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'Guys are just so amped up': NHLers talk playoff intensity after regular-season slog
Steven Stamkos has twice hoisted the Stanley Cup. The Tampa Bay Lightning captain also made the final on two other occasions. He knows what it takes to reach the top of that playoff mountain in the ch...
Apr 21, 2023
NFL suspends 5 players for violating gambling policy
NEW YORK - Three NFL players were suspended indefinitely Friday for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, while two other players, including the 12th overall draft pick a year ago, received six-gam...
Apr 21, 2023
Trudeau to travel to New York for next week's star-studded Global Citizen summit
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to head to New York next week for an international summit championing sustainable development and human rights. Summit host Global Citizen bills the e...
Apr 21, 2023
Federal public-service strike lands in middle of political battle for working class
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has often been followed by crowds of people looking to snag selfies, but with the largest federal public-sector strike in decades underway, Jagmeet Singh is the ...
Apr 21, 2023
Labour board flags 'irregularities,' low turnout in public service strike vote
OTTAWA - The federal labour board has found low turnout and irregularities of significant concern with the strike vote that led more than 100,000 public servants to walk off the job this week. The boa...
Apr 21, 2023
Mohawk Mothers, McGill reach deal to search for graves at site of former hospital
MONTREAL - McGill University and a group of Indigenous elders have reached a deal to search for the possibility of unmarked graves at the former site of a Montreal hospital. The Mohawk Mothers allege ...
Apr 21, 2023
Hassan Diab's supporters urge Canada to rebuff extradition after guilty verdict
OTTAWA - Supporters of Hassan Diab are calling on Canada to refuse any new extradition request from France after a court found the Ottawa sociology professor guilty of a 1980 bombing. Diab, who has al...
Apr 21, 2023
Canadian academic convicted in 1980 Paris synagogue bombing
PARIS (AP) - A Paris court has convicted a Lebanese-Canadian academic in absentia on terrorism charges and sentenced him to life in prison over a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980 that killed ...
Apr 21, 2023
Top lightweights Charles Oliveira, Beneil Dariush to meet in UFC 289 co-main event
A lightweight bout between former champion Charles (do Bronx) Oliveira and Beneil Dariush has been confirmed as the co-main event of UFC 289 in Vancouver. Oliveira (33-9-0 with one no-contest) is rank...
Apr 21, 2023
Insurance association warns federal dental plan could lead employers to drop coverage
OTTAWA - An association of health insurance providers warns it might not be worth it for small businesses to provide dental benefits to some employees once the government launches a national dental pl...
Apr 21, 2023