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Former Conservative MP Lisa Raitt to help run race to replace Scheer
OTTAWA - A high-profile Conservative who lost her seat in the last election will help lead the effort to elect a replacement for party Leader Andrew Scheer. The Conservative Party has announced t...
Dec 25, 2019
A look at some of the players to watch at the world junior hockey championship
The 2020 world junior hockey championship starts Thursday in Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the players to watch at this year's under-20 tournament. &nb...
Dec 25, 2019
2019 a year of women in hockey flexing collective muscle for a pro league
The women's hockey landscape didn't just tilt in 2019. It was turned upside down and shaken like a Polaroid picture. From the folding of the Canadian Women's Hockey League to the upending of the estab...
Dec 25, 2019
'If we don't, who is?' Adventurers protect winter playground as climate changes
BANFF, Alta. - Professional adventurer Greg Hill was skiing in Pakistan five years ago, when he got caught in an avalanche and broke his leg. As he healed, he reflected on what legacy he would have le...
Dec 25, 2019
Senator caps lifelong fight by taking aim at Chateau Laurier addition
OTTAWA - A soon-to-be-retired senator has taken his decades-long fight to protect important heritage buildings to "the heart of the nation," where his final act before leaving the Red Chamber for...
Dec 25, 2019
Boeing ousts its CEO after two deadly 737 Max crashes
NEW YORK - Boeing ousted CEO Dennis Muilenburg on Monday with no end in sight to the crisis that has engulfed the vaunted American aircraft manufacturer since the crash of two of its 737 Max airliners...
Dec 25, 2019
Queen Elizabeth II, close family celebrate Christmas
SANDRINGHAM, England - Queen Elizabeth II and her close family celebrated Christmas with a morning service at St. Mary Magdalene Church near her rural retreat at Sandringham in eastern England. It was...
Dec 25, 2019
B.C. solicitor general forecasts better year ahead for cannabis products, revenue
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says it's the best of times for cannabis users in British Columbia, but they could be even better. Since recreational cannabis became legal in Canada in October 2018, ac...
Dec 25, 2019
B.C. solicitor general forecasts better year ahead for cannabis products, revenue
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says it's the best of times for cannabis users in British Columbia, but they could be even better. Since recreational cannabis became legal in Canada in October 2018, ac...
Dec 25, 2019
Saudis sentence 5 people to death for Khashoggi's killing
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, whose grisly slaying in the S...
Dec 25, 2019

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