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Woman airlifted to hospital after car crash in Mission, B.C., says RCMP
VANCOUVER - Mounties say officers are investigating a crash that occurred on Boxing Day in Mission, B.C. after a female had been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. Mission RCMP says in a sta...
Dec 26, 2024
India alleges widespread trafficking of international students through Canada to U.S.
OTTAWA - Indian law enforcement agencies say they are investigating alleged links between dozens of colleges in Canada and two "entities" in Mumbai accused of illegally ferrying students across the Ca...
Dec 26, 2024
Sandin Pellikka has hat trick as Sweden starts world juniors with rout of Slovakia
OTTAWA - Defenceman Axel Sandin Pellikka scored a natural hat trick as Sweden kicked off the 2025 world junior hockey championship with a 5-2 rout of Slovakia on Thursday. Sandin Pellikka, a Detroit R...
Dec 26, 2024
Organizers say two sailors have died in Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid wild weather conditions
SYDNEY (AP) - Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retire...
Dec 26, 2024
Organizers say two sailors have died in Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid wild weather conditions
SYDNEY (AP) - Organizers said Friday that two Sydney to Hobart sailors have died at sea amid wild weather conditions that forced line honors favorite Master Lock Comanche to withdraw among mass retire...
Dec 26, 2024
Boxing Day shoppers take advantage of tax holiday amid cost of living crisis
TORONTO - Shoppers flocked to malls on Thursday to take advantage of Boxing Day deals made more enticing by the federal government's GST holiday, but some say the lower prices aren't enough to keep up...
Dec 26, 2024
Trump again calls to buy Greenland after eyeing Canada and the Panama Canal
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.The president-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for th...
Dec 26, 2024
Israeli attorney general orders probe into report that alleged Netanyahu's wife harassed opponents
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the ...
Dec 26, 2024
Strong winds and heavy rain continue in B.C.'s south coast on Boxing Day
VANCOUVER - Hundreds of people in British Columbia remain without power on Boxing Day as strong winds and heavy rains continue to hammer B.C.'s south coast. BC Hydro says around 1,600 customers were w...
Dec 26, 2024
Former NFL star Mayes pulling for Panthers' Hubbard to break his NFL rushing mark
Long the standard by which Canadian running backs are measured in the NFL, Rueben Mayes is hoping Chuba Hubbard can set that bar even higher. In 1986, Mayes became the first Canadian to rush for over ...
Dec 26, 2024
