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Madell scores 30 tries, Canada beats U.S. in wheelchair rugby at Parapan Am Games

Madell scores 30 tries, Canada beats U.S. in wheelchair rugby at Parapan Am Games

SANTIAGO, Chile — Canada defeated archival United States in a wheelchair rugby thriller to highlight a big day in team sports on Tuesday at the 2023 Parapan Am Games. Zak Madell of Okotoks, Alta.
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Calgary police chief apologizes to two brothers who were wrongly charged in shooting

Calgary police chief apologizes to two brothers who were wrongly charged in shooting

Calgary's police chief apologized Tuesday to two teenage brothers who were facing charges in a fatal shooting after homicide investigators received new video evidence on the case.
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Israel-Hamas hostage deal offers pause in fighting, hope for Canadians still in Gaza

Israel-Hamas hostage deal offers pause in fighting, hope for Canadians still in Gaza

OTTAWA — Israel's cabinet agreed late Tuesday to a deal that would see the release of dozens of hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and bring the first pause in the fighting of a devastating six-week war.
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Kai Thomas on the 'surreality' of winning the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut

Kai Thomas on the 'surreality' of winning the Writers' Trust Fiction Prize for debut

TORONTO — Debut novelist Kai Thomas said he was struck by "surreality" when Margaret Atwood announced he had won the top fiction prize at the Writers' Trust Awards on Tuesday evening.
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Properties evacuated as precarious rock looms over Penticton, B.C., homes

Properties evacuated as precarious rock looms over Penticton, B.C., homes

PENTICTON, B.C. — The City of Penticton says it has declared a local state of emergency and ordered 25 properties evacuated in a mobile home park over fears of a potential rock slide.
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Victoria police kill cougar after animal spotted roaming near downtown park

Victoria police kill cougar after animal spotted roaming near downtown park

Victoria police say they had to kill a cougar Tuesday after the animal was spotted near a school and residences. The department says officers made the "difficult decision" to kill the animal just before 4 p.m.
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Eby says governments must step up on housing, can't rely on private sector

Eby says governments must step up on housing, can't rely on private sector

VANCOUVER — It's "hard to understand" why many politicians still believe they can rely on the private sector to deliver affordable housing and instead it's time for governments to step up, B.C. Premier David Eby told a conference on Tuesday.
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Manitoba promises more health-care workers, fuel tax suspension in throne speech

Manitoba promises more health-care workers, fuel tax suspension in throne speech

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said Tuesday he intends to keep his election promises, but some discretionary spending will be looked at and some capital projects may have to be pushed back.
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Feds set aside $7B from Canada Growth Fund for carbon-price contract guarantees

Feds set aside $7B from Canada Growth Fund for carbon-price contract guarantees

OTTAWA — Almost half of the Canada Growth Fund for clean technology investments will be allocated to special contracts intended to give companies the confidence they need to make major investments to lower their greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Freeland's fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check

Freeland's fiscal update pledges new guardrails to keep deficits in check

OTTAWA — The Liberal government's fall economic statement acknowledges the cost-of-living crisis weighing on Canadians but offers few new measures to tackle it, while pledging to keep deficits in check.
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