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The Professional Women's Hockey League trade deadline is imminent, but the mood around the league is relatively calm. The NHL is usually rife with suspense, urgency and rumours of last-minute deals fl...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (CP-AP) - Canadian international Janine Beckie, returning from knee surgery, scored twice in a losing cause Saturday as the Portland Thorns were beaten 5-4 by Kansas City in the regul...

MONTREAL - A report filed in Quebec Superior Court details the reasons behind the financial troubles that led the parent company of the Just for Laughs comedy festivals to cancel its flagship event an...

DETROIT (AP) - Patrick Kane scored a tiebreaking goal late in the second period and James Reimer stopped 25 shots, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in a m...

The Parkinson Association of Alberta (PAA) is sharing details of its April campaign for Parkinson Awareness Month.The organization notes April is a time to, "acknowledge the tremendous strength and re...

VEYSONNAZ, Switzerland - Marielle Thompson led a Canadian sweep of the medals in a women's World Cup ski-cross event Saturday. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., registered the victory. Brittany Phelan, of ...

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Canada's Kim Boutin won gold in the women's 500-metre final Saturday at the ISU world short-track speedskating championships. Boutin, of Sherbrooke, Que., posted a winning tim...

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) - Three people were killed after gunfire erupted early Saturday in a suburban Philadelphia township, forcing cancellation of a St. Patrick's Day parade and shutting down a chi...

HALIFAX - A rare bald raccoon is in the care of a Nova Scotia shelter, where staff hope she'll grow her fur coat - including a bandit-like, black streak across her eyes. Hope Swinimer, the director of...

A 30-hour armed standoff with Calgary police that forced some residents of a southeast neighbourhood out of their homes came to an end on Friday night after officers shot a man dead. Police had been s...