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Happy Birthday, Celsius! Canada marks 50 years of metric-Imperial measurements

Happy Birthday, Celsius! Canada marks 50 years of metric-Imperial measurements

EDMONTON — Happy Birthday, Celsius! Environment Canada's use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025. It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began. The result is seen and felt every day.
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Ottawa Charge and Toronto Sceptres make a 4-player trade

TORONTO (AP) — Two teams trying to find their stride in the Professional Women’s Hockey League have made a major trade.
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OHL roundup: Bennett nets shutout as Attack trim Storm 1-0

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Slovakia beats Kazakhstan 5-4 in overtime at the world junior hockey championship

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Maxim Strbak scored 2:55 into overtime to lead Slovakia to a 5-4 win over Kazakhstan on Monday at the world junior hockey championship.
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Slovakia earns wild 5-4 win over Kazakhstan at world junior hockey championship

Slovakia earns wild 5-4 win over Kazakhstan at world junior hockey championship

OTTAWA — Maxim Strback scored two minutes 55 seconds into overtime as Slovakia posted a wild 5-4 win over Kazakhstan on Monday at the world junior hockey championship.
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S&P/TSX composite down, U.S. markets also fall in broad-based pullback

S&P/TSX composite down, U.S. markets also fall in broad-based pullback

Canada's main stock index suffered a broad-based pullback on the final Monday of 2024, while U.S. markets also fell. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 175.81 points at 24,620.59. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 418.
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Coming off a last-place finish, the Toronto Blue Jays appear to be at a crossroads

Coming off a last-place finish, the Toronto Blue Jays appear to be at a crossroads

TORONTO — For a team hoping to rebound after a last-place finish in 2024, the Toronto Blue Jays have had a relatively quiet off-season. That will need to change in a significant way if Canada's lone big-league club is going to improve in 2025.
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Ontario labour ministry investigating injury on Toronto set of 'Beast Games'

Ontario labour ministry investigating injury on Toronto set of 'Beast Games'

TORONTO — Ontario's labour ministry is investigating an industrial accident on the Toronto set of "Beast Games," the newly released Prime Video competition series from YouTube star MrBeast.
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Suspect in Hamilton bank robbery attempt had his getaway bicycle stolen: police

Suspect in Hamilton bank robbery attempt had his getaway bicycle stolen: police

Police say a man who attempted to rob a bank in Hamilton earlier this month had to flee the scene on foot after someone stole his getaway bicycle. Hamilton police say a man entered a BMO bank on Upper Paradise Road on Dec.
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Woman, 71, dead after Windsor, Ont., apartment fire: police

Woman, 71, dead after Windsor, Ont., apartment fire: police

WINDSOR, Ont. — Police in Windsor, Ont., are investigating an apartment fire that left one person dead in the city's west end early this morning. Police say emergency crews were called around 7 a.m.
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