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Canada's Arendz collects 10th Paralympic medal, a gold in 10K biathlon
Mark Arendz set the bar impossibly high by climbing the medal podium in every one of his six races at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in 2018. It was a Canadian record for a medals won in a winter Paralym...
Mar 08, 2022

Trudeau in Latvia, new Trans Mountain expansion conditions : In The News for March 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Mar 08, 2022

B.C. adds conditions for Trans Mountain expansion, ministers say concerns remain
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has amended the conditions of its environmental assessment certificate for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansionand told the federal government it still has concerns about...
Mar 08, 2022

Trudeau meeting today with NATO secretary-general in Latvia
RIGA, Latvia - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Latvia today for talks with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg as Russia's invasion in Ukraine nears the two-week mark. Trudeau says the ongoing...
Mar 08, 2022

Report: Iran's Revolutionary Guard launches 2nd satellite
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard has launched a second satellite into space. IRNA said the Guard launched the Noor 2 into a low...
Mar 08, 2022

Judge set to question juror who convicted Ghislaine Maxwell
NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. judge was set Tuesday to question one of the jurors who convicted the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell of helping the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls...
Mar 08, 2022

Canada's Mark Arendz captures para biathlon gold
BEIJING - Hartsville, P.E.I. native Mark Arendz won a gold medal in the men's middle distance standing para biathlon event at the 2022 Beijing Paralympics. Arendz finished the race with a final time o...
Mar 08, 2022

Matthews scores 40th goal as Toronto beats Blue Jackets 5-4
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Auston Matthews became the first player to score 40 goals this season, Petr Mrazek made 31 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs held off the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4 on Monday nigh...
Mar 07, 2022

Tyler Toffoli strikes twice for Calgary Flames in 3-1 win over Edmonton Oilers
CALGARY - Tyler Toffoli scored twice for the Calgary Flames in a 3-1 win over the visiting Edmonton Oilers on Monday. Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and an assist for the Flames (34-14-7), which continued...
Mar 07, 2022

Russia dangles prospect of safe corridors; Ukraine skeptical
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - Safe corridors intended to let Ukrainian civilians escape the Russian onslaught could open Tuesday, Kremlin officials said, though Ukrainian leaders greeted the plan with skeptici...
Mar 07, 2022