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Gaudreau scores on penalty shot, Flames down Stars 4-1 to even up playoff series
DALLAS - Johnny Gaudreau scored on a penalty shot for the Calgary Flames in Monday's 4-1 win over the Dallas Stars to even up their playoff series at two wins apiece. Elias Lindholm and Rasmus Anderss...
May 9, 2022
Putin marks Victory Day with little to show for 11-week war
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) - With no major new battlefield success to boast of, Russian President Vladimir Putin marked his country's biggest patriotic holiday without even uttering the word "Ukraine,...
May 9, 2022
Heartbreaking for military who served in Afghanistan to see Taliban in power: Anand
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Anita Anand has said it is "heartbreaking" for members of Canada's armed forces who served in Afghanistan to see the Taliban back in power. But Anand told a special Parliamen...
May 9, 2022
Pens chase Shesterkin again, topple Rangers 7-2 for 3-1 lead
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to become the sixth player in NHL history to reach 200 career playoff points and the Pittsburgh Penguins throttled the New York Rangers 7-2...
May 9, 2022
Pilot involved in Ontario plane crash reported for improper registration: instructor
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia flight instructor alleges the pilot of a plane that crashed in northern Ontario with two wanted men on board had been advertising flight tours on a plane that was...
May 9, 2022
Waive patents for COVID-19 vaccines, treatment to end pandemic, committee told
OTTAWA - Experts say Canada needs to turn its COVID-19 aid attention to expanding vaccine production everywhere or the virus will continue to run wild, mutate and bring new waves of disease. Dr. Madhu...
May 9, 2022
Pipeline builder fined thousands over erosion and sediment control on B.C. project
VICTORIA - Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. has been fined more than $170,000 after inspectors found what the British Columbia government says were repeated issues of erosion and sediment control. A stat...
May 9, 2022
Survey to be discontinued by Sport Canada following complaints of discrimination
Sport Canada says it will discontinue a commissioned survey on inclusion in sport after receiving a letter signed by over 200 members of academic and sport communities saying it was discriminatory tow...
May 9, 2022
Nanaimo Mountie found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm
NANAIMO - An excessive force allegation against a veteran Nanaimo RCMP officer has been tossed out.Tim Paul Mason, 39, was found not guilty of assault causing bodily harm during a Monday, May 9 decisi...
May 9, 2022
Ritchie Bros. reports revenues up, supply still a challenge
VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. says its revenues rose in the first quarter compared with a year ago even though the company is struggling to secure used equipment to sell. The Vancouver-ba...
May 9, 2022