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The Kids Are All Right: Allison, Ersson lead Flyers to 4-3 win over Flames
CALGARY - Wade Allison scored the game-winner and fellow rookie Samuel Ersson made 33 saves to maintain his perfect record as the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Calgary Flames 4-3 on Monday afternoon. T...
Feb 20, 2023

Government communication on COVID-19 contributed to 'Freedom Convoy' origin: report
OTTAWA - Justice Paul Rouleau says the Canada Border Services Agency made a bad situation worse when it mishandled the announcement of a vaccine mandate for truckers early last year, amid rampant ange...
Feb 20, 2023

Israeli government advances judicial overhaul despite uproar
JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the country's legal system, defying a mass uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint ...
Feb 20, 2023

Inquiry into Emergencies Act rules measures applied under law were mostly justified
OTTAWA, Kan. - When the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act in February 2022, it created several extraordinary powers hoping to clear protests entrenched in Ottawa's downtown core and at bo...
Feb 20, 2023

Bruins win 4th straight; Pastrnak nets 2 to pass 40 goals
BOSTON (AP) - David Pastrnak scored twice, moving within one goal of the NHL lead, and Linus Ullmark stopped 30 shots on Monday to lead the Boston Bruins to their fourth straight victory, 3-1 over the...
Feb 20, 2023

Northern Ontario's McCarville picks up third win in Tournament of Hearts
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Nova Scotia, Northwest Territories and Northern Ontario improved to 3-1 with victories Monday morning at the Canadian women's curling championship. Defending champion Kerri Einarson h...
Feb 20, 2023

Canada's Bianca Andreescu drops opening-round match in straight sets at Dubai Open
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Bianca Andreescu dropped her opening-round match 6-3, 6-4 to Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina at the Dubai Open on Monday. Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., had two ...
Feb 20, 2023

How Jimmy Carter once helped clean up a partial nuclear meltdown – in Ontario
He is known now as Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. But in December 1952, James Earl Carter Jr. was a young U.S. naval officer about to be sent to a nuclear facility north of Ott...
Feb 20, 2023

Sask. NDP says government needs to do better keeping immigrants in province
According to the Saskatchewan NDP, new immigrants will move to the province but they don't stay for long.The official Opposition is pointing to Statistics Canada numbers that show Saskatchewan has the...
Feb 20, 2023

New earthquake causes further devastation in Turkey, Syria
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A new 6.4 magnitude earthquake on Monday struck parts of Turkey and Syria that were laid waste two weeks ago by a massive quake that killed around 45,000 people. Officials said m...
Feb 20, 2023