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Montreal Canadiens trade Chiarot to Panthers for forward Smilanic, picks
MONTREAL - The struggling Montreal Canadians traded defenceman Ben Chiarot, one of the most coveted players on the trade market, to the Florida Panthers on Wednesday for forward Tyler Smilanic and two...
Mar 16, 2022

Calgary Flames send picks to Seattle for Swedish forward Calle Jarnkrok
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames acquired forward Calle Jarnkrok from Seattle on Wednesday as the Kraken started their pre-trade deadline fire sale. The Flames gave up three draft picks: a second-round pi...
Mar 16, 2022

Canadian Pacific Railway issues 72-hour lockout notice on Teamsters Canada
CALGARY - Close to 3,000 employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. could be off the job early Sunday morning. Calgary-based CP Rail said in a release Wednesday that it has issued 72-hour notice to th...
Mar 16, 2022

NDP, Regina physician call on province to do more to keep doctors
Dr. Tomi Mitchell has run a medical clinic in Regina for more than a decade, but she's shutting those doors."What I see right now is beyond tragic. I took an oath over a decade ago to do my best as a ...
Mar 16, 2022

CCHS senior volleyball team recognized for sportsmanship
The good work of La Ronge's Churchill Community High School senior girls 'A' volleyball team has landed them a 2021 sportsmanship banner. The prestigious accomplishment is one of four given out by the...
Mar 16, 2022

Two Ontario students survive Texas crash that killed nine
HOBBS, N.M. - Nine people have died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authori...
Mar 16, 2022

NHL Notebook: A look at how some NHL coaches navigate the looming trade deadline
Bruce Boudreau was running a recent practice when one of his players skated over for a chat. The Vancouver Canucks head coach assumed winger Conor Garland was going to ask him about trade speculation....
Mar 16, 2022

CRTC bans Russian state-run broadcaster RT from Canadian airwaves
OTTAWA - Canadian broadcasters are no longer allowed to distribute Russia's state-run broadcaster, RT, after the federal regulator found the programming has targeted Ukrainians during the ongoing Russ...
Mar 16, 2022

B.C. premier raises concerns to prime minister about job impact of fish farm closures
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier John Horgan has written a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying federal salmon farm transition plans threaten hundreds of jobs and the economies of coastal...
Mar 16, 2022

Veteran Canadian offensive lineman Duvernay-Tardif hits NFL free-agent market
For the first time in his NFL career, Canadian offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is a free agent. The six-foot-five, 321-pound Duvernay-Tardif hit the open market Wednesday afternoon as an unr...
Mar 16, 2022