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Fisheries officials monitoring orphaned orca calf in lagoon off Vancouver Island
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - An official with Fisheries and Oceans Canada says rescue efforts to get an orphaned orca calf out of a lagoon off Vancouver Island have been hampered by challenging tides. Paul Cottre...
Mar 29, 2024

WHL hands Brandon Wheat Kings forward Matt Henry an eight-game suspension
CALGARY - The Western Hockey League has suspended Brandon Wheat Kings forward Matt Henry for eight games for violating the CHL's drug education and anti-doping policy. The suspension was for a first v...
Mar 29, 2024

Tony Finau matches his career low and sets the target at the Houston Open
HOUSTON (AP) - Tony Finau matched his career low on the PGA Tour with an 8-under 62 on Friday, setting a daunting target for the rest of the field as he tries to win back-to-back in the Houston Open. ...
Mar 29, 2024

Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good Friday procession at Rome's Colosseum, the Vatican said, adding to concerns about his frail health during a particularly busy liturgical period. F...
Mar 29, 2024

Niagara region declares state of emergency to prepare for influx of eclipse viewers
OTTAWA - Ontario's Niagara Region has declared a state of emergency as it prepares to welcome up to a million visitors for the solar eclipse in early April. The total solar eclipse on April 8 will be ...
Mar 29, 2024

Canada's coal exports up again in 2023 as government's promised ban elusive
Canadian exports of thermal coal increased another seven per cent last year, reaching the highest level in almost a decade.The boom in exports of the kind of coal burned to make electricity comes as C...
Mar 29, 2024

Endangered North Atlantic right whales lose three of 19 calves this season
FREDERICTON - An international environmental organization says it is concerning that at least three of the 19 North Atlantic right whale calves born this season have died this year. Oceana Canada camp...
Mar 29, 2024

'Ozempig' remains Minnesota baseball team's mascot despite uproar that name is form of fat-shaming
For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its longtime live pig mascot after the weight loss drug Ozempic made perfect sense. The St. ...
Mar 29, 2024

Former CSKA Moscow goaltender Ivan Fedotov joins the Philadelphia Flyers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The process needed to extract goalie Ivan Fedotov from both his Russian military and hockey commitments and finally land him in Philadelphia - nine years after he was drafted by th...
Mar 29, 2024

Nigerian family in Montreal facing imminent deportation pleads to stay
MONTREAL - Community groups gathered outside the federal immigration minister's office in Montreal this morning to demand a stop to next month's planned deportation of a local family originally from N...
Mar 29, 2024