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Eve Gascon to become third female goaltender to play in QMJHL
Goaltender Eve Gascon continues to make history on the ice. The native of Laval, Que., will become just the third female player to ever play in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League when she makes an ...
Mar 18, 2022
Defense challenges witness in Lorenzen Wright murder trial
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A defense attorney for a man charged with fatally shooting former NBA player Lorenzen Wright attempted to poke holes Friday in the testimony of a convicted killer who said Wright...
Mar 18, 2022
Police, province expand addiction treatment and supports in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - City police can now offer arrested individuals immediate access to addiction treatment in the city's jail.The Virtual Opioid Dependency Program (VOPD) treats those with opioid agoni...
Mar 18, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says western countries more unified than ever
TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says the Russian invasion of Ukraine has unified western nations like never before and strengthened NATO's alliance. Speaking to a crowd at the Universit...
Mar 18, 2022
Dikes to protect N.S.-N.B. link from flooding expected to cost hundreds of millions
HALIFAX - An engineering study looking at three options to save the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate-related flooding is pegging costs at between $189 million and just over...
Mar 18, 2022
Hatter admits to attacking partner with box cutter, pleads guilty to second-degree murder
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A Medicine Hat man pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of second-degree murder in the death of his common-law partner last fall.Timothy Faulkner was charged in the death of Corinne Sc...
Mar 18, 2022
Jonathan Osorio helps lead a new generation of Canadian talent at Toronto FC
TORONTO - Jonathan Osorio recalls watching on TV as Canada upset Colombia to win the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was seven at the time. "I remember vividly that day," said the Toronto FC midfielder. "T...
Mar 18, 2022
UN: 6.5 million people displaced inside Ukraine due to war
GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. migration agency said Friday that nearly 6.5 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine, on top of the 3.2 million who have already fled the country. The estimates from t...
Mar 18, 2022
Alberta records deadliest year for drug overdoses in 2021
Alberta recorded its deadliest year on record for drug overdoses with more than 1,700 deaths in 2021.The province released data late Thursday showing 176 people died in both November and December brin...
Mar 18, 2022
Convoy protest cost Ottawa $36.3 million, city memo says
OTTAWA - Local leaders in Ottawa are being told that the city's response to the three-week convoy protest last month cost municipal coffers over $36 million. A memo to councillors released by the city...
Mar 18, 2022