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Calgary Flames extend contract of general manager Brad Treliving
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames announced a multi-year contract extension for general manager Brad Treliving just hours before the team played its season opener Thursday. The 50-year-old from Penticton, ...
Oct 3, 2019
Pompeo, Democrats trade intimidation charges in Trump probe
WASHINGTON - Setting a defiant tone, the Trump administration resisted Congress' access to impeachment witnesses Tuesday, even as House Democrats warned such efforts themselves could amount to an impe...
Oct 3, 2019
Ex-Dallas officer who killed neighbour found guilty of murder
DALLAS - A white former Dallas police officer who shot her black unarmed neighbour to death after, she said, mistaking his apartment for her own was convicted of murder Tuesday in a verdict that promp...
Oct 3, 2019
Ukraine's leader: Trump didn't use US military aid as lever
KYIV, Ukraine - Ukraine's president said Tuesday that no one explained to him why millions of dollars in U.S. military aid to his country was delayed, dismissing suggestions that President Donald Trum...
Oct 3, 2019
Studio behind ‘Sesame Street’ is making an Elmo talk show
NEW YORK - Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel... and Elmo? Sesame Workshop is developing a talk show starring the squeaky-voiced puppet, called "The Not Too Late Show with Elmo," where he wil...
Oct 3, 2019
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Adam Larsson sidelined with foot injury
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have placed defenceman Adam Larsson on long-term injured reserve with a foot injury. Larsson was hurt in the first period of Wednesday night's season-opening win against...
Oct 3, 2019
Quebec won't appeal ruling that struck down assisted death provision
QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it won't appeal a court ruling striking down sections of the provincial law on medically assisted dying deemed unconstitutional. In a decision rendered la...
Oct 3, 2019
Prosecutor urges judge to find ex-hostage Joshua Boyle guilty of assaulting wife
OTTAWA - A Crown attorney is urging a judge to find former hostage Joshua Boyle guilty of assaulting his wife Caitlan Coleman, saying he used a calculated mixture of kindness and cruelty to ensna...
Oct 3, 2019
Border officers mistakenly gave Meng Wanzhou's phone passcodes to RCMP: Crown
VANCOUVER - Canadian border guards mistakenly gave the RCMP passcodes to electronic devices belonging to Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, a Crown prosecutor said Tuesday. Officers with the ...
Oct 3, 2019
Border officers mistakenly gave Meng Wanzhou's phone passcodes to RCMP: Crown
VANCOUVER - Canadian border guards mistakenly gave the RCMP passcodes to electronic devices belonging to Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou, a Crown prosecutor said Tuesday. Officers with the ...
Oct 3, 2019