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Power-play improvement fuels rise of Calgary Flames to conference penthouse
CALGARY - A propellant in the Calgary Flames’ surge to the top of the NHL’s Western Conference is a power play with pop. Calgary’s man advantage was not a strength last season, when ...
Jan 21, 2019
Overspending on luxury trips cited as part of RCMP's probe of government in B.C.
VICTORIA - The Speaker of the British Columbia legislature alleges in a report that the clerk and sergeant-at-arms engaged in flagrant overspending, questionable expenses and inappropriate payouts of ...
Jan 21, 2019
Will NFL adopt CFL policy for pass interference review after officiating error?
Toronto Argonauts defensive back Matt Black can see the winds of change blowing through the NFL after Sunday’s controversial finish to the NFC title game - just like in the CFL in 2014. The Los ...
Jan 21, 2019
Ex-Red Deer teacher gets 3 years for child sex offences
SASKATOON - A former Saskatoon teacher who admitted to sexual offences involving children has been sentenced to three years in prison. Rhett Lundgren pleaded guilty in November to charges that include...
Jan 21, 2019
United Conservatives leader Jason Kenney disputes expense allegations while MP
EDMONTON - Alberta United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney and his staff are firing back at a lawyer who is questioning Kenney’s residential expense claims from his time as a cabinet minister in...
Jan 21, 2019
Rivera, Halladay, Martinez seem set for Hall election
NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera figures to make quick work of his Hall of Fame ballot appearance, just as he did of opposing batters, and could even set another record when voting is announced Tuesday: for ...
Jan 21, 2019
Three Rebels on mid-term NHL Draft rankings
Three members of the Red Deer Rebels are included on the NHL Central Scouting midterm rankings for the 2019 NHL Draft. Forward Oleg Zaytsev is ranked 38th among North American Skaters. In his first se...
Jan 21, 2019
Alex Galchenyuk primed for Montreal return as a member of the Coyotes
TORONTO - Alex Galchenyuk took some time to fully grasp the microscope he would be under as a member of the Montreal Canadiens. Selected third overall at the 2012 NHL draft, the naive assumption of a ...
Jan 21, 2019
Whitecaps get 'fresh start,' kicking off training camp with revamped roster
VANCOUVER - Returning to the Vancouver Whitecaps’ training facility on Monday was a bit like the first day of school for Russell Teibert. The 26-year-old midfielder is heading into his ninth sea...
Jan 21, 2019
NDP, Liberals pitch for urban votes with competing affordable housing plans
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is proposing three measures he says will help build 500,000 new affordable housing units across Canada over the next 10 years. The NDP leader says the federal government should ...
Jan 21, 2019