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Going back to the moon: 'This is Canada on the world stage, doing big things'
WASHINGTON - Ask Marc Garneau if he'd go back to space and the first Canadian to ever make the trip doesn't hesitate: "In a wink." It's another matter entirely, of course, whether the now-retired form...
Apr 02, 2023
Dallas Jackals post first-ever Major League Rugby win, at expense of Toronto Arrows
The Dallas Jackals posted their first-ever win Saturday night, dispatching the Toronto Arrows 14-11. The Jackals went 0-16-0 in their inaugural 2022 season in Major League Rugby and were 0-6-0 when th...
Apr 02, 2023
Blinken urges Russia to release two detained Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart, in a rare phone since the Ukraine war, to immediately release a Wall Street Journal reporter who was detained last we...
Apr 02, 2023
'Had tears in their eyes': Indigenous youth given once-in-a-lifetime NHL experience
Sixteen youth from the La Loche area were given the NHL experience of a lifetime at the beginning of March when they headed to the West Coast to be a part of a very special night for the Vancouver Can...
Apr 02, 2023
Brendan Rodgers fired by relegation-threatened Leicester
LEICESTER, England (AP) - Relegation-threatened Leicester fired manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday in a late-season move to preserve its Premier League status. Rodgers, who has been in charge for four ...
Apr 02, 2023
Ex-Arkansas GOP Gov. Asa Hutchinson is running for president
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he's running for president in 2024, offering himself as an alternative for Republicans ready to turn the party away from Donald Trump....
Apr 02, 2023
Six Canadian children to return from Syrian detention without their mother: advocates
OTTAWA - Six Canadian children are set to leave a Syrian prison camp and fly to Canada without their mother, who cannot come with them because federal officials have not completed her security assessm...
Apr 02, 2023
Boat operated by missing man found near bodies of migrants in St. Lawrence River
The search continues for a missing Akwesasne resident whose boat was found near where eight bodies were pulled from the St. Lawrence River this past week. Akwesasne Mohawk Police say two of the migran...
Apr 02, 2023
Draisaitl nets hat trick and 50th as Oilers squash Ducks 6-0
EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl recorded a hat trick to get to 50 goals on the season and Jack Campbell made 36 saves to record his first shutout as an Oiler as the Edmonton Oilers won their fourth game in ...
Apr 01, 2023
Youngsters shine in Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 drubbing of CF Montreal
VANCOUVER - Simon Becher scored twice and notched an assist in his first Major League Soccer start as the Vancouver Whitecaps walloped CF Montreal 5-0 on Saturday. Ali Ahmed netted a goal and a helper...
Apr 01, 2023