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Ottawa Senators sign draft pick Oskar Pettersson to three-year, entry-level contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Oskar Pettersson to a three-year contract, the club announced Thursday. Terms of the entry-level deal with the 72nd pick in the 2022 NHL draft were not...
Jun 15, 2023
Canadian entrepreneur looks to revive Spanish soccer team, help it climb the ranks
Canadian Steve Nijjar has always dreamt big. So reviving a soccer franchise in Spain is not out of character. A former goalkeeper, coach, boxer, gym owner, bodyguard, film actor and producer, Nijjar i...
Jun 15, 2023
Canada's Bianca Andreescu drops second-round match at Libema Open
'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, Netherlands - Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated from the Libema Open on Thursday after dropping a 7-6 (6), 6-3 decision to Slovakia's Viktoria Hruncakova. Andreescu, from Miss...
Jun 15, 2023
Quebec firefighters struggling to control wildfires in northern, western regions
QUEBEC - Officials say firefighters are still struggling to control wildfires in two Quebec regions as the situation has improved in the rest of the province. Sylvain Tremblay of Quebec's forest fire ...
Jun 15, 2023
CFL announces Touchdown Atlantic contest is officially a sellout
For a second straight year, Touchdown Atlantic is a sellout.The CFL announced Thursday the Saskatchewan Roughriders-Toronto Argonauts contest slated for July 29 at Halifax's Saint Mary's University ha...
Jun 15, 2023
Nathan Carman dies awaiting trial for his mother's death in 2016 fishing trip off New England
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The man charged with killing his mother at sea during a 2016 fishing trip off the coast of New England in what prosecutors say was a scheme to inherit millions of dollars has di...
Jun 15, 2023
CFL announces Touchdown Atlantic contest is officially a sellout
TORONTO - For a second straight year, Touchdown Atlantic is a sellout. The CFL announced Thursday the Saskatchewan Roughriders-Toronto Argonauts contest slated for July 29 at Halifax's Saint Mary's Un...
Jun 15, 2023
American arrested for assault on 2 US tourists in Germany that left one woman dead
BERLIN (AP) - An American man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting two U.S. tourists near Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany and then pushing them down a steep slope, an attack that lef...
Jun 15, 2023
Ottawa confirms land expropriations for rail bypass after Lac-Mégantic tragedy
MONTREAL - The federal government says it will expropriate land from residents near Lac-Mgantic, Que., to create a rail bypass around the town where a train crashed in 2013 and killed 47 people. Ottaw...
Jun 15, 2023
Russia summons Canadian envoy in Moscow over 'undisguised robbery' of cargo plane
OTTAWA - Moscow has again summoned Canada's top diplomat in Russia, this time over the Trudeau government's seizure of a massive Russian cargo plane. Russia says it has summoned Canadian charg d'affai...
Jun 15, 2023