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Oilers bolster forward lines with acquisition of Henrique, Carrick from Ducks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers bolstered their forward lines on Wednesday, acquiring centres Adam Henrique and Sam Carrick from the Anaheim Ducks. In the deal that also involves the Tampa Bay Lightnin...
Mar 6, 2024
Health Canada to completely ban use of strychnine poison by September
Health Canada says it plans to completely ban strychnine after completing public consultations on use of the powerful poison. The announcement was made in a conference call between Health Canada offic...
Mar 6, 2024
Trudeau speaks with King Charles for first time since monarch's cancer diagnosis
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and King Charles spoke today for the first time since the King's cancer diagnosis. The Royal Family says the King held an audience with the Canadian prime minist...
Mar 6, 2024
Grymes preparing for life off the gridiron through CFL mentorship program
TORONTO - He still considers himself a player but Aaron Grymes is preparing for life after football. Grymes, 33, is participating in the CFL mentorship program. The joint venture between the league an...
Mar 6, 2024
Federal procurement department punishes companies that worked on ArriveCan app
Ottawa says it has suspended the largest contractor that worked on the ArriveCan app from bidding or working on government contracts that have security requirements. Public Services and Procurement Ca...
Mar 6, 2024
Canada's future funding for UN relief organization in Gaza Strip still in limbo
OTTAWA - Canada hasn't made a final decision on whether to resume funding to the UN aid organization in Gaza when its next scheduled payment is due in April. A senior government source, speaking on co...
Mar 6, 2024
Ice dancer Sorensen says he deserves to be at worlds amid sexual assault allegation
MONTREAL - Ice dancer Nikolaj Sorensen believes he and partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry deserve to compete for Canada at the figure skating world championships this month amid sexual assault allegati...
Mar 6, 2024
Mike McEwen takes control of Pool B with 10-2 win over Jamie Koe at Brier
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Mike McEwen took control of Pool B at the Canadian men's curling championship with a 10-2 win over Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories in Wednesday's early draw. McEwen impr...
Mar 6, 2024
Raonic hopes to remain healthy entering match against Nadal at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - When Milos Raonic takes on Rafael Nadal before a sold-out night-session crowd at the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday night, the patriarch of the current Canadian tennis wave will b...
Mar 6, 2024
Government says only extreme online hate speech would be probed by human rights body
OTTAWA - Government officials say online hate speech would have to portray a group as "inherently violent" or "unhuman" to meet the threshold to be probed by a human-rights tribunal under a newly prop...
Mar 6, 2024