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Ducks hope to rebuild on fly, return to playoff contention
ANAHEIM, Calif. - After the Anaheim Ducks' six-year playoff run ended with a resounding thud last spring, they added almost no significant outside talent to their roster. If the Ducks hope to return t...
Sep 23, 2019
Province to table budget on October 24
CALGARY, AB - The United Conservative Party will be tabling its first budget next month, several days after the federal election.Premier Jason Kenney, speaking in Calgary Monday morning following a tr...
Sep 23, 2019 The Alberta Legislature
Canada, U.S., to open women's hockey rivalry series in Hartford in December
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Canada and the United States kick off their Rivalry Series in women's hockey Dec. 14 in Hartford, Conn. The game is the first in a series between the arch-rivals with more da...
Sep 23, 2019
'It was breathtaking': Man City crushes Watford 8-0 in EPL
With his team leading 5-0 after 18 minutes and threatening Premier League scoring records, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola sat with his arms folded in his dugout and might even have looked a lit...
Sep 23, 2019
British man returns to Yukon to tipple his own toe in long-running tradition
WHITEHORSE - An British man who lost several toes to frostbite in Yukon is now back in the territory for a reunification of sorts. Former British marine Nick Griffiths is set to become the most exclus...
Sep 23, 2019
Scheer pledges to allow longer mortgages, remove 'stress test' for renewals
VAUGHAN, Ont. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer laid out a plan this morning he says would make it cheaper for Canadians to buy homes, loosening rules put in place by the former Conservative governm...
Sep 23, 2019
Singh makes first visit as NDP leader to N.B., apologizes for not coming sooner
OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is trying to sell himself as Canada's next prime minister to the people of New Brunswick, and apologizing for the fact it is his first visit to the province since beco...
Sep 23, 2019
Capitals Cup window remains open, though unknowns lie ahead
ARLINGTON, Va. - When the Washington Capitals won the Stanley Cup in 2018, they did so after their championship window was supposed to be closed. Unlike when a roster shake-up and infusion of youth ac...
Sep 23, 2019
Film explores mystery of Latina union leader who disappeared
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A new film dives into the mystery around a Latina labour leader who organized farmworkers years before Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta and then disappeared. "Adios Amor: The Search...
Sep 23, 2019
Lots of voting options in federal election
Medicine Hat, AB - No longer are voters in federal elections confined to voting on polling day or through absentee ballots. Constituents are free to vote right now, even for candidates who haven't bee...
Sep 23, 2019 closeup of an Elections Canada ballot - Dreamstime Stock image