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Halifax Mooseheads rolling behind powerhouse offence led by Doucet and Dumais
Alexandre Doucet had conflicting emotions when he learned he was being traded to the Mooseheads. He was happy to join Halifax but sad to be leaving the Val-d'Or Foreurs, where he had been since 2018. ...
Jan 05, 2023
Hockey fans say world juniors are a success despite recent scandals
HALIFAX - Capping off a year that saw Hockey Canada mired in scandal over its handling of sexual assault allegations, the world junior hockey championship in Halifax and Moncton, N.B., opened last mon...
Jan 05, 2023
As parents celebrate lower child-care fees, will provinces keep up with demand?
OTTAWA - Nour Alideeb and her partner are trying to decide what to do with the hundreds of dollars they're now saving on child care for their two-year-old son. Parents are seeing their child-care fees...
Jan 05, 2023
Rule requiring negative COVID test before Chinese flights takes effect
VANCOUVER - Airline passengers leaving China, Hong Kong and Macau will have to provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 test when they enter Canada starting today. The Canadian government announced las...
Jan 05, 2023
A year after Canada banned conversion therapy, Ottawa says no criminal charges laid
OTTAWA - Gemma Hickey says when they were in their teens, they went to a faith-based conversion therapy practitioner who had them pray and read literature to try to make them heterosexual. "When I was...
Jan 05, 2023
Thousands pour into St. Peter's for funeral of Benedict XVI
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Mourners poured into St. Peter's Square early Thursday for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to pay their final respects to the German theologian who made history by retiri...
Jan 05, 2023
8 found fatally shot in Utah home, including 5 children
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Eight family members, five of them children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home Wednesday, according to authorities who did not provide more details or a...
Jan 05, 2023
8 found fatally shot in Utah home, including 5 children
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Eight family members, five of them children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern Utah home Wednesday, according to authorities who did not provide more details or a...
Jan 05, 2023
Ritchie extends point streak, Buenaventura stands tall as Hitmen outlast Raiders
PRINCE ALBERT, SK - Ryder Ritchie extended his point streak to six games on Wednesday night, but one goal wasn't enough for PA where the Calgary Hitmen won 3-1 at the Art Hauser Centre. The loss is th...
Jan 04, 2023
Going for gold: Canada beats U.S. to advance to fourth straight world junior final
Canada is off to the final at the 2023 world junior hockey championship - the fourth straight time the country has reached the tournament's gold-medal game.The defending champions scored six straight ...
Jan 04, 2023
