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Hockey Canada signs on to Abuse-Free Sport following months of controversy
CALGARY - Hockey Canada says it has become a full signatory to Abuse-Free Sport, the new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport in Canada. All complaints of abuse, discrimina...
Oct 27, 2022
Antisemitism decried four years after Pa. synagogue attack
PITTSBURGH (AP) - In what has become an annual ritual, Pittsburgh's Jewish community Thursday honored the memory of the 11 Jews who were murdered on this date in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U....
Oct 27, 2022
New COVID-19 cases rate in South Zone well above Alberta average
The South Zone has the highest rate of new COVID-19 cases in the province and Alberta continues to see a growing number of inpatients in hospitals.The province reported Wednesday that 1,118 Albertans ...
Oct 27, 2022
B.C.’s 'vulnerable' Fraser Valley needs flood control plan, Senate committee warns
OTTAWA - The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry is calling for a comprehensive flood control plan for British Columbia's Fraser Valley following last year's catastrophic floods. Last Novembe...
Oct 27, 2022
Veteran Canadian flanker Karen Paquin savours one more Rugby World Cup adventure
Veteran flanker Karen Paquin and Canada face the U.S. for the second time in a week Saturday at the Rugby World Cup. But this time it's win or go home as the North American rivals meet in quarterfinal...
Oct 27, 2022
Auditor general says $500M in overpayments to civil servants needs to be collected
OTTAWA - Up to a quarter of federal government employees are still experiencing problems with their pay because of the troubled Phoenix pay system, and the government might be running out of time to c...
Oct 27, 2022
Crown adjusts Hoggard charge in northeastern Ontario sex assault case
HAILEYBURY, Ont. - The Ontario Crown in northeastern Ontario is proceeding with a sexual assault charge against Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard. The Canadian musician was charged in March with sexual as...
Oct 27, 2022
Ottawa Senators sign centre Mark Kastelic to two-year contract extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators and centre Mark Kastelic have agreed on a two-year contract extension, the team announced Thursday. The deal, which carries an average annual value of US$835,000, will pay...
Oct 27, 2022
Maine begins removing those naughty license plates
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Maine is cleaning up its roadways by removing the flippin' vulgarities from license plates. The state is enforcing new rules to eliminate f-bombs and other obscenities that appe...
Oct 27, 2022
Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier shares life in and out of hockey in 'All Roads Home'
Bryan Trottier didn't want to go back. It was December 1972 and his junior team - the Swift Current Broncos - was set to resume its schedule following the Christmas break. After a rough and tumble fir...
Oct 27, 2022