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Charge’s Carla MacLeod navigates desire to coach and need for cancer treatment
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
OTTAWA — Carla MacLeod says it won’t be easy reconciling her desire to coach hockey with her need for breast cancer treatment. The coach of the PWHL’s Ottawa Charge and a two-time Olympic gold medallist for Canada feels she has the support of the hockey community in both. MacLeod is optimistic she’ll continue coaching the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texans’ defense shines in 20-16 win over Colts as Stroud returns
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans got quarterback C.J. Stroud back after a three-game absence Sunday. While Stroud was strong in his return from a concussion, it was the top-rated defense that continued to carry the team in a 20-16 win over the Indianapolis Colts. Houston became the first team this season to limit the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Can the Philadelphia 76ers ever contend again with aging, injured Embiid, George on the roster?
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey tried to cheer himself up after a 76ers’ double-overtime loss by planning a night of gaming. Before he left the locker room, Maxey shared a few stories with teammate Jared McCain of what it’s like playing against Golden State’s Stephen Curry. McCain’s rookie season was cut short because of injury ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Marc Miller named new culture minister
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Marc Miller, a former federal minister who represents a Montreal riding, as the new minister of culture and identity. Miller replaces Steven Guilbeault, who quit cabinet on Thursday to protest Ottawa’s new pact with Alberta on a proposed pipeline. Government Transformation Minister Joël Lightbound will become Carney’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colts cornerback Sauce Gardner avoids Achilles tendon injury, but will miss time with sore calf
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts coach Shane Steichen said Monday that starting cornerback Sauce Gardner is expected to miss “some time” after injuring his left calf during Sunday’s 20-16 loss to the Houston Texans but that Gardner avoided hurting his Achilles tendon. Steichen didn’t provide details on how much time the two-time All-Pro might miss ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exemptions for ADHD drugs in MLB drop to record-low 54, down from 119 in 2013
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — A record low 54 major league players were given permission to use medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, down from 61 last year and 119 in 2013. The total was revealed Monday in the annual report of Thomas M. Martin, the independent program administrator of the drug program for Major League ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No dog days for Bears; they’re rolling with NFC lead
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
CHICAGO (AP) — Ben Johnson pulled off his shirt and flexed like a body builder as players screamed and chanted in the locker room after the Chicago Bears beat the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. The viral celebration sure turned some heads. The coach’s young daughter even had something to say about it. “My ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. community holds vigil to mourn deaths, losses in deadly Hong Kong fire
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
VANCOUVER — A makeshift memorial dedicated to the victims of one of Hong Kong’s deadliest fires drew hundreds of people in downtown Vancouver before it was removed. The front steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery were filled with tea lights and bouquets of white flowers as mourners lined up for hours to remember and pay ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Activists, politicians mark World AIDS Day calling for criminal law reform
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
OTTAWA — AIDS activists are calling on the Liberals to stick with a Trudeau government promise to reform the laws on HIV disclosure, and to get Canada’s efforts to end the pandemic back on track. The HIV Legal Network says Canada’s stalled progress on preventing new HIV cases — especially among Indigenous people in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal to open 500 new spaces in warming shelters for unhoused people
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
MONTREAL — The mayor of Montreal says the city’s homelessness crisis is “more serious than ever” and addressing it is her top priority. “The crisis that we have in our hands right now in Montreal has never been seen before,” Soraya Martinez Ferrada told reporters at city hall on Monday. “If you talk to community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A very royal Christmas. King Charles III’s charity auctions stockings made from Sandringham drapes
By Canadian Press on December 1st, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Searching for a gift for that special royal watcher in your life? How about a Christmas stocking made from the drapes of King Charles III’s Sandringham estate and hand-stitched by a sewing circle at Dumfries House in Scotland, where the king’s charitable foundation works to preserve traditional skills and crafts? Deftly tugging ... Read More »
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