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Ottawa Senators sign backup goalie Filip Gustavsson to two-year contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed backup goalie Filip Gustavsson to a two-year deal. The team said in a release Sunday that the first year of the contract is two-ways and worth US$750,000 in th...
Aug 29, 2021
Russia downs Germany 3-2 at women's world hockey championship
CALGARY - Oxana Bratisheva scored the game winner Sunday as Russia topped Germany 3-2 at the women's world hockey championship in Calgary. Veronika Korzhakova and Anna Savonina also scored for the Rus...
Aug 29, 2021
2 Jays homers enough for Berríos in 2-1 win over Tigers
DETROIT (AP) - Jos Berros pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tigers 2-1 on Sunday, taking two of three in a low-scoring series with Detroit. Bo Bichette and Kevin Smith ho...
Aug 29, 2021
Edmonton Elks revise number of COVID-19 cases following false positive
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks say they have gone three-straight days without recording a new positive COVID-19 test. The news comes a week after Edmonton's game against the Toronto Argonauts, initially...
Aug 29, 2021
A list of milestones in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career
WINNIPEG - A timeline of major events in Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's political career: Sept. 15, 1992: Pallister wins a provincial byelection in Portage la Prairie. He is re-elected in 1995 and...
Aug 29, 2021
Excerpts from an interview with Manitoba premier as he prepares to leave office
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has said that he plans to step down Wednesday. Here are some quotes from an interview with The Canadian Press: On low polling numbers: "If you govern with a...
Aug 29, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Brian Pallister says he will step down as Manitoba premier on Wednesday
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will step down on Wednesday. Pallister had announced earlier this month his plan to retire and not seek re-election. The Progressive Conservative pa...
Aug 29, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases in province eclipse 2,000-mark
With 257 new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday, Saskatchewan has now eclipsed the 2,000 active case mark. There are now 2,065 active cases in the province, an increase of 78 from Saturday. There were ...
Aug 29, 2021
After dearth of hockey, Canadian women's hockey team savours Beijing preparation
CALGARY - Never have players on the Canadian women's hockey team looked forward to the rigours of pre-Olympic preparation more. Ice time wasn't always available during the COVID-19 pandemic, let alone...
Aug 29, 2021
Montreal mayor invests $5.5 million to boost police resources to fight gun crime
Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante says the city will invest an additional $5.5 million in its police force in order to help fight gun crime. Plante said today alongside Chief Sylvain Caron that the amount ...
Aug 29, 2021