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Maple Leafs goaltender Ilya Samsonov showing flashes of the past after AHL demotion
TORONTO - Ilya Samsonov hasn't had a lot to smile about this season. The Maple Leafs goaltender struggled early and lost the No. 1 job in Toronto before enduring the embarrassment of being placed on w...
Jan 23, 2024

Canadian tight end McLachlan to miss Senior Bowl with training injury
NFL officials will have to wait to see Canadian tight end Tanner McLachlan up close and personal. The six-foot-five, 240-pound tight end at Arizona had accepted an invitation to attend the Reese's Sen...
Jan 23, 2024

Blue Bombers home venue to be renamed Princess Auto Stadium in April
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will have a new home this season. The CFL club announced Tuesday its home venue will go by the name of Princess Auto Stadium. The official change will come about i...
Jan 23, 2024

Canucks' Tocchet reflects on year behind the bench in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet took over the Vancouver Canucks a year ago, with the team struggling to find wins and consistency in how it played. Bruce Boudreau had been fired following a period of extende...
Jan 23, 2024

'Sabotage': Nails placed in tree trunks at future Quebec EV battery plant site
MONTREAL - Swedish manufacturer Northvolt says the site of its future electric vehicle battery plant near Montreal was sabotaged after nails were driven into trees that are set to be cut down. Northvo...
Jan 23, 2024

Former NBAer Joel Anthony finding new ways to grow basketball in Montreal
Joel Anthony still fondly remembers all the veteran players who helped him through his NBA career and the local stars who inspired him as a young kid growing up in Montreal. Now he wants to do the sam...
Jan 23, 2024

Canadian men to meet U.S. in exhibition basketball play before Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Canada's senior men's basketball team will have an early test leading up to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canada Basketball announced the team will face the U.S. in exhibition play in Las Vegas o...
Jan 23, 2024

James Smith members who helped after massacre say inquest should have heard from them
MELFORT, Sask. - Members of a Saskatchewan First Nation who provided support after a mass stabbing say a coroner's inquest should be hearing about their response. Cindy Ghostkeeper-Whitehead said she'...
Jan 23, 2024

New Hampshire Republicans want big changes, but some have concerns about Trump, AP VoteCast shows
WASHINGTON (AP) - New Hampshire Republicans are voting Tuesday night with a desire to curb immigration and overhaul the federal government, yet they have some misgivings about former President Donald ...
Jan 23, 2024

New York man convicted of murdering woman who wound up in his backcountry driveway after wrong turn
FORT EDWARD, N.Y. (AP) - A man was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday for fatally shooting a young woman when the SUV she was riding in mistakenly drove up his rural driveway in upstate New Yor...
Jan 23, 2024