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Lake Placid working with Italian officials as a backup sliding site for 2026 Winter Games
Lake Placid, N.Y., would play host to bobsled, luge and skeleton events for the 2026 Olympics if a track currently being rebuilt in Italy isn't finished in time for the Milan-Cortina Games, officials ...
Dec 11, 2024
Old friends Conners and Henderson reunite at Grant Thornton Invitational
Old friends Corey Conners and Brooke Henderson usually have to keep tabs on each other from afar, but this week they'll get to see one another up close. Conners and Henderson will team up once again a...
Dec 11, 2024
MAID cases rose to 15,000 in 2023, but growth of cases halved
OTTAWA - More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Health Canada says in its fifth annua...
Dec 11, 2024
B.C. semi driver hits four cars, now faces drunk driving charges: police
PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. - Police are recommending criminal charges of impaired driving against the driver of a semi truck that hit four vehicles in a Metro Vancouver city. A statement from BC Highway Pat...
Dec 11, 2024
Toronto Raptors sign Canadian guard AJ Lawson to two-way contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed guard AJ Lawson to a two-way contract, the NBA team announced Wednesday. The six-foot-six, 185-pound guard from Toronto averaged 24.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2....
Dec 11, 2024
Elon Musk calls Trudeau 'insufferable' after remark on Kamala Harris defeat
OTTAWA - Billionaire Elon Musk called Canada's prime minister an "insufferable tool" on his social media platform today. Musk's comments were in response to Justin Trudeau likening Kamala Harris's def...
Dec 11, 2024
Handful of highway projects remain unfinished in the area
Five highway projects in the Greater Vernon area remain unfinished.A report to Vernon City Council Monday, Dec. 9, stated there were a handful of outstanding projects from the Ministry of Transportati...
Dec 11, 2024
UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel ...
Dec 11, 2024
Calgary Stampeders sign Parades to extension, restructure Adams's contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders re-signed veteran kicker Rene Parades on Wednesday while also restructuring quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.'s deal. Calgary signed Parades to a two-year contract extensio...
Dec 11, 2024
Quebec police arrest five men in connection with three killings in 2023, 2024
MONTREAL - Quebec police say they've arrested five men in connection with three killings over the last 18 months in Montreal and in a suburb just east of the city. Montreal police and Quebec provincia...
Dec 11, 2024
