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Snow shuts Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley schools as alerts blanket southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - All public schools in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have been closed today, as heavy snow falls across a wide swath of southern British Columbia. Some universities and colleges in ...
Jan 17, 2024
Argos defensive back Stiggers invited to play in East-West Shrine Bowl game
Defensive back Qwan'Tez Stiggers of the Toronto Argonauts has been invited to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl game. Stiggers, 22, was the CFL's top rookie last season. The six-foot, 197-pound Stigge...
Jan 17, 2024
In a league leaning on youngsters, veteran presence still key to NHL success
TORONTO - Steven Stamkos sat four months shy of his 19th birthday. It was October 2008 and the top pick at that June's draft was primed to make his NHL debut. Stamkos had the talent and skill. There w...
Jan 17, 2024
Canada's Henderson hopes to repeat at Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions
Brooke Henderson is eager to get back on the roller-coaster that is an LPGA Tour season. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., will be the only Canadian in the field at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tourna...
Jan 17, 2024
Canada featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain finally gets UFC fight on home soil
TORONTO - Fighting in the UFC has taken Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain to France, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, as well as Rochester and Elmont, N.Y., Newark, N.J. and six t...
Jan 17, 2024
Heavy snow for BC, icy temperatures for Alberta and Ontario, and high winds for NFLD
Heavy snow is expected to fall across wide swaths of southern British Columbia, and parts of southern Alberta, as winter continues to cause havoc from coast to coast. Environment Canada has issued a s...
Jan 17, 2024
Pakistan recalls ambassador to Iran over air strike that killed 2 people
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan recalled its ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday, a day after Iran launched airstrikes on Pakistan that it claimed targeted bases for a militant Sunni separatist group. Islamab...
Jan 17, 2024
Ethics committee set to decide whether to launch probe of Trudeau's recent trip
OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee is set to meet today to discuss whether a probe should be launched over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's recent holiday vacation to Jamaica. Conservative ...
Jan 17, 2024
In the news today: Ethics probe over PM's vacation? Canadians on climate change?
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ethics committee to meet over Trudeau's vacation The House of Commons ethics co...
Jan 17, 2024
Canadians say climate caused a warm December they both enjoyed and worried about
Canadian attitudes toward climate change are about as consistent as Canadian weather, a new poll suggests. Contradictions abound in a Leger online poll of more than 1,500 Canadians conducted earlier t...
Jan 17, 2024

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