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Hockey Canada to hold a second Beyond The Boards summit to examine culture
CALGARY - Hockey Canada will hold a Beyond The Boards summit in Ottawa in November to analyze gender-based violence, homophobia, sexism and transphobia in the game. It's Hockey Canada's second summit ...
Oct 03, 2024
Former Brier champ Menard returns to elite men's curling, PointsBet could be revamped
CALGARY - Jean-Michel Menard is back on the Canadian men's curling stage. The first francophone skip from Quebec to win a national men's championship has returned this season playing third for Felix A...
Oct 03, 2024
Prime Video's NHL reality series to debut Friday: 'There was no holding back'
Connor McDavid stands in the middle of the locker room. The Edmonton Oilers captain's voice rises as he emphatically calls on teammates to give more. His passionate, expletive-laden message - a side r...
Oct 03, 2024
Boat capsizes in eastern Congo lake, killing at least 50 people, witnesses say
GOMA, Congo (AP) - A boat carrying scores of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, witnesses told The Associated Press. It was not immediately clea...
Oct 03, 2024
UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal to secure US base
LONDON (AP) - The British government agreed Thursday to hand sovereignty of the long-contested Chagos Islands, an archipelago of more than 60 islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius, in a deal that ...
Oct 03, 2024
Corrections officer running again in Ward 1
A corrections officer who has run for election in Prince Albert's Ward 1 has once again put his name forward. Daniel Brown said his first order of business is to thank outgoing councillor Charlene Mil...
Oct 03, 2024
New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visits Ukraine in his first trip since taking office
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - New NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte visited Ukraine on Thursday in his first official trip since taking office and pledging continued support for Kyiv. Rutte met with Ukrainian ...
Oct 03, 2024
Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in a Gaza strike earlier this year
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in ...
Oct 03, 2024
Israeli military says it killed a senior Hamas leader in a Gaza strike earlier this year
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that it killed a senior Hamas leader in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip around three months ago. It said that a strike on an underground compound in ...
Oct 03, 2024
'It will take time': Wab Kinew reflects on first year as Manitoba premier
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew continues to enjoy a honeymoon with voters one year after his NDP government was elected, but there are challenges ahead in fulfilling promises to improve health ...
Oct 03, 2024
