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Flames sign Finnish defenceman Joni Jurmo to entry-level contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Joni Jurmo to an entry-level contract. The Flames acquired the rights to the 21-year-old from Espoo, Finland, in a Jan. 31 trade that sent centre El...
Mar 24, 2024
Canada's Fernandez ousted in third round of Miami Open by American Pegula
MIAMI - Canada's Leylah Fernandez fell 7-5, 6-4 to Jessica Pegula of the United States in third-round action at the Miami Open on Sunday. The Laval, Que., native committed four double faults, won 58.6...
Mar 24, 2024
Russia concert hall attack suspects appear in a Moscow courtroom
MOSCOW (AP) - Suspects in the Russia concert hall attack, which left more than 130 dead, arrived at a Moscow district court on Sunday night. There was a heavy police presence around the court, which i...
Mar 24, 2024
Alex Ovechkin scores twice as the Capitals beat the Jets 3-0 to move back into playoff position
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored twice to reach 26 goals this season, Charlie Lindgren stopped all 27 shots he faced and the Washington Capitals beat the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Sunday to move back...
Mar 24, 2024
South Korea's Gim beats Italy's Constantini at world women's curling championship
SYDNEY, N.S. - South Korea's Eunji Gim defeated Italy's Stefania Constantini 6-3 on Sunday to win bronze at the world women's curling championship. Gim made a double-takeout to score three points in t...
Mar 24, 2024
Blazers drop eighth straight, finish last in WHL standings; Cougars win West
PRINCE GEORGE -- Graduating forward Ashton Ferster tallied two goals in his final WHL game, but his Kamloops Blazers fell 5-2 to the hometown Prince George Cougars on Saturday (March 23) at CN Centre....
Mar 24, 2024
Alberta scientists band together to shift climate change focus to health impacts
EDMONTON - Bodies and minds are just as affected by climate change as sea ice and forests, says University of Alberta scientist Sherilee Harper. "Climate change impacts everything we care about," she ...
Mar 24, 2024
Brazil's federal police arrest men suspected of ordering 2018 killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazil's federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of so...
Mar 24, 2024
COLLINS: Why spend money on things that won't be used
ALL OF US WANT TO FEEL SAFE and secure in our lives. We want to have a decent place to live. We would like to feel like we can leave our home safely for a couple of days without fear of it being broke...
Mar 24, 2024
Two daughters, two parents, and echoes of a murder that rocked Indigenous activism
VANCOUVER - In Halifax, Denise Pictou Maloney says the trauma and grief from the 1975 murder of her mother, Indigenous activist Anna Mae Aqaush, has never dimmed. Pictou Maloney was nine when she last...
Mar 24, 2024
