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Alberta Premier Smith says face-to-face meeting today with Prime Minister Trudeau
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet up face-to-face in Calgary today. Smith's office says the two will meet in the morning, and Smith will head to Edmo...
Mar 13, 2024
Politicians want more competition but supply management still a 'sacred cow'
OTTAWA - There aren't many issues that garner support across party lines in Ottawa these days. But when it comes to the supply management system for egg, poultry and dairy products - the mechanism tha...
Mar 13, 2024
Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if threatened, Putin tells state media
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there is a threat to Russian statehood, sovereignty, or independence. Speaking in an interview with Russian state televisio...
Mar 12, 2024
An explosion in a building outside Beijing kills 1 person and injures 22
BEIJING (AP) - Rescuers were responding to a suspected gas leak explosion Wednesday in a building in northern China that has killed one person and injured 22, authorities said. The explosion came earl...
Mar 12, 2024
Mikko Rantanen's four-point night lifts Avalanche over Flames 6-2
CALGARY - Mikko Rantanen had two goals and two assists on Tuesday night to extend his point streak to 10 games and lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-2 NHL victory over the Calgary Flames. Fourteen of...
Mar 12, 2024
Connor Bedard has goal, 4 assists for single-game point high as Blackhawks beat Ducks 7-2
CHICAGO (AP) - Connor Bedard had a goal and four assists to set his single-game high in points, Philipp Kurashev scored twice and had two assists, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Anaheim Ducks 7-2...
Mar 12, 2024
Shesterkin flawless again for Rangers, who beat division rival Hurricanes 1-0
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Igor Shesterkin made 28 saves for his second consecutive shutout, and the New York Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 1-0 in a matchup of the top teams in the Metropolitan Divis...
Mar 12, 2024
Trump wins delegates needed to become GOP’s presumptive nominee for third straight election
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) - Donald Trump, whose single turbulent term in the White House transformed the Republican Party, tested the resilience of democratic institutions in the U.S. and threaten...
Mar 12, 2024
Cayden Primeau earns 41-save shutout as Canadiens blank Blue Jackets 3-0
MONTREAL - Cayden Primeau made 41 saves, and the Montreal Canadiens shut out the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre. Brendan Gallagher, Juraj Slafkovsky, Joshua Roy all scor...
Mar 12, 2024
Batherson scores OT winner, Senators beat Penguins 2-1 to snap seven-game skid
OTTAWA - Drake Batherson scored the overtime winner as the Ottawa Senators earned a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins to snap a seven-game losing skid Tuesday night. Ottawa was 0-6-1 through its la...
Mar 12, 2024