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Mike Babcock resigns as coach of University of Saskatchewan hockey team
SASKATOON - Former Toronto Maple Leafs coach Mike Babcock has resigned as coach of the University of Saskatchewan's men's hockey team after just one season at the helm. The Saskatchewan Huskies announ...
Aug 25, 2022
Montreal business group urges parties to hike immigration targets as election nears
MONTREAL - The Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal is calling on Quebec's political parties to commit to raising immigration targets if they're elected on Oct. 3. President Michel Leblanc say...
Aug 25, 2022
Roussin, Kim clubhouse leaders at CP Women's Open; Szeryk low Canadian at 4 under
OTTAWA - France's Pauline Roussin and South Korea's A Lim Kim are the clubhouse leaders in the first round of the CP Women's Open. They both shot 5-under 66 at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club in Thursda...
Aug 25, 2022
Court: Arkansas can't ban treatment of transgender kids
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal appeals court on Thursday said Arkansas can't enforce its ban on transgender children receiving gender affirming medical care. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Ci...
Aug 25, 2022
Montreal mayor says she supports police after city sees two murders in one day
Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante is defending herself against accusations she doesn't support police officers, amid a spate of shootings in the city. Plante admits she can be criticized on many subjects b...
Aug 25, 2022
Serena Williams’ 1st opponent at US Open is Danka Kovinic
NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams' first opponent at what is expected to be the last tournament of her career, the U.S. Open, will be Danka Kovinic. Win that, and Williams could face No. 2 seed Anett Ko...
Aug 25, 2022
Canada will floor five NBA players in World Cup qualifier against Argentina
VICTORIA - Five NBA players highlight Canada's 12-man roster for the team's World Cup qualifying game Thursday night against Argentina. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Detroit Pis...
Aug 25, 2022
Canada Olympic bobsled gold medallist Justin Kripps retiring
Canadian Olympic bobsled champion Justin Kripps is retiring. Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton announced in a Twitter post that the 35-year-old from Summerland, B.C., was calling it a career, along with two o...
Aug 25, 2022
Oklahoma executes James Coddington for 1997 hammer killing
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state's Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared. James Coddington, 50, received a...
Aug 25, 2022
Aitchison condemns Lewis' Nuremberg email as 'dog whistle' to COVID vaccine critics
OTTAWA - Conservative party leadership candidate Scott Aitchison is condemning Leslyn Lewis' message to members last week about the Nuremberg Code and medical experimentation as nothing but a "dog whi...
Aug 25, 2022
