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Girls hockey school experiences surge in popularity
The 2024 All Girls Hockey School held over the weekend at Jonas Roberts Memorial Community Centre (JRMCC) had more participants than ever before. In total, 106 female athletes took part in the two-day...
Dec 11, 2024
UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved resolutions Wednesday demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and backing the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that Israel ...
Dec 11, 2024
Calgary Stampeders sign Parades to extension, restructure Adams's contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders re-signed veteran kicker Rene Parades on Wednesday while also restructuring quarterback Vernon Adams Jr.'s deal. Calgary signed Parades to a two-year contract extensio...
Dec 11, 2024
Hannah Kobayashi, missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, is found safe
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search and a missing persons investigation in Los Angeles, has been found safe, police said Wednesd...
Dec 11, 2024
House approves $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Wednesday passed a $895 billion measure that authorizes a 1% increase in defense spending this fiscal year and would give a double-digit pay raise to about half of the e...
Dec 11, 2024
'Satisfying victory': Toronto man wins world Excel spreadsheet championships in Vegas
A Toronto man who excelled to secure the title of a global spreadsheet champion last week calls his unusual achievement a "satisfying victory." Michael Jarman won the Microsoft Excel World Championshi...
Dec 11, 2024
Canadian Kurtis Rourke leads upstart Hoosiers into U.S. college football playoffs
The last six years have landed Canadian Kurtis Rourke firmly in the U.S. college football limelight. The 24-year-old Oakville, Ont., native will lead the upstart Indiana Hoosiers (11-1) into South Ben...
Dec 11, 2024
Nipawin Council agrees to chip in to cover final Heliport invoices
The Town of Nipawin will be kicking in a little more money toward the Heliport project to get over the final hurdle - at least temporarily. The Heliport, an initiative of the Twin Lakes District Plann...
Dec 11, 2024
Public inquiry called into conduct of Vancouver police in Myles Gray's beating death
VICTORIA - A public hearing will be held to examine the conduct of seven Vancouver police officers in the beating death of Myles Gray, with Police Complaint Commissioner Prabhu Rajan saying there is "...
Dec 11, 2024
Lawyer for Abdelrazik accuses former minister of exiling him through passport denial
OTTAWA - A lawyer for Abousfian Abdelrazik has accused former foreign minister Lawrence Cannon of exiling the Montreal man by denying him a passport to return to Canada. Cannon told a Federal Court he...
Dec 11, 2024