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Ackerman, Sturmay rolling at Tournament of Hearts
Thirty-four years have passed since the last time an all-rookie team won the Canadian women's curling championship.So 22-year-old Skylar Ackerman and her unbeaten team of Saskatchewan first-timers mig...
Feb 19, 2024
Italian PM Meloni to visit Canada less than a year after spat over LGBTQ+ issues
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, will visit Canada next month. Meloni is set to visit Toronto on March 2 in her first visit since she was e...
Feb 19, 2024
Roy Hodgson, 76, leaves Crystal Palace days after falling ill during training session
LONDON (AP) - Roy Hodgson is stepping down as manager of Crystal Palace, the Premier League team said Monday. The 76-year-old former England coach was hospitalized last week after falling ill during a...
Feb 19, 2024
Nets fire coach Jacque Vaughn with team in 11th place at the All-Star break
NEW YORK - The Brooklyn Nets fired Jacque Vaughn on Monday after ending a disappointing first half of the season with a 50-point loss in Boston in their final game before the All-Star break. About a y...
Feb 19, 2024
Woman dead, man arrested as police probe killing east of Montreal
SAINT-BASILE-LE-GRAND, Que. - Police say a 51-year-old woman is dead after she was allegedly attacked in a house in St-Basile-le-Grand, Que., just east of Montreal. The Richelieu-St-Laurent police for...
Feb 19, 2024
Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in the territory since the start of the Israel-Hamas war. The ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza said on M...
Feb 19, 2024
N.S. man's letters indicate suicide risk as short-staffed jail kept inmates in cells
HALIFAX - For days on end, Richard Murray barely left his jail cell, trapped by staffing shortages that forced officials to lock down inmates. "This is total cruelty and I only exist in these four wal...
Feb 19, 2024
In the news today: Ukraine working to rebuild as war with Russia nears two year mark
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Ukrainians struggling to rebuild amid ongoing war As Ukraine nears a grim anniv...
Feb 19, 2024
Top UN court opens hearings into Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state.
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Six days of hearings opened on Monday at the top United Nations court into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state. Foreign Af...
Feb 19, 2024
Toronto family who unknowingly employed war criminal fears nothing has changed
OTTAWA - Almost 30 years ago, Gail Bocknek turned on the evening news and watched dumbfounded as a man who had worked for her family for decades was identified as a Nazi war criminal. Bocknek, the dau...
Feb 19, 2024
