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MPs who visited West Bank urge action against "constant humiliation" of Palestinians
OTTAWA - MPs returning from a visit to the West Bank argue Canada needs to do more to prevent escalating tensions between Palestinians and Israelis. A group of three NDP and two Liberal MPs spent last...
Jan 21, 2024
Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign Sunday on the eve of the New Hampshire primary and endorsed Donald Trump, ending a White House bid that faile...
Jan 21, 2024
P.A. honours year in sports with annual Sportsman Dinner
Stories and laughs were shared inside the Ches Leach Lounge at the Art Hauser Centre on Saturday night during the annual Kinsmen Sportsman Dinner. In front of a packed house, the community honoured bo...
Jan 21, 2024
Flames forward Dillon Dube on indefinite leave to attend to mental health
Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube has been granted an indefinite leave to attend to his mental health, the team announced Sunday. The 25-year-old from Golden, B.C., is under the care of professionals...
Jan 21, 2024
Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway opening scaled back and delayed to Sunday afternoon
OTTAWA - Skaters eager to hit the ice on Ottawa's iconic Rideau Canal will have to wait a few hours longer and will have a shorter stretch to glide on than previously expected. The National Capital Co...
Jan 21, 2024
Dricus Du Plessis wins middleweight title after gruelling war of attrition at UFC 297
TORONTO - Middleweight champion Sean Strickland and challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis had promised their UFC 297 showdown would be a war. "To the death," crowed Strickland before the fight. I...
Jan 21, 2024
Canada's Dabrowski advances to women's doubles quarters at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe moved on to the women's doubles quarterfinals on Sunday. The duo defeated China's Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Guo 4-6, 6-1...
Jan 21, 2024
Shiffrin gets career win 95 in first World Cup slalom after season-ending injury for rival Vlhova
JASNA, Slovakia (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending career win 95 by triumphing in a women's World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star's main rival sustained a season-...
Jan 21, 2024
German skier Strasser takes Kitzbuehel slalom for 1st win in 2 years. Feller leads season standings
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) - German skier Linus Strasser got down on his knees and kissed the snow on an Austrian slope he has known since he was a child, with his wife Maria and their one-year-old daug...
Jan 21, 2024
RCMP relaxes recreational cannabis use policy for officers
The RCMP has eased its policy on cannabis use by members, saying simply they must be fit for duty when reporting for work. The new substance use policy replaces a 2018 one that required front-line off...
Jan 21, 2024
