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Logging in watersheds among stressors for declining Pacific salmon, experts say
VANCOUVER - The compounding effects of climate change and logging are contributing tothe degradation of Pacific salmon habitat, experts say, adding a reassessment of watershed logging and restoration ...
Jan 03, 2022

Jerusalem Post hacked on Iran general's killing anniversary
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Hackers targeted the website of an Israeli newspaper on Monday, the anniversary of the 2020 killing of a top Iranian general, replacing its content with an image thr...
Jan 03, 2022

Tkachuk scores in 3rd straight game, Flames top Hawks 5-1
CHICAGO (AP) - Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and two assists, Matthew Tkachuk scored for a third straight game and the Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1 on Sunday night. Elias Lindholm and T...
Jan 02, 2022

Panthers' Bennett banned 3 games for hit to head on Canadiens forward Paquette
NEW YORK (AP) - Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett was suspended three games without pay by the NHL on Sunday for an illegal check to the head of Montreal Canadiens forward Cedric Paquette during a ...
Jan 02, 2022

Jets return from layoff, defeat Vegas 5-4 in overtime
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Kyle Connor scored in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets overcame a first-period, two-goal deficit to hold off the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 Sunday in their return from a two-week hiatus. ...
Jan 02, 2022

VanVleet has seven three-pointers in Raptors' 120-105 win over Knicks
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet drilled seven three-point jumpers and 35 points total to help the Toronto Raptors dispatch the shorthanded New York Knicks 120-105 on Sunday. The victory pushed the Raptors (16...
Jan 02, 2022

Bills clinch playoff berth, eliminate Falcons with 29-15 win
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) - Buffalo clinched a playoff berth when Devin Singletary scored two touchdowns rushing in the second half to make up for Josh Allen's sloppiness in a 29-15 victory over Atlanta...
Jan 02, 2022

Young Canadian squad races to fifth in World Cup luge relay in Germany
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's young luge team raced to fifth place in the relay at a World Cup on Sunday. Trinity Ellis, a 19-year-old from Pemberton, B.C., Reid Watts, a 23-year-old from Whistler, B...
Jan 02, 2022

Omicron's New Year's cocktail: Sorrow, fear, hope for 2022
PARIS (AP) - Sorrow for the dead and dying, fear of more infections to come and hopes for an end to the coronavirus pandemic were - again - the bittersweet cocktail with which the world said good ridd...
Jan 02, 2022

Finding unmarked graves put spotlight on reconciliation in 2021
OTTAWA - Murray Sinclair says there was something he found difficult after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada released its final report into the history and legacy of residential school...
Jan 02, 2022