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Former Venezuelan oil minister is arrested in connection with corruption probe, authorities say
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela's once powerful oil minister who quit last year has been arrested on allegations of corruption, the government announced Tuesday. The Ministry of Communications rel...
Apr 09, 2024
At least 3 dead and 4 missing in an explosion at hydroelectric plant near Bologna
MILAN (AP) - An explosion Tuesday at a hydroelectric plant in northern Italy killed at least three workers and seriously injured five others, a regional fire chief said. At least four other people wer...
Apr 09, 2024
Women's world junior hockey championship on the distant horizon
UTICA - A women's world junior hockey championship will happen, but is at least five years away, says the International Ice Hockey Federation. Canada and the United States want that timeline shortened...
Apr 09, 2024
Mexican brothers look forward to CPL adventure as owners of York United FC
TORONTO - Ricardo Pasquel survived a Canadian winter. Now the fun really begins The Mexico City native and his two brothers, Eduardo and Miguel, are looking forward to their first season as owners of ...
Apr 09, 2024
Group including John Morris buys Grand Slam of Curling from Sportsnet
TORONTO - A group that includes two-time Olympic gold medal curler John Morris and former NFL player Jared Allen has purchased the Grand Slam of Curling tour from Sportsnet. The Curling Group, a sport...
Apr 09, 2024
Peter Higgs, who proposed existence of Higgs boson particle, has died at 94, university says
LONDON (AP) - Nobel prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs, who proposed the existence of the so-called "God particle" that helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang, has died at age 94, the Un...
Apr 09, 2024
B.C. announces one-time $430 rent relief benefit to low-income seniors
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is granting a one-time $430 benefit to the roughly 20,000 seniors in its support program for elderly low-income renters. B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon sa...
Apr 09, 2024
Freeland doesn't rule out new taxes on wealthy or corporate Canada in upcoming budget
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has ruled out raising taxes on the middle class in the upcoming federal budget - but won't say if corporations or the wealthy are in for the same treatment....
Apr 09, 2024
Alcaraz pulls out of Monte Carlo with forearm injury, was scheduled to face Auger-Aliassime
MONACO (AP) - Two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Tuesday because of a muscle injury to his right forearm. The Wimbledon champion...
Apr 09, 2024
Hockey Canada hires Jaime Boldt as governance adviser
CALGARY - Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that it has hired Jaime Boldt as its first governance adviser. Katherine Henderson, president and chief executive officer of Hockey Canada, said in a release ...
Apr 09, 2024
