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Saskatchewan's Andrew Albers leads Canada to 7-0 no-hitter in Olympic qualifiers
Saskatchewan's Andrew Albers is turning heads on the international stage. Taking the mound for Team Canada in their opening game of the Olympic qualifiers in West Palm Beach, Fla. on Monday, the North...
Jun 01, 2021
Wilting Leafs: Toronto's long Stanley Cup drought continues after another early exit
Chicago's Al Yellon knows the pain that Toronto Maple Leafs fans were feeling Tuesday after the team's Stanley Cup drought was extended to 54 years and counting. He became a Cubs fan as a youngster an...
Jun 01, 2021
Small number of fans to attend Winnipeg Jets NHL playoff game, Manitoba premier says
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says a small number of fans will be allowed in the stands for the upcoming National Hockey League playoff series between The Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Cana...
Jun 01, 2021
Step by step: Sask. gov’t says final phase of reopening could begin July 11
The Saskatchewan government has laid out the steps required to get to the final step of its Re-Opening Roadmap.Public health measures like mandatory masking and limits on the size of gatherings will b...
Jun 01, 2021
Survivor of B.C. residential school breaking silence and calling for action
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - News of the remains of 215 children being discovered at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia jolted Clayton Peters, whose seven years of torment there have been...
Jun 01, 2021
Melfort's Miller Market expanding reach by setting up at northeast markets this summer
The Miller Market and Food Gallery is taking their store on the road this summer to markets in the northeast.The gallery carries several different local products and opened in June of last year. Stock...
Jun 01, 2021
COVID-19 deaths brought Canadian life expectancy down, Quebec most affected: StatCan
MONTREAL - The federal statistics agency says the COVID-19 pandemic led to a drop in Canada's life expectancy in 2020. Statistics Canada says it estimates that life expectancy across the country decli...
Jun 01, 2021
O'Toole releases Pride video as handful of MPs oppose bill to ban conversion therapy
OTTAWA - A video promoting June as Pride month coupled with a concerted push to end the gay "blood ban" is what the Conservative Party of Canada looks like under Erin O'Toole as he works to prove once...
Jun 01, 2021
Miami Beach police questioning rapper DaBaby about shooting
MIAMI (AP) - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby is being questioned by Miami Beach police regarding a shooting that wounded two people, officials said Tuesday. Jonathan Kirk, DaBaby's legal name, was one ...
Jun 01, 2021
Rested Winnipeg Jets eager to face high-flying Montreal Canadiens in round two
Defenceman Nate Thompson says the Winnipeg Jets are "itching to get going" after more than a week of watching hockey on screens instead of from the bench. Winnipeg hasn't played since May 24 when they...
Jun 01, 2021