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COC still looks to appeal Russian team figure-skating bronze despite ISU explanation
The Canadian Olympic Committee says it continues to believe Canada's figure skating team deserves the bronze medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and a statement from the International Skating Union ...
Feb 09, 2024
Analysts: Canada could see one-stop shop for sports streaming, but not in near future
While Canadian sports broadcasting powerbrokers have worked together on occasion in the past, it's unlikely they'd follow the path of their counterparts in the United States and team up again in the n...
Feb 09, 2024
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake strikes Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii's Big Island; no tsunami expected
HONOLULU (AP) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the world's largest active volcano on Friday - Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii - knocking items off shelves in nearby towns but not immediately ...
Feb 09, 2024
New payment model sees 16.5% jump in B.C. family doctors, but more needed: minister
VANCOUVER - Health Minister Adrian Dix says the number of family doctors in British Columbia is increasing, but there are still almost 900,000 people without a primary care provider. He says the New D...
Feb 09, 2024
Poll worker nun triggered some residents at Manitoba Indigenous seniors' home: report
WINNIPEG - The hiring of a nun to run a mobile voting poll at an Indigenous seniors' centre during Manitoba's provincial election did not violate any laws, an investigation by the province's elections...
Feb 09, 2024
PETERS: A city that builds things
I WANT TO LIVE IN A CITY that builds things.It seems simple enough to say and something we take as a given, but for decades now, we in Kamloops have not lived in that kind of city.Who is at fault? The...
Feb 09, 2024
Canada Post aims to increase price of stamps; changes would take effect in May
TORONTO - It may soon cost more to send letters in the mail. Canada Post is aiming to raise the cost of stamps by seven cents, to 99 cents, for stamps purchased in a booklet, coil or pane, which it sa...
Feb 09, 2024
American linebacker Micah Awe signs contract extension with Calgary Stampeders
CALGARY - Micah Awe won't be hitting CFL free agency. The veteran American linebacker signed a contract extension with the Calgary Stampeders on Friday. Awe was eligible to become a CFL free agent Tue...
Feb 09, 2024
Pickett happy to have deal with Ottawa done ahead of free agency
There'll be no free-agency angst for Adarius Pickett. The five-foot-11, 210-pound linebacker solidified his CFL future earlier this week, signing a one-year deal with the Ottawa Redblacks. It came aft...
Feb 09, 2024
Mother pleads guilty in Inuit identity fraud case, charges dropped against daughters
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A lawyer for a Toronto woman says she has pleaded guilty in an Inuit identity fraud case and charges against her twin daughters have been dropped. Karima Manji, who is 59, and her d...
Feb 09, 2024
