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Canadian-led NATO training mission in Iraq suspended amid security concerns
Canada's defence minister says a Canadian-led NATO training mission in Iraq has been temporarily suspended in the wake of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.Harjit Sajjan confirmed a stat...
Jan 04, 2020 Minister of National Defence Harjit Sajjan takes part in a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. NATO says it has suspended a training mission for soldiers in the Iraqi army in the wake of the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. (Sean Kilpatrick / The Canadian Press)
The Queen in new photo portrait with 3 heirs to throne
LONDON - The Queen has marked the start of the decade with a new formal photograph of her and the first three heirs to the throne: son Prince Charles, grandson Prince William and great-grandson P...
Jan 04, 2020
Staal scores in overtime to give Wild 3-2 win over Jets
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Eric Staal poked home a rebound after a scramble in front of the Winnipeg goal on Saturday, sending the Minnesota Wild past the Jets 3-2 in overtime. Marcus Foligno and Luke Kunin al...
Jan 04, 2020
Canada downs Finland in world junior semis to set up gold-medal game with Russia
Canada was looking for payback.The national team got it, and then some, in a dominant wire-to-wire performance Saturday at the world junior hockey championship.The Canadians scored three times before ...
Jan 04, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
Play underway at girls hockey tournament in P.A.
Teams from all over Saskatchewan are in Prince Albert this weekend.The 20th annual Prince Albert Female Hockey Tournament is on from Friday to Sunday. The tournament, hosted by P.A. Minor Hockey, feat...
Jan 04, 2020 The Bantam AA P.A. Lehner Electric Foxes, wearing orange and black, have been enjoying a strong tournament so far. (Submitted/Carey Lehner)
Oilers surge past Bruins for 4-1 victory
BOSTON - Darnell Nurse and Gaetan Haas each had a second-period goal off a poor Boston play, Connor McDavid added an insurance score in the third after being stopped twice by Jaroslav Halak and the Ed...
Jan 04, 2020
Canada downs Finland in world junior semis to set up gold-medal game with Russia
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Canada was looking for payback. The national team got it, and then some, in a dominant wire-to-wire performance Saturday at the world junior hockey champi...
Jan 04, 2020
Yankees' Germán suspended 81 games for domestic violence
NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Domingo Germn will miss the first 63 games of the 2020 season as part of an 81-game ban for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. The league announced ...
Jan 04, 2020
Police looking for suspect in armed robbery
At 1:00 a.m. on Saturday morning Battlefords RCMP received a complaint of an armed robbery at a business on the 1700 block of 100th St. A lone man entered the business brandishing a weapon, threatened...
Jan 04, 2020 Police are asking for help identifying this man. (submitted/RCMP)
Mounties defend social-media profiling after assembling portrait of activist
OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its practice of profiling people by scouring their social-media postings, saying the police force lawfully obtains information with the aim of protecting Canad...
Jan 04, 2020