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BEIJING - Canada's Mirela Rahneva took home the bronze medal in women's skeleton on Friday as the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup season got underway.

TORONTO - Strength in energy stocks helped lead the way higher for Canada's main stock index Friday, while markets in the U.S. were muted.

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Police say a portion of the Coquihalla Connecter outside West Kelowna, B.C., is closed after a commercial truck carrying chemicals caught fire.

REGINA - Premier Scott Moe says a Saskatchewan Party legislature member has been kicked out of caucus and stripped of his appointments after being charged with obtaining sexual services.

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MONTREAL - Karl Tremblay, the lead singer with one of Quebec's most beloved bands, has died at the age of 47.

Veteran singing trio the Bearhead Sisters was in national spotlight Monday night when they took centre stage at the Oilers game in Edmonton’s Rogers Place arena, singing their hearts out to a special rendition of the Canadian national anthem while holding keffiyeh in solidarity with Palestine.

The Manning panel reports that of all government decisions the one with the most impact will likely prove to be the closure of schools.

BEIJING (AP) — A fire burned in a coal company building Thursday in a northern Chinese city, killing 25 people and injuring a few dozen more.

BATHURST, N.B. - Yoan Loshing scored a hat trick for the Moncton Wildcats in a 7-4 win over the host Acadie-Bathurst Titan in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's lone game Wednesday.