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Quebec Gémeaux screen awards to revive separate acting categories for men and women
MONTREAL - Canada's top award for French-language television is bringing back separate divisions for male and female actors one year after introducing gender-neutral categories. The Gmeaux awards drop...
Jan 11, 2024

Cold warnings cover much of the West, chilling even the sturdiest Canadians
VANCOUVER - Ski resorts are closed because of extreme cold, teachers are impressing students by instantly freezing boiling water, and it's even too cold for a zoo penguin walk. Extreme cold has moved ...
Jan 11, 2024

Canadiens acquire forward Filip Cederqvist in trade with Sabres
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have acquired forward Filip Cederqvist from the Buffalo Sabres for future considerations, the NHL club said Thursday. The 23-year-old left-winger from Skara, Sweden, ...
Jan 11, 2024

Meta offers Canadian Facebook users $51M to settle lawsuit in 4 provinces
VANCOUVER - Meta is offering $51 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in four Canadian provinces over the use of some users' images in Facebook advertising. The legal action filed by a B.C. woman ...
Jan 11, 2024

Marcel Desjardins returns to Montreal Alouettes front office
MONTREAL - Marcel Desjardins is back in the Montreal Alouettes front office. The Alouettes announced Thursday that Desjardins, 57, of Burlington, Ont., was returning to the CFL club as a special assis...
Jan 11, 2024

Quick Quotes: Canadians react to death of former NDP Leader Broadbent
OTTAWA - Politicians, public institutions and unions are sharing condolences and fond memories of Ed Broadbent, the former leader of the New Democrats, who died at the age of 87. Here are some of the ...
Jan 11, 2024

Kingsbury looking forward to a hero's welcome at World Cup event at Val Saint-Come
Mikael Kingsbury is looking forward to being the good guy for at least one weekend. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagne, Que., has won 83 World Cups, the most ever for any moguls skier, and is used to sendi...
Jan 11, 2024

GM Kevin Cheveldayoff says Jets' success is rooted in Prairie pride
WINNIPEG - Kevin Cheveldayoff's pride in how well the Winnipeg Jets are playing comes from different perspectives - as the team's general manager, as a hockey fan and as a Canadian who knows all about...
Jan 11, 2024

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to federal tax charges after an earlier deal imploded
LOS ANGELES (AP) - President Joe Biden's son pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal tax charges filed after the collapse of a plea deal that could have spared him the spectacle of a criminal trial dur...
Jan 11, 2024

North Battleford Fire Department reports better year in 2023, structure fires down
While 2022 was a very hectic year for the North Battleford Fire Department when it came to structure fires, 2023 saw much better numbers.Fire Chief Lindsay Holm, who's also the City's Director of Prot...
Jan 11, 2024