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Hockey fans say world juniors are a success despite recent scandals
HALIFAX - Capping off a year that saw Hockey Canada mired in scandal over its handling of sexual assault allegations, the world junior hockey championship in Halifax and Moncton, N.B., opened last mon...
Jan 05, 2023
Rule requiring negative COVID test before Chinese flights takes effect
VANCOUVER - Airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau will have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada starting today. The Canadian government announced las...
Jan 05, 2023
Rule requiring negative COVID test before Chinese flights takes effect
VANCOUVER - Airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau will have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada starting today. The Canadian government announced las...
Jan 05, 2023
A year after Canada banned conversion therapy, Ottawa says no criminal charges laid
OTTAWA - Gemma Hickey says when they were in their teens, they went to a faith-based conversion therapy practitioner who had them pray and read literature to try to make them heterosexual. "When I was...
Jan 05, 2023
Thousands pour into St. Peter's for funeral of Benedict XVI
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Mourners poured into St. Peter's Square early Thursday for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to pay their final respects to the German theologian who made history by retiri...
Jan 05, 2023
8 found fatally shot in Utah home, including 5 children
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Eight family members, five of them children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home Wednesday, according to authorities who did not provide more details or a...
Jan 04, 2023
8 found fatally shot in Utah home, including 5 children
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Eight family members, five of them children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home Wednesday, according to authorities who did not provide more details or a...
Jan 04, 2023
Raptors overcome horrible start en route to 104-101 OT loss to Bucks
TORONTO - Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple double of 30 points, a season-high 21 rebounds and 10 assists to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 104-101 overtime victory over the Toronto Raptors, who nearl...
Jan 04, 2023
Canada's Shapovalov moves on to Adelaide International tennis quarterfinals
ADELAIDE, Australia - Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International Tennis Tournament, defeating Roman Safiullin 6-4, 6-3 on Wednesday. The Richmond Hill, Ont.,...
Jan 04, 2023
Man charged in university student killings arrives in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The suspect in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students has arrived in Idaho, where he is charged with four counts of first-degree murder and felony burglary. Bry...
Jan 04, 2023
