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Hockey world grieves Guy Lafleur's passing, celebrates his legacy
Guy Lafleur racing down the right side, his trademark mane trailing behind him, before he struck one of his signature thunderclap slapshots is an image that's been burned into the memories of hockey f...
Apr 22, 2022

Nurse says it would be a "heckuva challenge" to come back from 0-3
Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse is unruffled by the fact no team in NBA history has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. "I think it's a heckuva challenge, and somebody's got to do i...
Apr 22, 2022

McCarthy, Trump have 'positive' call despite Jan. 6 audio
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had a "positive" call with Donald Trump and appeared to be suffering little political blowback Friday from the release of audio in which he sug...
Apr 22, 2022

Conservative leadership candidates propose ideas that carry some political baggage
OTTAWA - Two thorny ideas have been injected into the race to lead the Conservative Party of Canada: Ending supply management and support for more private health-care options. The ideas were presented...
Apr 22, 2022

Quebec man who killed family of four in drunk driving crash sentenced to 16 years
QUEBEC - A Quebec man who killed four members of the same family in a car crash last September in Quebec City has been handed one of the toughest sentences ever given in the province for a drunk drivi...
Apr 22, 2022

Federal government will let international graduates stay in Canada another 18 months
OTTAWA - International students who've graduated from Canadian post-secondary schools will be able to stay in Canada longer now that the federal government has offered a temporary program to help them...
Apr 22, 2022

Former CFL star running back named next chancellor at University of Calgary
CALGARY - The University of Calgary named former CFL player Jon Cornish as its 15th chancellor-elect Friday. The 37-year-old native of New Westminster, B.C., will begin his four-year term July 1. He w...
Apr 22, 2022

Urban Aboriginal Voices Society, ReThink Red Deer get Civil Society Fund dollars for innovative programming
Two Red Deer organizations are receiving $300,000 for work the provincial government says will improve civil society's capacity to address a wide range of social issues.ReThink Red Deer and Urban Abor...
Apr 22, 2022

Sharpton demands name of Michigan officer who killed Lyoya
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton demanded Friday that authorities publicly identify the Michigan officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man and native of Congo who was fatally shot i...
Apr 22, 2022

Mary Simon reflects on loss of Indigenous languages at event launching UN decade
OTTAWA - Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she wants to see the language of Inuktitut not just survive, but grow. The Inuk leader, who became the first Indigenous person in Canada appointed to the role last y...
Apr 22, 2022