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With power and a prodigious shot, Alex Ovechkin now stands where few in the NHL have been. He became the eight NHL player to score 700 career goals, reaching the milestone in the third period of the W...

Canadian schools and organizations associated with the late Jean Vanier are facing difficult decisions in the wake of a report that found the once-revered figure sexually abus...

Keon Raymond is taking another run at the CFL Players' Association presidency. The former CFL linebacker ran for the post two years ago, losing in a tie-breaker vote to Canadian Je...

OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to increase diversity in the senior ranks of the public service. The call comes as black public servants gather in the national capital today to dis...

VICTORIA - Overdose deaths linked to illicit drugs dropped by 36 per cent last year in British Columbia compared with a year earlier, but the number of fatalities is about the same as when t...

EDMONTON - Alberta Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley says a decision by Teck Resources to abandon its oilsands mining project should be a wake-up call for Premier Jason Kenney.Notley says Kenney's d...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have lost only once over their last 18 games, a run which began with a franchise-best 15-game winning streak and has been bolstered by big home wins over Phoenix and...

February is Black History Month in Canada, and one of the most fascinating local historical figures is Dr. Alfred Schmitz Shadd.The Melfort and District Museum has a large collection of information ab...

VICTORIA - A seventh case of the novel coronavirus has been diagnosed in British Columbia, bringing to 11 the number of cases in Canada. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Monda...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers acquired winger Andreas Athanasiou and minor-leaguer Ryan Kuffner from the Detroit Red Wings for centre Sam Gagner and two second-round draft picks ahead ...