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U.S. Coast Guard rescues man, two dogs, from stricken sailboat off Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - A sailor and his two dogs are recovering on Vancouver Island thanks to life-saving action by the United States Coast Guard. The man and his canine companions were aboard a small sailboat of...
Dec 29, 2022

Canada leaves Spengler Cup without a win after 3-1 loss to Sweden's Orebro
DAVOS, Switzerland - Canada finished winless at the 2022 Spengler Cup after losing 3-1 to Swedish club Orebro HK Thursday in quarterfinal action at the international hockey tournament. Goals from Fili...
Dec 29, 2022

Canadian Army eyeing new weapons in response to lessons learned from Ukraine war
OTTAWA - The Canadian Army is rushing to buy new equipment in response to lessons learned from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Canadian Army commander Lt.-Gen. Joe Paul says that includes anti-tank and ...
Dec 29, 2022

About 11,000 Hydro-Québec customers still without power one week after winter storm
MONTREAL - Hydro-Qubec says more than 10,700 customers are still without power a week after a major winter storm knocked out transmission lines across the province. The utility says the power is still...
Dec 29, 2022

'Our language is still here:' Revitalizing Indigenous languages in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - From legislative chambers to classrooms, and on the radio and TV, Indigenous languages are spoken and heard every day across the North thanks to dedicated elders, teachers, translators a...
Dec 29, 2022

Brazil's Lula picks Amazon defender for environment minister
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's President-elect Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Thursday named Amazon defender Marina Silva as environment minister for his incoming government, indicating he will prioritiz...
Dec 29, 2022

Israel swears in Netanyahu as PM of hard-line government
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Thursday swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of the most right-wing and religiously conservative government in the country's history. Netanyahu took the oath of of...
Dec 29, 2022

Bedard helps Canada rout Germany at world juniors
After a disappointing start at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Team Canada bounced back in a big way.Canada took down Germany 11-2 in its second game of the tournament.The team got a little...
Dec 29, 2022

NHL's Sidney Crosby, astronaut David Saint-Jacques among 99 named to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - David Saint-Jacques says he has always been "obsessed" with the notion of perspective - from the physical, like understanding where we are in space and what's beyond the clouds, to the philos...
Dec 29, 2022

Vatican: Benedict XVI lucid, stable, but condition 'serious'
VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican said Thursday that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was lucid, conscious and stable, but that his condition remains serious a day after officials revealed that the 95-year-ol...
Dec 29, 2022