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Government debt expected to rise above $2 trillion in 2023
By Brett LubkiwskiCanada's federal-provincial government debt is projected to reach more than $2 trillion in 2023, according to a recent study.According to the study by the Fraser Institute, a Canadia...
Jan 14, 2023
Kaillie Humphries wins World Cup monobob gold, Canada's Appiah third
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) - Kaillie Humphries won a World Cup women's monobob race for the 100th medal of her career in major international competition and Canada's Cynthia Appiah took bronze. Humphries...
Jan 14, 2023
Kilde dominates World Cup downhill in big win over Odermatt
WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) - The dominant men's downhill racer is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde - clearly. Kilde won Switzerland's marquee World Cup race Saturday by a big margin for his fourth win in six dow...
Jan 14, 2023
Federica Brignone wins World Cup super-G; Shiffrin sits out
ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) - Federica Brignone won a World Cup super-G on Saturday for the 2020 overall champion's first victory this season in a race that American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin skipped. Bri...
Jan 14, 2023
Albertans who regularly visit Moraine Lake say move to restrict vehicles was overdue
Some Albertans who regularly bike, climb, hike or take photographs at Moraine Lake in Banff National Park say a decision by Parks Canada to restrict personal vehicles on its access road was long overd...
Jan 14, 2023
Sebov's lengthy struggles pave way to berth in first Grand Slam
MELBOURNE, Australia - It's been a long, solitary road for Katherine Sebov of Woodbridge, Ont., who has been toiling in anonymity at the lower levels of tennis for years, trying to break through. On F...
Jan 14, 2023
Academic troubled by MPs' refusal to share newsletters with researchers
OTTAWA - While MPs send out newsletters to get the public's attention, many of them are refusing to share these taxpayer-funded mailouts with academics for research purposes. "The secrecy (with which)...
Jan 14, 2023
'Gift for all': Nunavut TV channel looks be in the homes of every Canadian
OTTAWA - As a little girl in the early '80s, Lucy Tulugarjuk said she would spend most of her time playing outside instead of in front of a screen. Her family and friends in Igloolik, Nvt., did not ow...
Jan 14, 2023
Premiers demand bail reform in letter to Trudeau after killing of OPP officer
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are unanimously urging Ottawa to take "immediate action" to strengthen the country's bail system. The premiers from all 13 provinces and territories signed a letter to Prime...
Jan 14, 2023
China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths
BEIJING (AP) - China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December following complaints the government was failing to release data about the status of the p...
Jan 14, 2023