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Winnipeg Jets claim veteran defenceman Luca Sbisa off waivers from Anaheim Ducks
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets scooped up some blue-line help Wednesday, claiming defenceman Luca Sbisa off waivers. The 29-year-old signed a contract with the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday, but needed to pa...
Oct 23, 2019

NewsAlert: Trudeau says new cabinet to be sworn in on Nov. 20
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will unveil his new cabinet on Nov. 20 and is vowing to work with opposition parties - his first public comments since election night when voters handed ...
Oct 23, 2019

Halifax ceremony marks 50th anniversary of Navy's worst peacetime accident
HALIFAX - A ceremony was held today to commemorate the worst peacetime accident in the history of the Royal Canadian Navy, which happened 50 years ago in seas off England. An explosion ...
Oct 23, 2019

'Everything is interrelated:' Scientists write family tree for tree of life
Scientists have written the family tree for the tree of life. Researchers from around the world and several Canadian universities say it's taken nine years of work to analyze the genetics of 1,100 pla...
Oct 23, 2019

Former Ottawa Rough Riders head coach George Brancato dead at age 88
OTTAWA - George Brancato, who won Grey Cups with the Ottawa Rough Riders as a player, assistant coach and head coach, has died. He was 88. The Redblacks, Ottawa's current CFL team, confirmed...
Oct 23, 2019

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Today, Canadians are living longer and fuller lives thanks to research that has resulted in a nearly 20% increase in the breast cancer survival rate since the 1980s. Today, almost 90% of women will su...
Oct 23, 2019

Upstart People's Party had little impact on election results: Analysis
OTTAWA - Conservatives worried the upstart People's Party of Canada would result in a vote-split on the right can rest a little easier. A riding-by-riding analysis by The Canadian Press shows while th...
Oct 23, 2019

Feral cats roaming N.L. island face uncertain future as humans prepare exit
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Animal lovers in Newfoundland and Labrador are seeking help for dozens of feral cats facing an uncertain future as the humans in the small town where they p...
Oct 23, 2019

Closing arguments: Crown says accused in Edmonton attack meant to cause chaos
EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor says a man accused of stabbing an Edmonton police officer and striking four pedestrians with a van went to extraordinary lengths to cause as much "chaos, destruction and ...
Oct 23, 2019

‘She was the rock’: Husband, curling community grieve loss of Sask. curler and mother
A Warman family and Saskatchewan's curling community are in mourning after the sudden death of a beloved mom and provincial curling team member.Aly Jenkins, a lead for Sherry Anderson's curling rink, ...
Oct 23, 2019 Aly Jenkins was a member of the Sherry Anderson rink out of Saskatoon's Nutana Curling Club. (Team Sherry Anderson/Facebook)