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Plane makes emergency landing at Red Deer Airport
Miraculously, everyone is okay after an airplane landed at Red Deer Airport on Saturday without its full landing gear engaged.Airport CEO Graham Ingham says the incident happened around 12:20 p.m."We ...
Jun 22, 2019 (Credit: Meike Rei)
Invasive goldfish found in B.C. lake, biologists act to stop spread to watershed
VICTORIA - Recreational fishing in a lake in northwestern British Columbia is being shut down after the discovery of invasive goldfish. The Ministry of Natural Resource Operations says ...
Jun 22, 2019
Wife: David Ortiz in good condition, out of intensive care
BOSTON - David Ortiz's wife says he has moved out of intensive care. Tiffany Ortiz said in a statement distributed by the Red Sox on Saturday that the ex-Boston slugger remains hospitalized and in goo...
Jun 22, 2019
Top NHL draft prospects Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko know they'll always be linked
VANCOUVER - Jack Hughes shook hands with Kaapo Kakko for the first time Thursday. If the expected script plays out at the NHL draft, the two potential future stars know their stories will be intertwin...
Jun 22, 2019
Canadian teams add talent to prospect pools with NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Nicolas Robertson has long wanted to wear the Toronto Maple Leafs logo on his chest. The 18 year old finally pulled on a Leafs jersey with his name emblazoned on the back on Saturday ...
Jun 22, 2019
NHL salary cap set at US$81.5 million for 2019-20 season, floor at $60.2 million
TORONTO - The NHL's salary cap has been set at US$81.5 million for the 2019-20 season after the league and its players' association reached an agreement on Saturday. A lower limit of $60.2 million and...
Jun 22, 2019
NRA sues ex-president Oliver North, saying he harmed the NRA
NEW YORK - The National Rifle Association has sued its former president, Oliver North, for what it called "conduct harmful to the NRA" as turmoil that was exposed publicly when North resigned two mont...
Jun 22, 2019
Subban, Marleau among the players traded on busy second day of NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Ray Shero knew he'd be leaving the West Coast with star centre Jack Hughes. The New Jersey Devils general manager was less sure about his other big target until Saturda...
Jun 22, 2019
2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manag...
Jun 22, 2019
Monument to Canada's war in Afghanistan gets a home after years of bickering
OTTAWA - A site has been officially approved for the federal government's promised national monument for the war in Afghanistan, five years after the memorial was first promised. The decision by the N...
Jun 22, 2019