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Pride, sorrow mix for Franklin expedition descendant after DNA match with sailor
Nigel Gambier has always been proud of his ancestor, who captained one of the ill-starred ships on Sir John Franklin's disastrous expedition in search of the Northwest Passage. Now, after DNA analysis...
Sep 26, 2024
Visual effects, animation studios unite to convince Quebec for better tax deal
MONTREAL - Visual effects and animation companies are uniting to strike a better deal with the Quebec government after it implemented tax changes that some firms say will cost them nearly two-thirds o...
Sep 26, 2024
'Life is hard': Living under a 29-year boil-water advisory in an Ontario First Nation
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION, ONT. - Every other day, Derek Moonias drives 15 minutes to the airport in Neskantaga First Nation and fills his pickup truck with cases of bottled water flown in on the dime o...
Sep 26, 2024
Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Nishioka in Japan Open first round
TOKYO - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Japan Open in the first round. Auger-Aliassime fell 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in a three-hour-12-minute match at Ariake T...
Sep 25, 2024
DeBrusk scores second goal in overtime to give Canucks pre-season win over Flames
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the game 58 seconds into overtime as the Vancouver Canucks battled back from a late deficit to defeat the Calgary Flames 4-3 in an NHL exhibit...
Sep 25, 2024
Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on death r...
Sep 25, 2024
Japanese court acquits a former boxer in a 1966 murder retrial after decades on death row
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese court ruled Thursday that an 88-year-old former boxer was not guilty in a retrial for a 1966 quadruple murder case, reversing an earlier wrongful conviction after decades on de...
Sep 25, 2024
Kevin Koe skipping a three-man curling team at PointsBet Invitational
CALGARY - Kevin Koe will skip a three-man curling team for now. The four-time Canadian and two-time men's world champion dropped second Jacques Gauthier from his Glencoe Club team on the eve of the Po...
Sep 25, 2024
People with diabetes in lower-income areas at higher risk for amputations: report
TORONTO - The Canadian Institute for Health Information says more than 7,000 people with diabetes undergo a leg, foot or toe amputation every year - and the majority of those procedures could have bee...
Sep 25, 2024
Blue Jackets honor Johhny Gaudreau before their first home game since his death
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An emotional video tribute to Johnny Gaudreau and 13 seconds of silence - for his uniform number - opened the Columbus Blue Jackets' first game at Nationwide Arena since the star...
Sep 25, 2024
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