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Sentencing hearing to begin for Calgary couple convicted in child's death
CALGARY - A sentencing hearing is to begin today for a Calgary couple who delayed taking their gravely ill son to hospital until it was too late. A jury found Jennifer and Jeromie Clark guil...
Feb 08, 2019
Serial killer Bruce McArthur to be sentenced today
TORONTO - Serial killer Bruce McArthur is set to be sentenced today. The 67-year-old self-employed landscaper pleaded guilty last week to murdering eight men with ties to Toronto's gay village. The Cr...
Feb 08, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 8
Six stories in the news for Friday, Feb. 8 --- SINGH WANTS INVESTIGATION INTO SNC-LAVALIN CASE NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for an ethics investigation into allegations that...
Feb 08, 2019
Extra hockey: NHL ties record with 8 OT games in 1 day
Almost every team in the NHL was in action Thursday night - and most of them came away with at least a point. A record-tying eight games went to overtime. That tied the mark set Feb. 22, 2007, and mat...
Feb 08, 2019
Toews OT goal sends Blackhawks past Canucks to 6th straight
CHICAGO - Jonathan Toews scored 3:21 into overtime to lift the Chicago Blackhawks over the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 on Thursday night for their season-high sixth straight win. Alex DeBrincat scored twice...
Feb 07, 2019
Evander Kane has two goals, assist as Sharks beat Flames in key Pacific matchup
CALGARY - Evander Kane scored twice and added an assist on Thursday leading the San Jose Sharks to a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames in a Pacific Division showdown. Kane has nine goals and 13 poi...
Feb 07, 2019
Blackhawks score five times in third period to get past slumping Oilers
EDMONTON - Exploding for five goals in the third period has kept the Chicago Blackhawks on a roll. Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist as the Blackhawks defeated the Edmonton Oilers 6-2 on Tuesday f...
Feb 07, 2019
Trump uses state of the union speech to urge Congress to approve USMCA
WASHINGTON - The NAFTA-bashing president of the United States used his state of the union speech Tuesday to urge a divided, combative Congress to come together to ratify a continental trade pact ...
Feb 07, 2019
Oilers stop 6-game losing streak with 4-1 win over Wild
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Darnell Nurse gave reeling Edmonton an early boost by scoring 2:15 into the first period, and the Oilers stopped a six-game losing streak with a 4-1 victory Thursday night over Minne...
Feb 07, 2019
Historic candidacy of princess upends tradition in Thailand
BANGKOK - A Thai political party on Friday named a princess as its nominee to be the next prime minister, upending tradition that the royal palace plays no public role in politics and upsetting all pr...
Feb 07, 2019