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Rimouski forward Lafreniere, Prince Albert goaltender Scott earn CHL awards
HALIFAX - Rimouski Oceanic star Alexis Lafreniere has been named the Canadian Hockey League's top player while Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Ian Scott of the Prince Albert Raiders earned top goaltender...
May 25, 2019
Canada beats Czech Republic to advance to gold-medal game at world championship
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Mark Stone scored his tournament-leading eighth goal and Matt Murray made 39 saves as Canada downed the Czech Republic 5-1 on Saturday to advance to the gold medal game at the&n...
May 25, 2019
'Give Peace a Chance': Montreal celebrates John and Yoko bed-in 50 years later
MONTREAL - It was 50 years ago today, John and Yoko told the band to play. The week-long bed-in that saw a pyjama-clad John Lennon and Yoko Ono host a parade of journalists, LSD gurus, countercul...
May 25, 2019
Bong d'Or: Korean director wins Cannes' top prize
CANNES, France - South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's raucous social satire "Parasite," about a poor family of hustlers who find jobs with a wealthy family, won the Cannes Film Festival's top award, t...
May 25, 2019
Arbitrator upholds Voynov suspension but says he served half
LOS ANGELES - An arbitrator upheld Slava Voynov's one-season NHL suspension Thursday but is giving him credit for serving half of it in 2018-19. Commissioner Gary Bettman suspended the former Los Ange...
May 25, 2019
Sunnybrook Farm Museum staff and animals welcome Red Deerians back for a new year
Make it 31 years for the Sunnybrook Farm Museum which held its unofficial start to the summer event on Saturday.There were goats, pigs, cows and turkeys, among other wild things to entertain the entir...
May 25, 2019 Executive Director Ian Warwick says Sunnybrook Farm Museum's 31st year should be a good one. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Chef Mario Batali pleads not guilty to assault charge
BOSTON - Celebrity chef Mario Batali, whose career crumbled amid several sexual misconduct accusations, pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston res...
May 25, 2019
Keep guard up against hurricanes in 2019, as risk remains potent: forecaster
HALIFAX - It has been years since a major tropical storm wreaked havoc in Canada, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre is warning against complacency. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
May 25, 2019
Canada seeing spike in temporary visas as migrant worker advocates raise alarm
OTTAWA - Applications for temporary resident visas issued to visitors, students and temporary workers in Canada have more than quadrupled since 2015, stretching the Immigration Department's ability to...
May 25, 2019
Exciting day for Young Citizen of the Year
You might forgive Praveen Gladstone if he was a bit overwhelmed on Friday.The Grade 12 student at Hunting Hills High School celebrated graduation with his classmates and then was honoured as the Rotar...
May 25, 2019 Praveen Gladstone (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)