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Military sexual assault investigation was rushed, biased, watchdog commission says
The Military Police Complaints Commission has found that an internal investigation into an alleged sexual assault by an air force officer who later took his own life was conducted in a rushed, superfi...
Feb 12, 2026
Canadian hockey fans taking in Olympic double bill as women rally, men debut
Fans across Canada were being treated to a double bill of Olympic hockey action Thursday morning as the women bounced back from a tough loss and the men opened their tournament. Hockey faithful were a...
Feb 12, 2026 Fans dance to music during first period Olympic hockey action at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Winter Olympics recap: Brignone completes dramatic comeback and Ukrainian athlete excluded
MILAN (AP) - An all-time great comeback and a controversial exclusion are dominating the Milan Cortina Olympics on Day 6. Later Thursday, Chloe Kim of the United States seeks to become the first snowb...
Feb 12, 2026 Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych left, holds his crash helmet at the mixed zone of the sliding center at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
History of Tumbler Ridge, a mining boom town with a wounded heart
Tumbler Ridge in the remote Peace region of northeast British Columbia was once best known as a coal mining boom town that was built from scratch in the 1980s, then faced challenges from shifts in its...
Feb 12, 2026 Tumbler Ridge Secondary School is shown in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Boily
One Tech Tip: All you need to know about the iPhone's Lockdown Mode
A little known security feature on iPhones is in the spotlight after it stymied efforts by U.S. federal authorities to search devices seized from a reporter. Apple's Lockdown Mode recently prevented F...
Feb 12, 2026 A person uses an iPhone on Oct. 8, 2019 in New York. ne models and later some Mac computers to get access to genuine Apple parts and tools to be able to repair them. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
WhatsApp says Russia has tried to fully block the messaging app
Russia has attempted to fully block WhatsApp in the country, the company said, the latest move in an ongoing government effort to tighten control over the internet. A WhatsApp spokesperson said late W...
Feb 12, 2026 People look at their smartphones at a bus stop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
James Van Der Beek, the 'Dawson's Creek' star who later mocked his own hunky persona, has died at 48
NEW YORK (AP) - James Van Der Beek, a heartthrob who starred in coming-of-age dramas at the dawn of the new millennium, shooting to fame playing the titular character in "Dawson's Creek" and in later ...
Feb 11, 2026
Canadians returning from Cuba amid energy crisis due to U.S. oil blockade
Travellers are returning to Atlantic Canada from Cuba amid an oil crisis on the Caribbean island. A WestJet flight from Cayo Coco landed at Halifax's Stanfield International Airport this afternoon. Re...
Feb 11, 2026 Westjet passengers deplane on the tarmac at Yellowknife Airport on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A 410-pound manatee rescued from a Florida storm drain is now recovering at SeaWorld Orlando
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A manatee that got stuck in a Florida storm drain while seeking warmer waters is now on the mend at SeaWorld Orlando after a large effort to rescue it. Multiple fire rescu...
Feb 11, 2026 This photo provided by Brevard County Fire Rescue shows members of Brevard County Fire Rescue help rescue a manatee that was stuck in a storm drain on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026 in Melbourne Beach, Fla. (Brevard County Fire Rescue via AP)
FBI combs through thick desert terrain in search for clues in Nancy Guthrie's disappearance
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Fresh surveillance images from Nancy Guthrie's porch the night she went missing, coupled with intense police activity across Arizona and the detention of a man had raised hopes th...
Feb 11, 2026 This combo from images provided by the FBI shows surveillance footage at the home of Nancy Guthrie the night she went missing in Tucson, Ariz. (FBI via AP)
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