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Flyers hire Alain Vigneault as head coach
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers have hired Alain Vigneault as head coach, hoping the veteran can help lead them to their first Stanley Cup since 1975. Vigneault has led the New York Rangers and...
Apr 17, 2019
Leafs' Kadri suspended for rest of series for cross-check on Bruins' DeBrusk
NEW YORK - The Toronto Maple Leafs will have to do without Nazem Kadri for the rest of their first-round playoff series with the Boston Bruins. The centre was suspended for the rest of the series...
Apr 17, 2019
Liverpool beats Porto to return to Champions League semis
PORTO, Portugal - Liverpool returned to the semifinals of the Champions League after comfortably beating Porto 4-1 on Wednesday, with the attacking trio of Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmin...
Apr 17, 2019
Tottenham stuns Man City to reach Champions League semis
MANCHESTER, England - Fernando Llorente sent Tottenham into its first European Cup semifinal in 57 years and ended Manchester City's quadruple hopes by scoring the decider in a breathtaking Champions ...
Apr 17, 2019
Nearly 70 per cent of eligible Albertans voted in provincial election
EDMONTON - The unofficial turnout shows nearly 70 per cent of Albertans voted in the provincial election - the highest in decades.Elections Alberta says about 2,615,000 people in Alberta were register...
Apr 17, 2019
Feds seek dismissal of plutonium lawsuit; no quake concerns
RENO, Nev. - The U.S. Energy Department is asking a federal judge in Reno to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging plutonium shipments to Nevada, adding that the material at the storage site north o...
Apr 17, 2019
Possible delay looms in former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle's assault trial
OTTAWA - The assault trial of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle faces a possible delay of several months due to legal wrangling over allowable evidence. Boyle, 35, has pleaded not guilty in Onta...
Apr 17, 2019
Bus carrying Germans crashes, kills 28 on Portugal's Madeira
LISBON, Portugal - A tour bus carrying German tourists crashed on Portugal's Madeira Island on Wednesday, killing 28 people and injuring 28 others, local authorities said. The bus carrying 55 people r...
Apr 17, 2019
Parole granted for driver in deadly 1981 Brink's heist
ALBANY, N.Y. - Former radical activist Judith Clark was granted parole Wednesday after serving more than 37 years behind bars for her role as getaway driver in a 1981 Brink's armoured truck robbery th...
Apr 17, 2019
Attacked newsroom: Pulitzer commemorated with sombre silence
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Capital Gazette staff members stayed silent and somberly exchanged hugs Monday when the Maryland newspaper won a special Pulitzer Prize citation for its coverage and courage in the fa...
Apr 17, 2019
