January 6, 2021 US upsets Canada 2-0 to win world junior hockey championship Heavy underdogs against a hockey powerhouse on home ice, Spencer Knight and his United States teammates snatched away gold for the red, white and blue.
January 5, 2021 Plains and South could see yet another major winter storm this week As heavy precipitation continues to impact much of the western United States, the Great Plains and America's South will be subjected to even more winter storm conditions this week.
January 5, 2021 U.S. beats Finland 4-3 to reach world junior title game Arthur Kaliyev scored with 1:16 remaining and the United States advanced to the championship game of the world juniors, beating Finland 4-3 Monday night.
January 4, 2021 Police in Gatineau, Quebec, accused of excessive force while breaking up New Year’s Eve party: report
January 2, 2021 Canada approves NHL camps, but provinces must rule on games The Canadian government, citing “national interest grounds,” gave its approval Thursday for the start of NHL training camps. It issued an exemption to the mandatory 14-day quarantine period for NHL players and team staff to return to the country.
December 31, 2020 Ontario's finance minister resigns after taking Caribbean holiday amid pandemic Ontario’s Finance Minister Rod Phillips resigned Thursday after provoking outrage for taking a holiday in the Caribbean earlier this month in defiance of his own government’s pandemic safety guidelines.
December 30, 2020 Iran to pay $150G to families of Ukraine plane crash victims Iran on Wednesday said it will pay $150,000 to the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces near Tehran in January.
December 29, 2020 Despite coronavirus guidance, Ontario’s finance minister Rod Phillips went abroad on ‘personal trip’ In Canada, Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Tuesday ordered his finance minister, Rod Phillips, to “immediately” return to the country after discovering that he had left Canada earlier this month for a holiday.
December 27, 2020 Canada, Japan among nations reporting infections with fast-spreading UK coronavirus strain The fast-spreading coronavirus strain first identified in the United Kingdom has now reached Canada and Japan, after cases cropped up in some European counties.
December 25, 2020 NHL: Canadian teams able to start season in home arenas The NHL believes all seven Canadian teams will be able to start the season playing in their home arenas.