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Quebec ski hill operators' spirits aren't dampened by rainy and warm weather
MONTREAL - Quebec ski hill operators say they're remaining optimistic despite warm temperatures and heavy rainfall that could dampen the lucrative holiday ski period. The co-owner of the Mont-Saint-Br...
Dec 30, 2024

Artist and activist Joe Average dies at 67, after life as vivid as his paintings
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Joe Average was an artist, advocate and activist whose bright, multicoloured images were as multi-faceted as his existence. But his sister Karin Carson says she used to giggle ...
Dec 30, 2024

Scheifele, Dahlin, Werenski named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele, Buffalo Sabres defenceman Rasmus Dahlin and Columbus Blue Jackets defenceman Zach Werenski have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Scheifele ...
Dec 30, 2024

Canada eliminated from Spengler Cup after 4-2 loss to Straubing Tigers
DAVOS - Canada was denied a chance at its first Spengler Cup title since 2019 after dropping a 4-2 decision to Germany's Straubing Tigers in semifinal action on Monday. Straubing's Joshua Samanski sco...
Dec 30, 2024

Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing win opener at Canadian mixed doubles curling trials
LIVERPOOL, N.S. - Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing edged Jessica Zheng and Victor Pietrangelo 6-5 in the opening draw at the Canadian mixed doubles curling trials on Monday. Jones and Laing scored a deu...
Dec 30, 2024

Halifax airport runway reopens after plane caught fire upon landing
HALIFAX - The plane that caught fire upon landing at Halifax's airport over the weekend has been removed, and the runway has reopened. A spokesperson with the Halifax Stanfield International Airport s...
Dec 30, 2024

Red Wings prospect Axel Sandin-Pellikka leading Sweden at world juniors
OTTAWA - Axel Sandin-Pellikka loves a good dangle. The defenceman idolized Patrick Kane as a kid after his dad brought a Chicago Blackhawks jersey home to Sweden with the stickhandling wizard's No. 88...
Dec 30, 2024

Federal government plans to extend deadline for charitable donation tax deductions
The federal government plans to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. The announcement from Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc comes nearly...
Dec 30, 2024

RCMP informant's decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book
As a Communist Party member in Calgary in the early 1940s, Frank Hadesbeck performed clerical work at the party office, printed leaflets and sold books.But he also had tasks his party comrades could k...
Dec 30, 2024

Prolific Lille striker Jonathan David considering new contract offer
LILLE, France (AP) - Jonathan David is considering a new contract from Lille and says his chances of staying at the French club are "50-50." The 24-year-old Canada striker is enjoying his fifth season...
Dec 30, 2024