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OTTAWA - The National Capital Commission says Ottawa's Rideau Canal Skateway, the world's largest outdoor skating rink, will not open this season due to warm temperatures.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - B.C.'s Clancy Grandy and Nova Scotia's Christina Black won tiebreakers Friday morning at the Canadian women's curling championship to advance to playoffs.

WINNIPEG - The longtime artistic director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet says he will step down from the role in 2025, ending a 50-year career with Canada's oldest ballet company.

TORONTO - Ottawa is launching a $250 million training program targeting skills needed for high-growth sectors, federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Friday.

VANCOUVER - Hootsuite says it will eliminate the free tier of its social media management tool next month.

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes signed American offensive tackle Nick Callender to a contract extension Thursday.

LONDON (AP) — British police said Thursday they have arrested four people after protesters painted a giant Ukrainian flag on the road outside the Russian Embassy in London.

BEIJING (AP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region.

The Ottawa Senators have sent defenceman Nikita Zaitsev and two draft picks to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for future considerations, the team announced Wednesday.

TORONTO - Canada's main stock index ended the day largely unchanged as strength in the energy sector was offset by softness in other sectors, while U.S. markets rose.