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Canada's Brigitte Thibault plans to turn pro this summer after exemplary NCAA career
Canada's Brigitte Thibault is ready to take the next step in her career. The product of Rosemere, Que., said on Wednesday that she plans to turn professional sometime this summer after a successful ca...
May 25, 2022
Oz, McCormick race heads into recount in Pa. Senate primary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania's top election official said Wednesday that the margin between the top two candidates in last week's Republican primary for U.S. Senate is tight enough to trigger a...
May 25, 2022
Woodcroft has Oilers one win from WCF: 'Unbelievable job to turn our season around'
EDMONTON - Jay Woodcroft was slicing tape for a team packed with future Hall of Famers. As he went about his work as the Detroit Red Wings' video coach, a job secured at 28 years old ahead of the 2005...
May 25, 2022
NBC finishes with second-most watched Premier League season
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - NBC Sports averaged 507,000 viewers per match window for its Premier League coverage, making this the second-most watched season since the network began airing games in August 2...
May 25, 2022
Weekend storm: Quebec says some parts of province won't get power back until Saturday
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro utility says more than 80,000 customers are still without power following last weekend's violent storm that left a trail of damage from Gatineau to Quebec City. Hydro-Qubec p...
May 25, 2022
Women's groups warn Liberals against 'downloading' gun control to potential victims
OTTAWA - Several women's groups are urging the federal Liberals to abandon the idea of allowing an endangered person to apply to a court for an order to remove firearms from a stalker or abuser. They ...
May 25, 2022
Quebec bill would give Alzheimer's patients access to medical aid in dying
MONTREAL - Quebec has tabled a bill that would extend the province's assisted death legislation to people with Alzheimer's disease. Health Minister Christian Dub said today that Bill 38 would allow pe...
May 25, 2022
Police suspect arson in fire at Wyoming abortion clinic site
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) - An overnight fire in Wyoming damaged a building under renovation to house a new abortion clinic in the conservative state with widespread opposition to abortion and authorities sai...
May 25, 2022
Norwegian curling great Thomas Ulsrud, winner of 2010 Olympic silver, dies at 50
Norwegian curler Thomas Ulsrud, a three-time Olympian who won silver at the 2010 Vancouver Games, has died after a long illness, the World Curling Federation said Wednesday. He was 50. In a Facebook p...
May 25, 2022
Federal government would join challenge of Quebec's Bill 21 at Supreme Court
MONTREAL - Federal Justice Minister David Lametti says his government will join a legal challenge to Quebec's religious symbols law if it reaches the Supreme Court. Lametti told reporters in Montreal ...
May 25, 2022