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Colder Quebec winter gives ice fishing aficionados reason to celebrate
MONTREAL - Olivier Soumis's green canvas tent sits in the middle of the frozen St. Lawrence River, providing a stark pop of colour against the muted tones of the snow and the open water in the distanc...
Feb 16, 2025
Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won't visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border
OTTAWA - Canada's leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organization is boycotting travel to the U.S. - and won't attend an upcoming United Nations event - in response to concerns about how their members might be t...
Feb 16, 2025
Internal report urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a 'crisis' at border
OTTAWA - An internal government report warned a year ago that allowing "the trend of negative rhetoric" about the security of the Canada-U.S. border could lead to a thickening of the 49th parallel, ad...
Feb 16, 2025
Invictus Games to wrap up with closing ceremony in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Invictus Games wrap up in Vancouver today with a closing ceremony that will include Canadian band Barenaked Ladies, singer-songwriter Jelly Roll and duo The War And Treaty. The ceremon...
Feb 16, 2025
Austrian official says the suspect in the fatal stabbing attack had an 'Islamic terror motive'
VIENNA (AP) - Austrian authorities say they have classified the deadly stabbing attack in a southern city as an "Islamic terror incident." The suspect, a 23-year-old Syrian man, stabbed six passersby ...
Feb 16, 2025
North Stars can’t hold on after late surge from Broncos
Despite coming out to a strong start, the Battlefords North Stars couldn't hold on last night at the Elgar Petersen Arena and ended up losing 5-3 to the Humboldt Broncos in their eighth and final meet...
Feb 16, 2025
Chinese skier Fanghui wins in Calgary, finishes tied for Crystal Globe with Atkin
CALGARY - The race to win the women's freestyle ski halfpipe Crystal Globe went down to the wire on Saturday night at WinSport's Canada Olympic Park. With defending champion Eileen Gu not competing in...
Feb 15, 2025
Updated: Multiple stabbing incident on Big River First Nation
Update 10:49 p.m. - RCMP are trying to determine if three separate stabbing incidents that took place on Big River First Nation Saturday are random in nature. Two victims have been transported to hosp...
Feb 15, 2025
Canada, U.S. drop the gloves in fight-filled start to 4 Nations matchup
MONTREAL - Canada's game against the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off started with plenty of fireworks Saturday. After the Bell Centre crowd once again lustily booed the American national anthe...
Feb 15, 2025
Fans again boo U.S. anthem before spirited rendition of 'O Canada' at 4 Nations
MONTREAL - Hockey fans loudly booed the American national anthem before passionately singing "O Canada" ahead of Saturday night's showdown between Canada and the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Of...
Feb 15, 2025