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Oilers sign forward Jesse Puljujarvi to one-year, $3-million deal
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers re-signed forward Jesse Puljujarvi to a one-year, US$3 million deal on Tuesday. Puljujarvi played 65 games this past season and set career highs in points (36) and assis...
Jul 26, 2022
Canadian on-air weather personalities shifting tone amid worsening climate change
Some Canadian on-air weather personalities say they've had to shift their tone and approach in light of worsening climate change. CTV News' Vancouver Island weather anchor Warren Dean says he's change...
Jul 26, 2022
Privacy committee to conduct study of spyware tools used by RCMP
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee will hold hearings on the RCMP's use of spyware and potential risks to the privacy rights of Canadians. The House of Commons privacy committee voted today to determi...
Jul 26, 2022
Jury finds former Canucks forward Jake Virtanen not guilty of sexual assault
VANCOUVER - A jury has found former Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen not guilty of sexual assault. Virtanen wept openly when the verdict was read in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday. He clutched h...
Jul 26, 2022
Blue Jays broadcaster Martinez returns to booth after completion of cancer treatment
TORONTO - Veteran Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez is set to make his return to the booth tonight when Toronto takes on the St. Louis Cardinals. Martinez, 73, stepped away from the job in mid-April...
Jul 26, 2022
Sharks hire David Quinn as new head coach
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose Sharks have hired former New York Rangers coach David Quinn as their new head coach. The Sharks announced Tuesday that Quinn would replace the fired Bob Boughner a...
Jul 26, 2022
Crown begins closing argument in trial for Dutch man accused of extorting B.C. teen
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Crown and defence counsel have finished calling evidence in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial for the Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd b...
Jul 26, 2022
Crown begins closing argument in trial for Dutch man accused of extorting B.C. teen
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Crown and defence counsel have finished calling evidence in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial for the Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd b...
Jul 26, 2022
What Pope Francis left out in his words of apology to residential school survivors
OTTAWA - Pope Francis delivered a historic apology on Monday to survivors of Canada's residential schools. The majority of those government-funded institutions, in which thousands of Indigenous childr...
Jul 26, 2022
Prompt warning of N.S. killer's replica car would have been 'helpful': senior Mountie
HALIFAX - A senior Mountie testified today that he would have liked to have seen a quicker warning to the public in 2020 that an active shooter in Nova Scotia was driving a replica RCMP cruiser. Chief...
Jul 26, 2022
