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Friends, family pay heartfelt tribute as Brian Mulroney remembered in Montreal
Members of the Canadian establishment gathered Saturday to laud Brian Mulroney as a loyal architect of modern-day Canada, one whose love of life and family transcended the rough-and-tumble world of pa...
Mar 23, 2024
Clutterbuck, Barzal help Islanders end skid, defeat Jets 6-3
NEW YORK (AP) - Cal Clutterbuck scored twice, Mathew Barzal and Hudson Fasching each had a goal and two assists and the New York Islanders snapped a six-game losing streak with a 6-3 win against the W...
Mar 23, 2024
Longtime Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94
BALTIMORE (AP) - Peter Angelos, owner of a Baltimore Orioles team that endured long losing stretches and shrewd proprietor of a law firm that won high-profile cases against industry titans, died Satur...
Mar 23, 2024
What people are saying about former prime minister Brian Mulroney at his funeral
OTTAWA - Family members, friends, political dignitaries and celebrities packed Montreal's storied Notre Dame Basilica on Saturday for the funeral of Brian Mulroney. The former prime minister died Feb....
Mar 23, 2024
Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of...
Mar 23, 2024
Members of the public brave snowfall, frigid temperatures to honour Brian Mulroney
MONTREAL - A handful of mourners gathered outside the security barrier surrounding Old Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica this morning, braving snow and frigid temperatures to pay respects to Brian Mulron...
Mar 23, 2024
Witness heard sputtering from Ontario family's plane before Nashville crash: report
A preliminary report from U.S. authorities probing a plane crash in Tennessee that killed a family of five from Ontario said one witness heard "sputtering" and "popping" sounds from the aircraft's eng...
Mar 23, 2024
Canadian Thompson captures World Cup women's skicross race, overall crown
IDRE FJLL, Sweden - Another year, another women's skicross World Cup title for Canadian Marielle Thompson. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., earned her sixth victory of the World Cup season Saturday. She d...
Mar 23, 2024
Russia detains 11 people following attack that killed at least 115, Putin suggests Ukraine involvement
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that authorities have detained 11 people in the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 115 people and left the sprawling venue a s...
Mar 23, 2024
VIPs, dignitaries gather in Montreal to bid farewell to former PM Brian Mulroney
The church bell of Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica began the first of 84 tolls Saturday, signalling the beginning of a funeral procession for former prime minister Brian Mulroney - one resounding chime...
Mar 23, 2024