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Rebels deal Carson Birnie to the Calgary Hitmen
The Red Deer Rebels made their second trade in five days on Saturday afternoon moving on from forward Carson Birnie.They traded the 19-year-old from Arcola, Sask. to the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for...
Jan 04, 2025
Finland tops Sweden in overtime to make gold-medal game at world juniors
OTTAWA - Finland is back in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to secure the country's 4-3 victory over Sweden ...
Jan 04, 2025
Canada tops Slovakia 6-2 in opener at women's U18 world hockey championship
VANTAA - Canada opened the women's under-18 world hockey championship with a 6-2 win over Slovakia on Saturday. Hayley McDonald, Maxine Cimoroni, Danica Maynard, Chloe Primerano, Stryker Zablocki and ...
Jan 04, 2025
Chiefs stranded in KC as ice shuts down airport and blizzard-like conditions sweep through Midwest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs were stranded at Kansas City International Airport on Saturday as an ice storm shut down operations, preventing their chartered jet from departing for th...
Jan 04, 2025
As domestic violence death toll mounts in N.S., calls come to fund support agencies
HALIFAX - Experts on domestic violence say a series of deaths in Nova Scotia over the past three months highlight the need to improve funding for the programs that battle the root causes of intimate p...
Jan 04, 2025
Hockey Canada CEO Katherine Henderson 'disappointed' by early world junior exit
OTTAWA - Katherine Henderson shares in the disappointment. Hockey Canada's president and CEO adds the national sport organization will do what's necessary to avoid a repeat. The country was bounced fr...
Jan 04, 2025
Red Deer's Easton Daneault taking game to the next level in junior hockey
Red Deer's Easton Daneault has taken the junior hockey world by storm.The young forward is only 16 years old but as a rookie in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) he's near the top of the scoring...
Jan 04, 2025
Quebec confirms 4 new cases in measles outbreak, warns of possible exposure
MONTREAL - Quebec's health department is warning people who may have been exposed to measles in several regions of the province to monitor for symptoms amid a new outbreak of the disease. Marie-Pierre...
Jan 04, 2025
Austrian Chancellor Nehammer says he will resign after talks on forming a new government fail
VIENNA (AP) - Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Saturday he will resign in the coming days after talks on forming a new government failed a second time. The announcement came after the People's P...
Jan 04, 2025
Olympic champ Sara Hector wins World Cup giant slalom as former leader Federica Brignone falls
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) - Olympic champion Sara Hector won her second women's World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday as Italian skier Federica Brignone fell in the first run. Hector, wh...
Jan 04, 2025