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'Dangerous' Alabama tornado slams buildings, uproots trees
SELMA, Ala. (AP) - A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South spurred a tornado on Thursday that shredded the walls of homes, toppled roofs and uprooted trees in Selma, Alabama, a city ...
Jan 12, 2023
Warm weather postpones Quebec's snowboard cross World Cup
MONT-SAINTE-ANNE, Que. - A World Cup snowboard cross event in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., has been postponed because of warm temperatures and lack of snow. The "Bataille Royale," scheduled for Feb. 4-5, w...
Jan 12, 2023
Stellato-Dudek aiming for first Canadian figure skating, at age 39
OSHAWA, Ont. - Deanna Stellato-Dudek hopes to capture her first Canadian figure skating title - at the age of 39, and more than 20 years after she initially retired from the sport. But a viral infecti...
Jan 12, 2023
Canadian women's rugby coach summons reinforcements for New Zealand Sevens
Injuries have prompted Canada women's coach Jack Hanratty to call in reinforcements for the New Zealand Sevens, the third stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. The injury-ravaged Canadian women ...
Jan 12, 2023
McDonagh looks back at Leafs-Lightning series, talks new challenge with Predators
TORONTO - Ryan McDonagh was sitting in the same locker room where, eight months earlier, he celebrated another playoff series triumph - one that resigned the tortured team down the hall to another sou...
Jan 12, 2023
Canada's sports minister defends her integrity commissioner's complaint intake
Canada's sports minister defended the low intake of complaints by the new sports integrity commissioner and urged the country's sport bodies to sign onto the abuse-free sport program. Pascale St-Onge ...
Jan 12, 2023
Canada's Shapovalov feeling motivated after strong finish to 2022 season
Ending last season on a high has given Canada's Denis Shapovalov a little extra motivation as he looks ahead to the 2023 campaign. Shapovalov overcame a summer slump by reaching two ATP Tour event fin...
Jan 12, 2023
Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s
DENVER (AP) - Exxon Mobil's scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists' conclusions,...
Jan 12, 2023
Workers reported missing after explosion rocks propane facility north of Montreal
SAINT-ROCH-DE-L'ACHIGAN, Que. - Municipal officials say as many as four workers are missing after an explosion today at a propane facility in St-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Que. Stphanie Therrien, deputy direc...
Jan 12, 2023
Japanese PM Kishida visits Ottawa, asks for Canada's help on clean energy transition
OTTAWA - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is looking to Canada to help his country wean itself off fossil fuels from places like Russia. Kishida is in Ottawa today for his first visit as Japan's ...
Jan 12, 2023
