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Additions of Henrique, Carrick, Stecher help Oilers keep pace in Pacific arms race
EDMONTON - With their Pacific Division rivals beefing up before the playoffs, the Edmonton Oilers did their best to keep pace. Despite being tight to the salary cap, Oilers general manager Ken Holland...
Mar 07, 2024
Oilers acquire defenceman Stecher from Coyotes ahead of trade deadline
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenceman Troy Stecher from the Arizona Coyotes, the NHL club announced Thursday. The Oilers also get a seventh-round pick at this year's draft in the dea...
Mar 07, 2024
WNBA to hold pre-season game between Sparks and Storm in Edmonton on May 5
The WNBA is coming back to Canada for a pre-season game in Edmonton. The Los Angeles Sparks will face the Seattle Storm on May 5 at Rogers Place. It's the second year in a row a Canadian city has host...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada coach Bev Priestman takes positives from soggy CONCACAF W Gold Cup exit
Jessie Fleming did everything but score from the penalty spot in the CONCACAF W Gold Cup semifinal. Sadly the 25-year-old from London, Ont., was not the only one. American goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher sto...
Mar 07, 2024
Government closes bottom-contact fishing near rare B.C. coral reef
VANCOUVER - Federal authorities have closed Canada's only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries and Oceans Canada says the ind...
Mar 07, 2024
Canada 'will be there' to help two Michaels after their detention in China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back on the notion that Canada's willingness to help two citizens who were detained in China is an acknowledgement they engaged in espionage on Ottawa...
Mar 07, 2024
As Ottawa reels over multiple homicide, a look at recent mass killings across Canada
Ottawa is reeling after police said six people, including four children, were found dead Wednesday evening in a townhouse in the south-end Barrhaven suburb. Here's a look at recent examples of mass ki...
Mar 07, 2024
B.C. researcher says liver oil, meat trade threaten deepwater shark populations
Prof. Nick Dulvy recalls when the northern cod fishery collapsed back in 1992. "That was nothing short of a social and economic disaster for Canada," Dulvy said, who's a biology professor at Simon Fra...
Mar 07, 2024
New web service available to book campsites in Alberta
Camping enthusiasts in Alberta have a new online tool where they can book their trips.Alberta Parks introduced a new camping reservation platform this year. Officials said in the first 10 days since t...
Mar 07, 2024
Trudeau says some Pro-Palestinian protests cross line into hate, harassment
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says pro-Palestinian protests that include hatred or harassing behavior cross a line. Trudeau says he's heard from too many members of Canada's Jewish community ...
Mar 07, 2024