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Carney says Canadian values key to maintaining sovereignty as authoritarianism rises
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
QUÉBEC — Staying true to Canada’s core values will be key to maintaining its sovereignty, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. In a speech to kick off the cabinet retreat in Quebec City, Carney said Canada was created by people of different backgrounds coming together to build a nation on the principles of multiculturalism and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parents of Canadian held in Syria urge Ottawa to act as prisoners are sent to Iraq
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian man detained in northeastern Syria says he risks going from “one legal black hole into another” as prisoners in the strife-torn region are transferred to Iraq. Sally Lane has been calling on Ottawa for years to facilitate the release of her son Jack Letts from a Syrian prison. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Runnalls leads Canada’s biathlon team into 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
CANMORE — Seven of eight athletes on Canada’s biathlon team will make their Olympic debuts at the Milan Cortina Winter Games. The athletes announced Thursday by Biathlon Canada will race Feb. 8-21 at the Ansterselva Biathlon Arena, which is 65 kilometres north of Cortina near the Austrian border. Calgary’s Adam Runnalls is the lone biathlete ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cowboys are close to hiring Philadelphia’s Christian Parker as defensive coordinator, AP sources say
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
The Dallas Cowboys are close to an agreement to hire Philadelphia passing game coordinator Christian Parker as their defensive coordinator, two people with knowledge of the plan said Thursday. Parker interviewed in person on Wednesday. The sides were finalizing the contract a day later, the people told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tommy Rees joins Falcons as offensive coordinator, reuniting with coach Kevin Stefanski
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
The Atlanta Falcons have named Tommy Rees offensive coordinator, the team announced Thursday. It’ll be a reunion for Rees and newly-appointed Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski. Rees worked under Stefanski for two years in Cleveland. He was initially brought on as tight ends coach and pass game specialist in 2024 before being promoted to offensive coordinator ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grondin, O’Dine among 13 snowboarders named to Canada’s Olympic roster
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
TORONTO — Olympic medallists Éliot Grondin and Meryeta O’Dine headline Canada’s snowboard cross team for the Milan Cortina Games. Canada Snowboard and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the 13 snowboard cross, half pipe and parallel giant slalom athletes heading to the Games in a joint release Thursday. Grondin, the reigning men’s snowboard cross world champion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elizabeth Hurley describes ‘monstrous’ privacy invasion by Daily Mail in British media hacking case
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
LONDON (AP) — Elizabeth Hurley accused the publisher of the Daily Mail on Thursday of tapping her phones, putting microphones outside her windows and stealing her medical records among “other monstrous, staggering things” during testimony in a celebrity-studded privacy invasion lawsuit. “The best way I can describe it is like there is someone peeping into ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Heated Rivalry’ stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to be torchbearers for Winter Olympics
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
MILAN (AP) — The actors co-starring in the hit hockey romance TV series “Heated Rivalry” are set to be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame on the way to the Opening Ceremony for the Milan Cortina Games. The organizing committee announced Thursday that Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie will take part in the torch ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer for fired Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore seeks to have the charges dismissed
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A lawyer for fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore said Thursday she’s seeking to have home invasion and other charges against him dismissed. Authorities say Moore entered a woman’s apartment on Dec. 10 and blamed her for him losing his job that day, then grabbed butter knives and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!ACC men, UConn women among college hoops games affected by approaching winter storm
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
College basketball games across a wide swath of the country are being reshuffled because of an approaching major winter storm. The storm that meteorologists say could rival the damage of a major hurricane is expected to bring snow, ice and frigid temperatures from New Mexico to New England starting Friday. Forecasters warn the weather system ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ryan Coogler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rose Byrne, Diane Warren react to Oscar nominations
By Canadian Press on January 22nd, 2026
Director Ryan Coogler spoke about writing the blues-infused vampire film “Sinners,” nominated for a record 16 Oscars, for his late uncle. Rose Byrne, who learned of her best actress nomination in the middle of the night in Australia, talked about the intensive experience of fine-tuning her turbulent character during a five-week rehearsal process. Leonardo DiCaprio ... Read More »
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