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Kirby Dach snaps scoring drought with clutch goal off 'lucky bounce'
MONTREAL - Across 240 career NHL games, Montreal Canadiens centre Kirby Dach had never before found himself in such a long stretch of games without a goal. It had been 19 straight games since Dach las...
Dec 09, 2024
NHL roundup: Red Wings snap five-game skid by beating Sabres 6-5 in a shootout
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Andrew Copp scored twice as the Detroit Red Wings snapped a five-game skid by rallying to beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in a shootout on Monday night. Copp's second goal started Buf...
Dec 09, 2024
Laine paces Canadiens to 3-2 shootout win over Ducks
MONTREAL - Patrik Laine scored the winning goal in the shootout to propel the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night at Bell Centre. Laine and Kirby Dach, his first goa...
Dec 09, 2024
Mass evacuation of Philippine towns underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas and deb...
Dec 09, 2024
Mass evacuation of Philippine villages underway after a brief but major volcanic eruption
MANILA, Philippines (AP) - About 87,000 people were being evacuated in a central Philippine region Tuesday a day after a volcano briefly erupted with a towering ash plume and superhot streams of gas a...
Dec 09, 2024
Knicks edge Raptors 113-108, Barnes suffers ankle injury
TORONTO - Karl-Anthony Towns drilled a 29-foot three-pointer with six seconds left on the clock as the New York Knicks escaped with a 113-108 win over the Toronto Raptors on Monday. Raptors all-star f...
Dec 09, 2024
Blue Jays, Dodgers and Red Sox among losing bidders for Juan Soto
DALLAS (AP) - The Toronto Blue Jays lost out on Juan Soto, a year after failing to sign Shohei Ohtani. "Both of those guys, they're obviously great, elite players," Toronto manager John Schneider said...
Dec 09, 2024
After ‘reflecting,’ Sajjan didn’t attend Taylor Swift concert
OTTAWA - Liberal Minister Harjit Sajjan did not attend the Taylor Swift concert in Vancouver Saturday, despite earlier defending his decision to accept the tickets. Global News first reported that Saj...
Dec 09, 2024
BC Coroners Service sees 'significant decline' in drug deaths, but reason unclear
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit drug overdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a "significant decline" in fata...
Dec 09, 2024
Alberta MLAs travelling to U.S. for year-end conferences
Alberta MLAs are heading to the United States for a year-end tour with lawmakers and other partners to set the stage for cooperation in 2025. The tour will begin with Justin Wright, MLA for Cypress-Me...
Dec 09, 2024