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Paralympic alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announces retirement
CALGARY - Decorated para alpine ski champion Mac Marcoux announced his retirement Wednesday, but he isn't done with sport. The 26-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., won six Paralympic medals, inclu...
Feb 07, 2024
In the news for Feb. 7: N.S. health services reduced, Oilers fall to Golden Knights
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Health services still reduced after N.S. snowstorm Nova Scotia Health says non-...
Feb 07, 2024
Former RCMP intelligence official, convicted of breaking secrets law, to be sentenced
OTTAWA - A former RCMP intelligence official is slated to learn his fate today after being convicted of breaching Canada's secrets law. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger is set to hand a ...
Feb 07, 2024
Non-emergency health services disrupted as Nova Scotia snowstorm cleanup continues
Nova Scotia Health says non-emergency services in its Eastern zone will continue to be reduced following a weekend snowstorm. That zone comprises Antigonish and Guysborough counties as well as Cape Br...
Feb 07, 2024
B.C. environmental groups request review of tire chemical linked to salmon deaths
Conservation groups have written to the federal environment minister requesting a review of a chemical used in tires that they say has been linked to the "mass deaths" of coho salmon. Peter Ross, seni...
Feb 07, 2024
'We're not looking for placebo policy': health fix will take time, minister says
OTTAWA - Provincial leaders were frantic about the ailing state of their health care systems last year when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat them down and offered $46.2-billion worth of urgent treatm...
Feb 07, 2024
A bombing at an independent candidate's election office kills 14 in Pakistan ahead of elections
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) - A bomb exploded at an election office of an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held, killing at least 14...
Feb 07, 2024
Blinken to brief Israeli leaders on cease-fire and hostage talks as war in Gaza enters 5th month
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to meet Israeli leaders on Wednesday as Hamas suggested it was open to a new ceasefire and hostage release deal, but both sides r...
Feb 07, 2024
NHL roundup: Stephenson helps Golden Knights snap Oilers 16-game win
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal in the third period, Adin Hill stopped 30 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights ended the Edmonton Oilers' 16-game winning streak with a 3-1 ...
Feb 07, 2024
Golden Knights edge Oilers 3-1 to snap 16-game win streak
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal, Adin Hill stopped 30 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights brought an end to the Edmonton Oilers' 16-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory ...
Feb 07, 2024
