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Edmonton Oilers sign goaltender Jonsson to three-year entry-level contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed goaltender Samuel Jonsson to a three-year entry-level contract, the NHL team said Saturday. The six-foot-five 201-pound netminder was selected in the fifth r...
Apr 12, 2025
Canada's Homan steals pair in eighth end for quarterfinal win over Yoshimura
TORONTO - Canada's Rachel Homan stole two points in the eighth end for a 6-4 win over Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura on Saturday at the AMJ Players' Championship. Yoshimura needed to make an open draw to th...
Apr 12, 2025
Folksy philosophies of Ted Lasso comedy series at heart of N.S. university course
HALIFAX - A professor at Dalhousie University is offering a course using the philosophies of fictional soccer coach Ted Lasso as a guide to - among other things - building honest relationships and lea...
Apr 12, 2025
Piastri on pole and Norris only sixth in qualifying for F1's Bahrain Grand Prix
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) - Oscar Piastri took pole in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday as his McLaren teammate and standings leader Lando Norris could only manage sixth. George Russell wa...
Apr 12, 2025
At least 100 people killed in attacks on famine-hit camps in Sudan's Darfur, UN official says
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's notorious paramilitary group launched a two-day attack on famine-hit camps for displaced people that left more than 100 dead, including 20 children and nine aid workers, in the Da...
Apr 12, 2025
Cory Stillman to serve as Canadian coach at U18 men's world hockey championship
CALGARY - Cory Stillman will serve as coach of the Canadian team at the IIHF U18 men's world championship, Hockey Canada said Saturday. He'll be joined by associate coach Travis Crickard, assistant co...
Apr 12, 2025
Sask. police, Victims’ Fund receive $1.1M from forfeiture of criminal property
Police forces across Saskatchewan and the provincial Victims' Fund received $1.1 million thanks to assets seized during criminal investigations.Saskatchewan's Civil Forfeiture Program seizes property ...
Apr 12, 2025
B.C. players surge onto Canadian women's hockey team after drought
ESK BUDJOVICE - Women's hockey in British Columbia is having a long-awaited moment. Three players from the province on Canada's world championship roster is the most ever. It was initially four until ...
Apr 12, 2025
Quebec teen, 15, dies after falling into silo at closed factory in Shawinigan, Que
SHAWINIGAN - Quebec provincial police say a 15-year-old girl has died after a fall at the site of a shuttered factory in Shawinigan, northeast of Montreal. One of the girl's relatives alerted emergenc...
Apr 12, 2025
Education; vaccine research key to solving tuberculosis
It only took two years. Worldwide, more than 1.5 million people die each year from Tuberculosis and there was only one other infectious disease more deadly - COVID-19. During the pandemic, all healthc...
Apr 12, 2025