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Edmonton Oilers expect others to step up, win games with Connor McDavid out
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - With Connor McDavid out of the lineup, the Edmonton Oilers are putting on a brave face and embracing the opportunity for other players to step up. Edmonton lost the three-time Hart...
Oct 24, 2023
VIDEO: Clippers have golden opportunity to impress scouts at BCHL Showcase
NANAIMO - One of the signature events of the BCHL season is the annual showcase.The Clippers will have a pair of games in Seattle on Wednesday, Oct. 25 versus Trail and Thursday, Oct. 26 against Princ...
Oct 24, 2023
Darko Rajakovic era of the Raptors will dawn as Toronto kicks off 2023-24 season
TORONTO - A new era of the Toronto Raptors will dawn on Wednesday when they kick off the 2023-24 NBA season. But just what this new version of the team will look like is still unknown. Nick Nurse was ...
Oct 24, 2023
Klimkait beats Deguchi in all-Canadian Grand Slam final at Abu Dhabi
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Jessica Klimkait defeated Christa Deguchi in an all-Canadian under-57-kilogram final Tuesday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam judo tournament. The match went to overtime, ...
Oct 24, 2023
NHL upholds four-game suspension of Calgary Flames defenceman Andersson
NEW YORK - The NHL has upheld its four-game suspension of Calgary Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson for charging. Andersson was initially given the ban for charging Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine ...
Oct 24, 2023
Former N.W.T. priest sentenced for indecent assault on child in 1980s
FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A former priest is beginning a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to indecent assault on a child in the 1980s. Camille Pich, now 85, was sentenced Monday in Fort Simpson, N...
Oct 24, 2023
Mixed-gender eights crews at Pan American Games add 'spice' to rowing
SANTIAGO, Chile - Novelty has entered the rather staid sport of rowing at the Pan American Games with men and women racing together in a mixed-gender eight. "It's so much fun to get the guys and girls...
Oct 24, 2023
Woman killed by husband had filed police complaint, Quebec coroner's inquest hears
MONTREAL - A Montreal woman killed along with her two young sons by her estranged husband in 2019 told police more than a year earlier that she had received death threats and believed her husband was ...
Oct 24, 2023
Montreal fire department carries out hundreds of inspections after deadly March blaze
Montreal's fire department says that since a fire in Old Montreal killed seven people in March, it has carried out 460 targeted inspections as part of a push to secure potentially hazardous buildings....
Oct 24, 2023
Freeland says feds will strike 'challenging' balance in fall budget update
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government's fall economic statement will focus on housing and affordability within a fiscally responsible framework. In an news conference today, ...
Oct 24, 2023