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Trump's new energy council could mean trade opportunity for Canada: experts
WASHINGTON - As Donald Trump builds his new energy-focused administration, experts say it could open opportunities for Canada to expand the two countries' long-standing partnership amid threats of wid...
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Canada earns five speedskating medals at Four Continents championships
HACHINOHE - Ivanie Blondin led the way in a five-medal day for Canada at the Four Continents speedskating championships on Sunday. The Ottawa native won gold in the women's mass start with a time of n...
13h ago
Jets' Pionk fined by NHL for clipping Panthers' Boqvist in loss
NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets defenceman Neal Pionk has been fined US$5,000 by the NHL for clipping Florida Panthers forward Jesper Boqvist. The offence took place at 14:36 of the third period in Winnipeg'...
14h ago
Canada's Stellato-Dudek, Deschamps win pairs event at figure skating Grand Prix
HELSINKI - Canada's Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps have topped the podium in the pairs event in Grand Prix figure skating action. The reigning world champions finished with a total of 207....
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Quebec police no longer looking for second person after fatal house fire in Beauce
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they're no longer looking for a second person following a fatal Friday night house fire in the Beauce region southeast of Quebec City. Police had originally sai...
14h ago
"A pretty cool idea': Documentary series to follow Straschnitzki's basketball dreams
CALGARY - Former Humboldt Bronco hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki has an entourage these days -- complete with cameras and microphones -- now that he's changed his path to the Paralympics from the ice...
18h ago
Hezbollah's main spokesman killed in Israeli strike in central Beirut, official says
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - A Hezbollah official says the militant group's main spokesman has been killed in an Israeli strike in central Beirut. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because ...
18h ago
Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Zach Churchill's passion for politics started early
HALIFAX - Zach Churchill freely admits he's a career politician. The leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal party - first elected to the legislature when he was 26 - makes no apologies for dedicating his w...
20h ago
Parliament on the road to an unprecedented confidence crisis, but there are off-ramps
OTTAWA - If no political party is willing to say uncle, the drawn-out stalemate in the House of Commons is heading for an unprecedented situation that could amount to a tacit lack of confidence in the...
20h ago
Trudeau heads to G20 in Brazil as Canada crafts approach to emerging countries
LIMA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave Peru this morning for the G20 summit in Brazil as Ottawa seeks its place in a rift between the United States and booming economies in the developin...
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