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'Burst into football': Blue Bombers get in on growing sport of girls flag football
WINNIPEG - Standing on a field of green turf at a sporting facility in Winnipeg's south end, Solape Obasa keeps her eye on the football, waiting for the moment she can catch it and run. But before the...
Apr 13, 2024

When leaders speak of workers and their rights, hold them to it, CLC urges unions
OTTAWA - Canada's largest labour organization is urging unions to hold politicians to account when they profess to champion the country's working class. Bea Bruske, president of the Canadian Labour Co...
Apr 13, 2024

What we learned from the inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada's elections
OTTAWA - If one thing from the public inquiry into foreign interference is clear, it's that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections. But the evidence is hazy on whether or not it succ...
Apr 13, 2024

B.C. rescue team regroups after little orca thwarts capture in remote lagoon
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The team attempting to rescue an orphaned killer whale trapped in a remote B.C. lagoon is regrouping today after an initial attempt to capture the young orca failed. Rescuers say the ...
Apr 13, 2024

Multiple people stabbed and 1 person shot at a Sydney shopping center, media say
SYDNEY (AP) - Multiple people were stabbed Saturday, and police shot someone, at a busy Sydney shopping center, media reports said. ABC TV in Australia reported Saturday that police evacuated shoppers...
Apr 13, 2024

Eddy Nolan, Montrealer who ran Terry Fox run every year for 43 years, dies at 67
MONTREAL - Every year for 43 years, Montrealer Eddy Nolan took to the streets for a Terry Fox Run, usually carrying a big red and white Terry Fox flag on a pole as packs of schoolchildren jogged behin...
Apr 13, 2024

Kuzmenko's hat trick leads Calgary to 6-3 victory over Anaheim
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Andrei Kuzmenko scored three goals, Nazem Kadri had a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames withstood Anaheim's third-period rally for a 6-3 victory over the Ducks on Fri...
Apr 12, 2024

Hurricanes beat Blues 5-2 on Slavin go-ahead goal
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Jaccob Slavin scored the winning goal 7:53 into the third period and Jake Guentzel added a pair of empty-netters, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis B...
Apr 12, 2024

Canada's Bibic takes gold, men's sprint team wins bronze at UCI Track Nations Cup
MILTON, Ont. - Canadian cyclist Dylan Bibic outlasted his competition and captured gold at the UCI Track Nations Cup on Friday. The 20-year-old Mississauga, Ont., native was the last rider on the trac...
Apr 12, 2024

Maccelli scores OT winner as Coyotes edge McDavid-less Oilers 3-2
EDMONTON - Matias Maccelli scored the overtime winner as the Arizona Coyotes continued to show some spark, defeating the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Friday. Maccelli notched his 15th of the season 1:35 int...
Apr 12, 2024