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Montembeault, Laine lead Canadiens to 3-0 win as Predators lose sixth straight
MONTREAL - Sam Montembeault stopped 29 shots and Patrik Laine scored again to lead the Montreal Canadiens past the Nashville Predators 3-0 on Thursday night. Jake Evans, with a short-handed goal, also...
Dec 05, 2024
'When in your life do you get to be a hero?' Organ recipients thank Nanaimo healthcare providers
NANAIMO - A pair of mid-Island women impacted in different ways by donating vital organs thanked front-line professionals at Nanaimo hospital. Operation Popcorn, organized by Transplant BC across the ...
Dec 05, 2024
Gunman who wounded 2 kindergartners at California school suffered from mental illness, sheriff says
OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A gunman who shot and critically wounded two kindergartners at a tiny religious school in Northern California before killing himself suffered from mental illness and used a "ru...
Dec 05, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief says it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Han Dong-hun o...
Dec 05, 2024
South Korea’s ruling party chief shows support for suspending presidential powers of Yoon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's ruling party chief said Friday that it's necessary to suspend the constitutional powers of President Yoon Suk Yeol. The comments by People Power Party leader Ha...
Dec 05, 2024
Brown: Indian diplomat pushed back when he used the words "Sikh nation"
OTTAWA - Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown said foreign interference did not tip the scales in the Conservative party's last leadership race that installed Pierre Poilievre at the helm. But he offered up T...
Dec 05, 2024
House rejects Democratic efforts to force release of Matt Gaetz's ethics report
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House shut down Democrats' efforts Thursday to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, pushing the fate of any resolution to the yearslong investigati...
Dec 05, 2024
Blackhawks fire coach Luke Richardson in his 3rd season after league-worst start
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, with the team off to the worst start in the league nearly a third of the way through his third season. The Blackhawks are...
Dec 05, 2024
Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will attend the inauguration and reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. The historic church was renovated and rebuilt after being ravaged by a f...
Dec 05, 2024
NHL stars relish chance to play best-on-best hockey at 4 Nations Face-Off
Brady Tkachuk remembers skipping school to watch his dad play in the 2006 Olympics. Now it's his turn - finally - to play international hockey against the best players in the world. The Ottawa Senator...
Dec 05, 2024