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"It's amazing" - Boucher would love to see Raptors extend playoffs for starved fans
TORONTO - Three years after the Raptors last played post-season basketball at home, nobody on this side of the border wants to see Toronto's run end yet. The Raptors face elimination for the third con...
Apr 28, 2022
European leaders blast cutoff of Russian gas as 'blackmail'
POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) - European leaders blasted Russia's decision to cut natural gas shipments to Poland and Bulgaria as "blackmail," saying the cutoff and the Kremlin's warning that it might cease ...
Apr 27, 2022
Boston Red Sox top Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 to end four-game losing skid
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays were forced to search for small victories Wednesday after dropping a 7-1 decision to the Boston Red Sox. Starter Ross Stripling threw a season-high five innings, the te...
Apr 27, 2022
Petry helps Canadiens beat Rangers 4-3 to end 9-game skid
NEW YORK (AP) - Jeff Petry scored his second goal of the game in the final minute of the third period and Sam Montembeault made 24 saves as the Montreal Canadiens beat the playoff-bound New York Range...
Apr 27, 2022
Eric Comrie, Winnipeg Jets shutout Philadelphia Flyers 4-0
WINNIPEG - Eric Comrie made 34 saves to record his first career shutout in the Winnipeg Jets' 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. The 26-year-old native of Edmonton was playing in h...
Apr 27, 2022
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to visit counterpart Mary Ng in Ottawa
WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel north of the border next week to meet with her Canadian counterpart, Mary Ng. Tai's office says the ambassador will hold two days of me...
Apr 27, 2022
Gymnasts say they're dismayed by Sport Canada's call for a third-party investigation
A group of more than 400 Canadian gymnasts are angry over Sport Canada's response to calls for a third-party investigation into their sport, saying it "deflects and defers any meaningful action." Gymn...
Apr 27, 2022
B.C. raises forest revenue sharing amounts for First Nations in reconciliation move
VICTORIA - First Nations in British Columbia will receive a $63 million increase in forestry income this year as part of a new revenue-sharing model that Indigenous leaders say is an encouraging step ...
Apr 27, 2022
Chiefs win Treaty 6 Championship
The Sandy Lake Chiefs have been crowned the 2022 Treaty 6 Hockey League champs.The deciding game was played Tuesday night when the Chiefs beat the Whitefish Flyers 10-4 and clinched the series three g...
Apr 27, 2022
Curbing Canadian forest fires could be an affordable way to cut emissions: study
Better wildfire management in Canadian and Alaskan forests could offer a cost-effective way to limit greenhouse gas emissions, a new study says. Research published in the journal Science Advances on W...
Apr 27, 2022