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Oilers boast talent needed for a playoff run, but know a long season lies ahead
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers officially began training camp Wednesday, but a lot of the talk in the Alberta capital is already focused on what the team is going to be doing in April. After getting t...
Sep 21, 2022
De Grasse, other Canadian athletes, transcend sport in changing marketing world
TORONTO - Andre De Grasse launched his own signature wine at a posh party on Tuesday night, with a strip of red Mondo track and a pair of starting blocks in place of a traditional red carpet. Casa Lom...
Sep 21, 2022
Canada Soccer makes new contract offer to men's and women's players
Canada Soccer has made a new offer to its players in a bid to resolve their ongoing contract impasse. Earl Cochrane, Canada Soccer's general secretary, said a "comprehensive compensation offer" was ma...
Sep 21, 2022
Toronto Blue Jays demote Merryweather, recall Griffin from Triple-A Buffalo
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays optioned reliever Julian Merryweather to Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday afternoon and recalled left-hander Foster Griffin from the Bisons. Merryweather's demotion came a...
Sep 21, 2022
Conservatives may support part of the Liberal government's affordability plan
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are opening the door to supporting part of the Liberal government's affordability plan in one of their first moves with Pierre Poilievre as the new party leader. Tor...
Sep 21, 2022
Family: 2 American veterans captured in Ukraine released
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces have been released after about three months in captivity, relatives said Wednesday. Alex ...
Sep 21, 2022
Biden, Truss seek to smooth over N Ireland divide
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Liz Truss declared themselves staunch allies Wednesday as they tried to patch up a divide over Brexit's impact on peace in Northe...
Sep 21, 2022
Trudeau to attend assassinated Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's state funeral in Tokyo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend a state funeral for Japan's assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe next week in Tokyo. The 67-year-old Abe, who had stepped down as prime mini...
Sep 21, 2022
Man pleads guilty to dousing 'Bewitched' statue in red paint
SALEM, Mass. (AP) - A man will be sentenced to 18 months of probation after pleading guilty to vandalizing the "Bewitched" statue by dousing the Salem, Massachusetts tourist attraction with red paint ...
Sep 21, 2022
De Havilland Canada to build airline manufacturing plant east of Calgary: Kenney
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a new airplane manufacturing plant is to be built near Calgary. De Havilland Canada is scheduled to make the announcement Wednesday afternoon about its plan...
Sep 21, 2022
