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Germany sweeps World Cup bobsled gold, Canadian women take bronze
IGLS, Austria (AP) - Germany swept a pair of World Cup bobsled races Sunday, with Francesco Friedrich winning in the four-man race and Laura Nolte driving to the victory in the women's event. Canada's...
Nov 21, 2021

Local ladies score hardware after provincial volleyball action
The 2021 high school volleyball season has wrapped up for high school girls. Provincial volleyball action took place across the province on Nov. 19-20 with some local communities having reason to cele...
Nov 21, 2021

Top Ukrainian official says more support needed as Russia masses troops near border
HALIFAX - A senior Ukrainian government official is urging Canada to bolster its support for the eastern European country as it faces a renewed threat from Russian forces along its border. Oleksiy Dan...
Nov 21, 2021

Sudan military leaders reinstate deposed prime minister
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military and civilian leaders reached a deal to reinstate Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was deposed in a coup last month. According to the deal, signed Sunday, the military w...
Nov 21, 2021

'We lost everything': Many residents in Princeton, B.C. still digging out from flood
PRINCETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mario Loutef had little sleep the four days leading up to Saturday, when he piled his ruined belongings in the street outside his home in Princeton, B.C. A vast swath of ...
Nov 21, 2021

Belarus pro-democracy advocate praises Canada's anti-authoritarian stand
OTTAWA - From the safe confines of Washington, D.C. and his comfortable World Bank job, Valery Kavaleuski was powerless to resist the riptide of democratic reform washing over his homeland of Belarus ...
Nov 21, 2021

Decades worth of festering moose jawbones have much to say about N.L. ecology
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Fifty years of flesh-specked, festering jawbones pried out of moose by hunters and dropped in bins all over Newfoundland and Labrador have led to what biologist Don Keefe says is am...
Nov 21, 2021

Anti-hate groups fear wording problems may delay a new law tackling vitriol online
OTTAWA - A coalition of advocacy groups is urging the federal government to stick with its promise to take immediate action on online hate speech and to include steps to tackle the issue in Tuesday's ...
Nov 21, 2021

Manchester United fires manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
LONDON (AP) - Manchester United fired Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after three years as manager on Sunday after a fifth loss in seven Premier League games. "Ole will always be a legend at Manchester United an...
Nov 21, 2021

Saudi critic's fiance urges Justin Bieber to cancel F1 show
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Pop star Justin Bieber is facing growing calls to cancel his concert in Saudi Arabia next month as the fiance of slain Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi joined a chorus o...
Nov 21, 2021