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Toronto Maple Leafs star Matthews sidelined for at least three weeks with knee sprain
Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews will miss at least three weeks with a knee sprain, the team announced Friday. The 25-year-old centre has 25 goals and 53 points in 47 contests this season. Mat...
Jan 27, 2023
U.S. senators call for trade crackdown on Canada over dairy quotas, digital policies
WASHINGTON - A pair of senior U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to get tough with Canada for "flouting" obligations to its North American trade partners. Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden of Oreg...
Jan 27, 2023
Arctic Winter Games a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills
The Arctic Winter Games are a family affair for siblings Brooklyn and Jordan Wills of Team Alberta North. Mother Ashleigh is a mission staff member for the team and father Cory previously competed and...
Jan 27, 2023
Biden taps Zients as White House chief of staff
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Jeff Zients on Friday as his next White House chief of staff, tapping an experienced technocrat who headed his administration's response to the COVID-19...
Jan 27, 2023
Argentina rallies for three late tries to defeat Canadian men at Sydney Sevens
SYDNEY, Australia - Canada's men fell victim to a furious Argentina comeback on Friday, conceding three late tries to lose 24-19 at the HSBC Sydney Sevens. The game was the first for the South America...
Jan 27, 2023
COLLINS: Kamloops cancer facility still has a long way to go
SORRY IF I'M NOT OVERLY EXCITED about a story from the TNRD a week ago that there is a budget item to look at a business plan for a new cancer clinic in Kamloops. While I share in the excitement that ...
Jan 27, 2023
Watchdog blames Syria's air force for deadly chlorine attack
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - An investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog established there are "reasonable grounds to believe" Syria's air force dropped two cylinders containing chlorine...
Jan 27, 2023
Djokovic tops Paul; faces Tsitsipas in Australian Open final
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic put aside some shaky play in the early going and took over his Australian Open semifinal against unseeded American Tommy Paul on Friday, winning 7-5, 6-1, 6-...
Jan 27, 2023
Hockey, jobs, children, guitar, custom suit all in a day in the life of a PHF player
Canadians make up 44 per cent of Premier Hockey Federation players this season, with two of seven teams in the women's league based north of the border. The PHF has upped the ante in its bid to be the...
Jan 27, 2023
Gunman kills security chief at Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A man armed with a Kalashnikov-style rifle stormed the Azerbaijan Embassy in Iran's capital Friday, killing the head of security at the diplomatic post and wounding ...
Jan 27, 2023
