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Canada rugby women advance to Cup quarterfinals of Emirates Dubai 7s
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - Canada's women won two of three games Saturday to advance to the Cup quarterfinals of the Emirates Dubai 7s. The tournament is the season kickoff of the rebranded HS...
Dec 02, 2023
Beaver Creek men's World Cup downhill canceled for the second consecutive day
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (AP) - Snowfall and heavy wind caused the cancellation of a men's World Cup downhill race on Saturday, the second day in a row an event was called off at the Birds of Prey course. ...
Dec 02, 2023
Montreal's Alex Newhook out for 10-12 weeks due to ankle injury
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say Alex Newhook will be out for 10 to 12 weeks due to a high ankle sprain. Newhook appeared to sustain the injury during Thursday's game against the Florida Panthers...
Dec 02, 2023
Hoopla expected to hit new heights as Sinclair's farewell game in Vancouver nears
LANGFORD, B.C. - One down and one to go. Canada's lopsided 5-0 win over an experimental Australia side in the rain Friday at Starlight Stadium and the hoopla surrounding it provided a taste of what is...
Dec 02, 2023
At first-ever health day at UN climate summit, Canadian doctors push for action
TORONTO - As global leaders prepare to meet for the first dedicated health day at a UN climate summit, Canadian doctors plan to use the platform to push for a new federal office dedicated to addressin...
Dec 02, 2023
At UN Climate talks, oil companies pledge to combat methane; Environmentalists call it "smokescreen"
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 20...
Dec 02, 2023
Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says fatalities surpassed 15,200, 70% of them women and children
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Health Ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said the death toll has surpassed 15,200 and that 70% of those killed were women and children. The figure was announced Saturday by...
Dec 02, 2023
Amid housing crisis, decrepit N.L. jail seen as preferable to living on the street
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Michael Keough has to pause in the middle of his phone call from Newfoundland and Labrador's largest jail to cough and wipe his eyes - there's black mould on the wall where the phon...
Dec 02, 2023
Thousands of trees will be felled in Vancouver's Stanley Park due to moth infestation
VANCOUVER - The quiet of Stanley Park's forests has been splintered as chainsaws roar in a multi-year project to remove about one quarter of the trees that make up what's considered a Vancouver jewel....
Dec 02, 2023
Thousands of trees will be felled in Vancouver's Stanley Park due to moth infestation
VANCOUVER - The quiet of Stanley Park's forests has been splintered as chainsaws roar in a multi-year project to remove about one quarter of the trees that make up what's considered a Vancouver jewel....
Dec 02, 2023
