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Top NHL draft prospects Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko know they'll always be linked
VANCOUVER - Jack Hughes shook hands with Kaapo Kakko for the first time Thursday. If the expected script plays out at the NHL draft, the two potential future stars know their stories will be intertwin...
Jun 22, 2019
Canadian teams add talent to prospect pools with NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Nicolas Robertson has long wanted to wear the Toronto Maple Leafs logo on his chest. The 18 year old finally pulled on a Leafs jersey with his name emblazoned on the back on Saturday ...
Jun 22, 2019
NHL salary cap set at US$81.5 million for 2019-20 season, floor at $60.2 million
TORONTO - The NHL's salary cap has been set at US$81.5 million for the 2019-20 season after the league and its players' association reached an agreement on Saturday. A lower limit of $60.2 million and...
Jun 22, 2019
NRA sues ex-president Oliver North, saying he harmed the NRA
NEW YORK - The National Rifle Association has sued its former president, Oliver North, for what it called "conduct harmful to the NRA" as turmoil that was exposed publicly when North resigned two mont...
Jun 22, 2019
Subban, Marleau among the players traded on busy second day of NHL draft
VANCOUVER - Ray Shero knew he'd be leaving the West Coast with star centre Jack Hughes. The New Jersey Devils general manager was less sure about his other big target until Saturda...
Jun 22, 2019
2 more duck boat workers indicted in sinking that killed 17
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A federal grand jury has indicted two more employees of a company that owns a duck boat that sank on a Missouri lake last summer, killing 17 people. Curtis Lanham, the general manag...
Jun 22, 2019
Monument to Canada's war in Afghanistan gets a home after years of bickering
OTTAWA - A site has been officially approved for the federal government's promised national monument for the war in Afghanistan, five years after the memorial was first promised. The decision by the N...
Jun 22, 2019
Judge won't dismiss charges against Alberta couple charged in meningitis death
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An Alberta judge rejected a defence application Thursday to dismiss the case against a couple charged in the meningitis death of their toddler. David and Colle...
Jun 22, 2019
Retired UBC professor Peter Winterburn killed in Chile, school confirms
VALPARAISO, Chile - A retired geochemistry professor from the University of British Columbia has been killed in attempted robbery in Valparaiso, Chile, the school confirmed Saturday. In a post on Face...
Jun 22, 2019
Preds looking to repeat as PGLL champions
After winning their first Prairie Gold Lacrosse League junior championship last season, the Prince Albert Predators have a chance to do it again. And like last year, they'll head into the championship...
Jun 22, 2019 Last year, the Predators raised the PGLL junior championship trophy over their heads. Will they get to do it again this year? (Jeff D'Andrea/paNOW Staff)
