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Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid set to return from injury vs Kings
LOS ANGELES - Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid will return to the lineup Sunday night against the Los Angeles Kings. The Oilers captain has missed six games since suffering a quadriceps i...
Feb 23, 2020
Weinstein jury indicates it is split on most serious counts
NEW YORK - The jury in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial indicated Friday that it is deadlocked on the most serious charges, but the judge told the panel it must keep working. In a note to the judge late ...
Feb 23, 2020
Italy cancels Venice Carnival in bid to halt spread of virus
CODOGNO, Italy - Italian authorities have announced they are shutting down Venice's famed Carnival events in a bid to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, as the number of infected people in the cou...
Feb 23, 2020
Nearly 100 Hatters turn out to Coldest Night of the Year event
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The Coldest Night of the Year took place in Medicine Hat and across the country Saturday evening in 136 communities, raising funds to assist in providing programming for individuals...
Feb 23, 2020 Some of the nearly 100 Hatters who took part in Saturday's Coldest Night of the Year event hosted by the Mustard Seed. (CHAT News photo)
Ontario's Homan into Hearts final with 8-3 win over Jones wild-card team
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - Ontario's Rachel Homan advanced to the final of the Canadian women's curling championship with an 8-3 semifinal win over the Jennifer Jones wild-card team Sunday. Homan, a...
Feb 23, 2020
Ottawa, province, First Nations sign deal to protect southern mountain caribou
VANCOUVER - A historic agreement to save endangered southern mountain caribou in northeast British Columbia has been recognized as reconciliation in action, coming on the same day tensions p...
Feb 23, 2020
Former Ukraine diplomat Marie Yovanovitch has book deal
NEW YORK - Former Ukraine ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, the career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Donald Trump offered a chilling account of alleged threats from Trump and h...
Feb 23, 2020
Eight people confirmed arrested during warrants in north Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Lethbridge Police Service (LPS) Crime Suppression Team (CST) arrested eight people from two homes in the 1800 block of 1 Ave North Friday (Feb 21) afternoon.Sgt. Rod Pastoor told ...
Feb 23, 2020 Items seized during raid -- Photo credit to LPS
Alice Munro among Nobel Prize winners urging Trudeau to deny oilsands project
Canadian author Alice Munro and dozens of other Nobel Prize winners around the world have joined the heated opposition facing a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta, decrying the proposed deve...
Feb 23, 2020
Hurricanes to bring emergency backup goalie Ayers to Raleigh for game
RALEIGH, N.C. - The Carolina Hurricanes aren't done with David Ayers just yet. Ayres, a 42-year-old Zamboni driver for the AHL's Toronto Marlies, was forced to be Carolina's emergency goalie for ...
Feb 23, 2020