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Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years, has died
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America's longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 a...
Apr 21, 2024
Canadian Cory Johnston registers first career Elite Series victory in Florida
PALATKA, Fla. - Cory Johnston finally has his first Elite Series victory. Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., emphatically captured the circuit event on the St. Johns River on Sunday. Johnston's final five-fish...
Apr 21, 2024
Leafs look regroup, solve Bruins' riddle in Game 2; Nylander's status remains unclear
BOSTON - Sheldon Keefe's team was in a similar position 12 months ago. The Maple Leafs dropped their playoff opener to the Tampa Bay Lightning before roaring back to capture the Original Six franchise...
Apr 21, 2024
Airbus workers at Quebec plant reject company's third contract offer
MONTREAL - Unionized workers at an Airbus assembly plant north of Montreal have rejected a contract offer for the third time. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which r...
Apr 21, 2024
Bus carrying Quebec youth baseball players crashes, injuring coach
MONTREAL - A Quebec youth baseball coach was seriously injured after a bus carrying players to a training camp in Florida veered off the road early Saturday morning. Mathieu Adam, who coaches the team...
Apr 21, 2024
Bus carrying Quebec youth baseball players crashes, injuring coach
MONTREAL - A Quebec youth baseball coach was seriously injured after a bus carrying players to a training camp in Florida veered off the road early Saturday morning. Mathieu Adam, who coaches the team...
Apr 21, 2024
Canada stays unbeaten with 8-3 victory over Czechia at mixed doubles curling worlds
STERSUND, Sweden - Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott continued their winning ways with an 8-3 victory over Czechia's Zuzana Paulova and Tomas Paul on Sunday at the world mixed doubles curling championship...
Apr 21, 2024
Ottawa puts up $50M in federal budget to hedge against job-stealing AI
Worried artificial intelligence is coming for your job? So is the federal government - enough, at least, to set aside $50 million for skills retraining for workers. One of the centrepiece promises in ...
Apr 21, 2024
Whale experts confident orca calf will survive, find family if rescue plan succeeds
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The odds of a two-year old killer whale calf surviving in the open ocean on its own and eventually reuniting with family members remain solid if a rescue team manages to free the orca...
Apr 21, 2024
In domestic abuse, strangulation is a 'hidden' predictor of femicide, experts say
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Georgina McGrath says she still has to sleep some nights with the windows open, the cold air in her lungs a reminder that she's far away from the man who used to strangle her. On th...
Apr 21, 2024