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TORONTO — Fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries are increasing in Toronto and pose a "significant risk," the city's fire chief said after a blaze aboard a subway train demonstrated how quickly flames sparked by a faulty battery can spread.

Nolan Thiessen has gone from decorated athlete to Canadian curling's big chair. The 43-year-old from Pilot Mound, Man., was introduced Wednesday as Curling Canada's chief executive officer.

OTTAWA — Canada and some of its allies are warning the Houthis that they will bear responsibility for the consequences of their continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea.

TORONTO — Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system.

WINNIPEG — Infighting has erupted among Manitoba Progressive Conservatives with two former Tory cabinet ministers accusing a third of trying to push through approval of a large mining project after the party lost the Oct. 3 election.

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Scott Salmond and Peter Anholt watched Canada's hopes at the world junior hockey championship evaporate in an instant.

BURNABY, B.C. — A union representing more than 180 transit workers in B.C. has issued a 72-hour strike notice. CUPE Local 4500 represents workers employed by the Coast Mountain Bus Company, which runs transit operations for all of Metro Vancouver.

VILLACH, Austria — Canada's Abigail Strate leapt to World Cup bronze in women's ski jumping on Wednesday in Austria. The Calgary native picked up 233.6 points in the normal hill event to land on the podium. “I am still pretty surprised.

Many Proline bettors didn't see Canada's early ouster from the world junior hockey championship coming. Canada's quest for a third straight tournament title ended Tuesday with a stunning 3-2 quarterfinal loss to Czechia in Sweden.