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Canadian men's under-20 soccer team features some very familiar names
Canada's under-20 men blanked Costa Rica 3-0 in exhibition soccer play Friday, with some familiar names sporting the Maple Leaf in the Costa Rican capital. Coach Mauro Biello's young soccer roster fea...
Apr 15, 2022
Iowa Supreme Court: Finkenauer qualifies for Senate ballot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ruled that Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer qualifies for the primary ballot, rejecting a lower court decision and allowing her to c...
Apr 15, 2022
Carey Price will make his season debut in Canadiens' net against New York Islanders
MONTREAL - Star goaltender Carey Price will make his season debut for the Montreal Canadiens against the New York Islanders on Friday at Bell Centre. Habs coach Martin St. Louis confirmed the news fol...
Apr 15, 2022
South Carolina inmate picks firing squad over electric chair
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina prisoner scheduled to be the first man executed in the state in more than a decade has decided to die by firing squad rather than in the electric chair later thi...
Apr 15, 2022
First Indigenous women to scout in NHL calls for more diversity, inclusion in hockey
Brigette Lacquette recalls trying out for her first summer hockey team with her sister and the unwelcoming vibe that greeted them in the dressing room. The First Nations siblings from Mallard, Man., h...
Apr 15, 2022
Mike Bossy, Islanders great, 4-time Cup champion, dies at 65
Mike Bossy, one of hockey's most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s dynasty, has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65. The Islanders and TVA Spor...
Apr 15, 2022
First Indigenous women to scout in NHL calls for more diversity, inclusion in hockey
Brigette Lacquette recalls trying out for her first summer hockey team with her sister and the unwelcoming vibe that greeted them in the dressing room. The First Nations siblings from Mallard, Man., h...
Apr 15, 2022
Pleas from small businesses for debt help pepper Freeland's post-budget tour
OTTAWA - Small business owners have made a plea to the federal finance minister to consider more help paying off their pandemic-related debts as the sixth wave of COVID-19 causes customers to stay hom...
Apr 15, 2022
China stages military exercises as US lawmakers visit Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - China said its military staged exercises Friday to reinforce its threat to use force to bring Taiwan under its control, as U.S. lawmakers visiting Taiwan made a pointed and publi...
Apr 15, 2022
Three new board members for the Agricultural Financial Services Corporation
Three new board members have been appointed to the Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) and the province says they will help support rural Alberta's economic recovery and growth.As a prov...
Apr 15, 2022