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Jessie Fleming named Canada Soccer player of the year for second straight time
TORONTO - Jessie Fleming has been named Canada Soccer's player of the year for the second year in a row. The 24-year old midfielder from London, Ont., shared the women's national team lead with five g...
Dec 21, 2022
Regulations for ban on foreign homebuyers announced, law coming into effect Jan. 1
OTTAWA - The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has announced regulations for the ban on foreign homebuyers, which comes into effect on Jan. 1. Starting in the new year, foreign commercial enterp...
Dec 21, 2022
Golf Canada unveils 2023 national teams under new three-tier system
An all-time high of 57 athletes were named to Golf Canada's teams on Wednesday along with eight coaches. Golf Canada's 2023 national team system now features three program tiers: amateurs and professi...
Dec 21, 2022
Dining dinosaur fossil has mammal in belly, sheds light on ancient ecosystems
EDMONTON - A rare fossil revealing a dinosaur's last meal is shedding new light on ancient ecosystems and behaviours. University of Alberta paleontologist Corwin Sullivan says the fossil of a crow-siz...
Dec 21, 2022
Zelenskyy gets White House welcome from Biden before talks
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the White House on Wednesday as the leaders try to show a unified front against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ...
Dec 21, 2022
Extreme cold warnings blanket Western Canada as winter officially arrives
VANCOUVER - Weather warnings or special weather statements are posted in every province and territory except Manitoba as winter storms or extreme cold usher in the official start of winter. Environmen...
Dec 21, 2022
Senior Environment Canada climatologist's top weather stories of 2022
From "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave to "hotumn" for the fall that never came, Canadians got a whole new vocabulary for wild weather this year. Here is a list of Canada's top 10 weathe...
Dec 21, 2022
Nick Marshall returns to Roughriders on one-year extension
The man who holds the Saskatchewan Roughriders' all-time record for interception-return touchdowns is returning to the CFL team in 2023.The Roughriders announced Wednesday that American defensive back...
Dec 21, 2022
'Weird and wacky': Hurricane Fiona top weather story in stormy, wet, windy, dry year
If nothing else, 2022 gave Canadians a slew of new weather words. There was "springuary" for the winter that wouldn't leave. There was "hotumn" for the fall that never came. "Derecho" got new currency...
Dec 21, 2022
Saskatchewan population passes 1.2 million for first time
More people than ever before are calling Saskatchewan home.According to the provincial government, record-high growth of 10,316 in the third quarter of 2022 sent the provincial population over 1.2 mil...
Dec 21, 2022