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Lane Hutson scores OT winner as United States beats Canada in WJC exhibition
KUNGSBACKA, Sweden - Lane Hutson scored the overtime winner as the United States defeated Canada 6-5 in a world junior hockey championship tune-up game Saturday. Hutson skated up the ice during the 3-...
Dec 23, 2023
'Silence is not a solution': LGBTQ+ parliamentarians reflect on polarization, protest
Members of the LGBTQ+ community have long faced discrimination and prejudice in Canada and beyond, having to fight for job protection, access to services and basic human rights.Canada legalized same-s...
Dec 23, 2023
Despite missing NHL stars, 'relentless' Canada ready to defend gold at world juniors
Alan Letang isn't focused on the absences. It doesn't do Canada's head coach any good. "We're missing what we miss," Letang said. "There's nothing we can do about that." The under-20 men's national te...
Dec 23, 2023
Hearing set for two New Brunswick men whose murder convictions were overturned
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - A hearing has been set for two New Brunswick men whose 1984 convictions for the killing of a man in Saint John were quashed Friday by the federal justice minister. The co-president ...
Dec 23, 2023
Local company hands out gift cards to P.A.’s vulnerable in show of support
Some of Prince Albert's vulnerable population received a nice surprise on Saturday morning. Lions Security Inc. was out at P.A.'s McDonald's and Tim Hortons locations handing out gift cards from eithe...
Dec 23, 2023
Jacques Martin happy to be back in a familiar place with the Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - History has a strange way of repeating itself sometimes. The first time Jacques Martin stepped behind the Senators bench just over 27 years ago, he faced the Pittsburgh Penguins - the same op...
Dec 23, 2023
Attendance concerns, performance woes among many issues on domestic curling scene
Curling Canada's new chief executive officer will have a long to-do list when they take on the job next year. Danny Lamoureux is serving as interim CEO after Katherine Henderson left to become preside...
Dec 23, 2023
Leaders of two Quebec teachers unions approve partial deal with provincial government
QUEBEC - Two Quebec teachers unions say their leadership has approved a partial agreement with the government after weeks of participating in larger public sector strikes. The Fdration des syndicats d...
Dec 23, 2023
Israel strikes 2 homes, killing more than 90 Palestinians as troops expand south Gaza offensive
More than 90 Palestinians, including dozens from an extended family, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on two homes, rescuers and hospital officials said Saturday, a day after the U.N. chief warned ag...
Dec 23, 2023
Quebec police searching for 4-year-old girl who fell into river
DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI, Que. - Quebec provincial police are searching for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river in a region north of Quebec City on Friday afternoon. Police Sergeant Hugues Beaulieu s...
Dec 23, 2023