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11 Hydro-Québec customers who lost power in winter storm yet to be reconnected
MONTREAL - Hydro-Qubec says almost all of its customers who lost power in a Dec. 23 winter storm have now been reconnected. Hydro spokesman Francis Labb says 11 clients who lost power in the storm sti...
Jan 01, 2023
Stars sign veteran Joe Pavelski to extension through 2023-24
FRISCO, Texas (AP) - Veteran forward Joe Pavelski signed a one-year contract extension with the Dallas Stars on Sunday before he could have become an unrestricted free agent at the end of this season....
Jan 01, 2023
Marlies' Moore, Wranglers' Love to coach in AHL all-star game
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Greg Moore of the Toronto Marlies and Mitch Love of the Calgary Wranglers have been named to the coaching staff of the American Hockey League's all-star event Feb. 5-6 in Laval, Q...
Jan 01, 2023
Lula sworn in as president to lead polarized Brazil
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - Brazil's Luiz Incio Lula da Silva has been sworn in as president in the capital, Brasilia, assuming office for the third time after thwarting outgoing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro'...
Jan 01, 2023
Camouflaged cameraman a hit at world juniors: 'I have the best seat in the house'
HALIFAX - The last thing Nathan Eides wants - and he makes this abundantly clear - is to be in the spotlight. And yet there he is. Every TV timeout, every goal celebration, every victory, every defeat...
Jan 01, 2023
Owen Beck replaces injured Colton Dach on Canadian junior men's hockey team
HALIFAX - Owen Beck has been added to Canada's roster midway through the world junior men's hockey championship because of Colton Dach's tournament-ending injury. Beck of Port Hope, Ont., joins the ho...
Jan 01, 2023
Bianca Andreescu rallies to beat Muguruza at Adelaide International
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Canada's Bianca Andreescu rallied to beat Garbine Muguruza of Spain 0-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 in a clash of Grand Slam champions Sunday in the first round of the Adelaide Internatio...
Jan 01, 2023
Arrest made in death of Réjean Hébert, longtime radio journalist in New Brunswick
SAINT-SIMON, NEW BRUNSWICK - A journalist well-known to listeners of French-language radio in New Brunswick has been killed and police are treating the death as a homicide. Donald Nol, the general man...
Jan 01, 2023
COLLINS: Mixed feelings about travel snafus
NORMALLY, WHEN STORIES SURFACE about winter storms stranding travellers, I don't have time for the whining and complaining from those who can't get where they're going, whether it be in the air, on th...
Jan 01, 2023
B.C. poised for drug decriminalization experiment, but will it help stem deadly tide?
VANCOUVER - People living in tents along about eight blocks of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside roam around on a chilly afternoon as some in the throes of addiction are hunched over on the sidewalk near ...
Jan 01, 2023
