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Flames' newest faces Huberdeau, Weegar 'excited' for season following shock of trade
CALGARY - With the initial shock having finally subsided after learning late that they had been traded from the Florida Panthers to Calgary , Jonathan Huberdeau and MacKenzie Weegar are ready to get s...
Jul 25, 2022
David Trimble, architect of N Ireland peace deal, dies at 77
LONDON (AP) - David Trimble, a former Northern Ireland first minister who won the Nobel Peace Prize for playing a key role in helping end Northern Ireland's decades of violence, has died, the Ulster U...
Jul 25, 2022
Reaction to the Pope's apology for Catholic Church's role in residential schools
MASKWACIS - Pope Francis delivered on Monday an apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools, saying many Christians supported the colonization of Indigenous people. He made the...
Jul 25, 2022
Lawyers make closing submissions in sex assault trial for former Vancouver Canuck
VANCOUVER - A defence lawyer for former Vancouver Canuck Jake Virtanen says the woman who claims he sexually assaulted her nearly five years ago wasn't a reliable or trustworthy witness. Brock Martlan...
Jul 25, 2022
Mountie says holding back gun details was 'no-brainer' in N.S. mass shooting
HALIFAX - The Mountie in charge of the investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting says it was a "no-brainer" for him to withhold details of the killer's guns nine days after the rampage. Chief S...
Jul 25, 2022
County extends storm response
DUNMORE, AB - Cypress County is extending its response to the storm that destroyed buildings, knocked down trees and power lines and left widespread damage in its wake.The county says waste bins place...
Jul 25, 2022
Pope apologizes for 'devastating' school abuses in Canada
MASKWACIS, Alta. (AP) - Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church's cooperation with Canada's "devastating'' policy of Indigenous residential schools. "I am deeply sorry," he said in Maskwac...
Jul 25, 2022
'Deplorable evil': Full text of the Pope's residential school apology
MASKWACIS, ALTA. - Pope Francis delivered an apology to Indigenous residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alta., after a visit to the former site of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School on Mon...
Jul 25, 2022
Suspect in custody, several people shot in Metro Vancouver city of Langley, B.C.
LANGLEY, B.C. - RCMP say "several people" have been shot and a suspect is in custody, after an early morning incident in the Metro Vancouver city of Langley that left a vehicle riddled with bullets. P...
Jul 25, 2022
PHF expansion Montreal signs first seven players for upcoming season
MONTREAL - The Premier Hockey Federation's newest expansion team in Montreal has signed its first seven players for the upcoming 2022-23 season. Montreal signed forwards Ann-Sophie Bettez, Kim Deschen...
Jul 25, 2022