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Jets forward Connor, Oilers captain McDavid, Isles goalie Sorokin named NHL 3 stars
NEW YORK - Winnipeg Jets left-wing Kyle Connor, Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid and New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Connor led all s...
Oct 25, 2021
Salvage crew's access to smouldering ship hampered by storm on B.C.'s coast
VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire aboard a container ship off the coast of Victoria continues to smoulder. The coast guard says in a statement posted on social media that a salvage crew ...
Oct 25, 2021
Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov to lead Canada at Davis Cup tennis tournament
MONTREAL - Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will lead Canada at the upcoming Davis Cup Finals international tennis tournament. Montreal's Auger-Aliassime, ranked 12th in the world, and Shapov...
Oct 25, 2021
Trudeau must renew commitment to reconciliation with new cabinet: Indigenous leaders
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders and New Democrats say naming a new cabinet is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chance to restore survivors' confidence in his government's commitment to reconciliation. At a...
Oct 25, 2021
Local short doc wins two awards at Central Alberta Film Festival
A Red Deer filmmaker earned two awards over the weekend at the Central Alberta Film Festival.The festival celebrates Canadian and international-made films.Randy S. Kirk, for his film Poetry, War and t...
Oct 25, 2021
Canada soccer coach Bev Priestman wants more of the same in New Zealand rematch
Fresh from a 5-1 win over New Zealand on Saturday in Ottawa, Canadian women's soccer coach Bev Priestman is clear on what she expects from Tuesday's rematch with the Football Ferns in Montreal. "More ...
Oct 25, 2021
Ex-Canadian Armed Forces reservist should get 25 years in prison: U.S. prosecutors
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - U.S. prosecutors are making their case for why a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist with ties to a white supremacist group should be sentenced to 25 years in prison. Patrik ...
Oct 25, 2021
Ruling finds Ottawa's anti-abortion test for summer jobs funding was within bounds
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge says it was reasonable for Ottawa to require applicants to its summer-jobs program to declare themselves in support of abortion rights in order to get funding. In a deci...
Oct 25, 2021
Chrétien says he never heard of abuse at residential schools during time as minister
MONTREAL - Former prime minister Jean Chrtien says that when he was in government he was unaware of the abuse that took place in residential schools across the country. Speaking Sunday on the popular ...
Oct 25, 2021
UN urges Canada, allies to address unprecedented hunger in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - A new United Nations report is predicting dire hunger for more than half of Afghanistan's people in the coming months unless Canada and its Western allies step up with greater financial suppo...
Oct 25, 2021