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NHL suspends Habs forward Gallagher five games for illegal check to the head
NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher five games for an illegal check to the head. Gallagher caught Islanders defenceman Adam Pelech with a clear elbow to the h...
Jan 26, 2024
Oilers' Skinner stays on even keel as his roller-coaster career reaches a new high
EDMONTON - Stuart Skinner was born and raised in Edmonton as a die-hard Oilers fan. Even in his wildest dreams, he could not have imagined that he'd break a team record held by Hall of Famer Grant Fuh...
Jan 26, 2024
Canada's Grondin picks up second World Cup snowboard cross victory of the season
SAINT MORITZ, Switzerland - Canadian snowboard cross racer Eliot Grondin picked up his second World Cup victory of the season Friday The 22-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que., was the top qualifier in t...
Jan 26, 2024
Quebec Cardinal Gérald Lacroix denies sex allegations levelled in class-action suit
QUEBEC - A senior leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Quebec is stepping back from his functions as he fights allegations of sexual assault that emerged as part of a class-action lawsuit, the Quebe...
Jan 26, 2024
Killer Ibrahim Ali to be moved from psychiatric hospital to detention centre: judge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that Ibrahim Ali should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial. ...
Jan 26, 2024
Killer Ibrahim Ali to be moved from psychiatric hospital to detention centre: judge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has ruled that Ibrahim Ali should be removed from the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has been held throughout his first-degree murder trial. ...
Jan 26, 2024
Elaine Chuli pays tribute to Montreal with 'Ken Dryden theme' PWHL goalie mask
MONTREAL - Elaine Chuli never saw Ken Dryden play. The 29-year-old can still appreciate the Hall of Fame goaltender's exploits between the pipes for the Montreal Canadiens. And that's despite growing ...
Jan 26, 2024
Guantanamo panel recommends 23-year sentences for 2 in connection with 2002 Bali attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - A military panel at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba recommended 23 years in detention Friday for two Malaysian men in connection with deadly 2002 bombings in Bali, a spokesman for the military ...
Jan 26, 2024
Bruising forward Wayne Simmonds calls time on NHL career: 'I'm done'
TORONTO - The Wayne Train has made its final stop. After 15 hard-nosed NHL seasons where he filled the net and threw plenty of fists, Wayne Simmonds has called time on his playing career. The 35-year-...
Jan 26, 2024
B.C. Health Minister announces appointment of new seniors advocate
VICTORIA - B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province's new seniors advocate is Dan Levitt, an adjunct professor of gerontology at Simon Fraser University and the head of a non-profit long-term...
Jan 26, 2024
