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Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to halt arms sales to Israel amid escalating violence in the region. At a news conference today and again during question period,...
May 12, 2021
Kraken make first signing, ink Luke Henman to 3-year deal
SEATTLE - The expansion Seattle Kraken signed the first player in franchise history Wednesday after agreeing to terms with free agent center Luke Henman on a three-year entry level contract. Henman, 2...
May 12, 2021
Flames' Sean Monahan done for season with hip injury requiring surgery
Calgary Flames centre Sean Monahan will not play the remaining four games of the regular season and will undergo hip surgery next week. The 26-year-old had 10 goals and 18 assists and was minus-six in...
May 12, 2021
Former defensive lineman Klassen tackling retirement as he did opposing quarterbacks
Timing is everything for Michael Klassen. The six-foot-five, 275-pound defensive lineman had the good fortune of ending his CFL career after the 2019 season before the COVID-19 pandemic put football o...
May 12, 2021
Man charged in police chase last summer sentenced
One of two men charged following a series of police pursuits throughout central Alberta last summer where shots were fired at police has been sentenced to nearly two years behind bars.It was just afte...
May 12, 2021
Saskatchewan RCMP officer arrested in death of man in wooded area
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - Police in northern Saskatchewan say they have taken an RCMP officer into custody in connection with a homicide. Investigators with the Prince Albert Police Service were called l...
May 12, 2021
Hockey Canada announces players invited to try out for women's Olympic team
CALGARY - Hockey Canada's roster of players invited to try out for the 2022 Olympic women's hockey team indicates the squad will be experienced up front and less so on the back end. Of the 28 invitees...
May 12, 2021
Canadian Denis Shapovalov books spot in third round of Italian Open
ROME - Denis Shapovalov is joining fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the third round of the Italian Open. The 13th-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., beat Italian Stefano Travaglia 7-...
May 12, 2021
Alberta justice minister sorry for saying feds, others rooting for COVID disaster
EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says he was wrong to accuse Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, Alberta's Opposition N-D-P, and the media of rooting for COVID-19 to buckle his province's...
May 12, 2021
Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official
HALIFAX - A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of se...
May 12, 2021