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Oilers back end looks sharp with addition of Walman, return of Ekholm
EDMONTON - With a series of trades, the return of an important player and some moves on the blue line, the Edmonton Oilers might have fixed their back end. Tuesday's 7-1 blowout over Utah Hockey Club ...
Mar 19, 2025

Future of Sport in Canada Commission deadline extended after federal cabinet shakeup
The Future of Sport in Canada Commission can delay its final recommendations on how to make sport safer after it was granted an extension. Steven Guilbeault, who assumed responsibility for sports in l...
Mar 19, 2025

Canadian rider Michael Woods crashes out of Milano-Torino one-day cycling race
TURIN - Canadian cyclist Michael Woods, who won the race in 2019, crashed out of the Milano-Torino one-day race Wednesday. Israel-Premier Tech, his team, said the 38-year-old from Ottawa suffered "a s...
Mar 19, 2025

Pentagon reviews plans to cut troops handling migrants at Guantánamo by as much as half
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military officials are reviewing plans that would cut the number of U.S. troops deployed to the Guantnamo Bay naval base in Cuba to handle detained migrants by as much as half, becau...
Mar 19, 2025

Ice Wolves finish season, recognize players with awards
The La Ronge Ice Wolves finished the 2024-25 season one win away from earning a playoff spot in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). They ended the season with 53 points, which included 24 wi...
Mar 19, 2025

Canada's Josee Doyon's mental fortitude moves her up Epson Tour rankings
Josee Doyon's second round at the IOA Golf Classic was off to a rough start. She began the day at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Fla., near the top of the leaderboard but a triple bogey on the secon...
Mar 19, 2025
Provincial budget boosts health care investments, warns of potential tariffs
It'll be a balanced budget for the provincial government, but with a caveat: the numbers are only in place if a 25 per cent tariff doesn't last for the whole year. Saskatchewan's Deputy Premier and Mi...
Mar 19, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government terminates consumer carbon price
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's first move after taking office on Friday was to eliminate the consumer carbon price, undoing Justin Trudeau's signature climate policy. Carney addressed members o...
Mar 19, 2025

UBC bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from its devices and networks, citing privacy, security
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia has banned Chinese AI tool DeepSeek from being used or installed on university-owned devices and networks, citing "a high degree of privacy and security ...
Mar 19, 2025

Montreal begins annual effort to clear tonnes of garbage exposed by snowmelt
MONTREAL - Street cleaning is a rite of spring in Montreal, after receding snow exposes months' worth of cigarette butts, dog waste, and other garbage. The city says its fleet of street sweepers, side...
Mar 19, 2025