton joins the Rise foll...
Jan 09, 2025
Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory
Two hundred Utah ski patrollers returned to work Thursday after voting to accept a new labor contract and end a nearly two-week strike that closed many trails and caused long lift lines at the ones th...
Jan 09, 2025
An army airstrike on a village in western Myanmar has killed at least 40 people, reports say
BANGKOK (AP) - An airstrike by Myanmar's army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local...
Jan 09, 2025
Vonn 10th fastest in practice for her first World Cup downhill in 6 years
ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) - Ski great Lindsey Vonn was 10th fastest in a training run on Thursday for her first World Cup downhill in six years. Three weeks after her World Cup comeback with a titanium ...
Jan 09, 2025
