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Jets' leading goal-scorer Kyle Connor set to return from injury
WINNIPEG - The surging Winnipeg Jets are getting one of their biggest offensive weapons back with the return of leading goal-scorer Kyle Connor. The Jets announced Tuesday that the 27-year-old left-wi...
Jan 16, 2024

Calgary Stampeders sign Canadian receiver Middlemost to contract extension
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders signed Canadian receiver Tyson Middlemost to a contract extension Tuesday. The 25-year-old native of Dundas, Ont., was slated to become a free agent next month. The si...
Jan 16, 2024

Notley legacy as Alberta premier includes pipeline, higher minimum wage, deficits
EDMONTON - One of Rachel Notley's prized possessions from her time as Alberta premier sits on her bedroom dresser: a framed picture of hell freezing over. It's a photo of a newspaper headline taken th...
Jan 16, 2024

Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project
MONTREAL - A Quebec prosecutor says a man charged with the sexual assault and murder of a 19-year-old junior college student nearly 24 years ago was tracked down with the help of a project that matche...
Jan 16, 2024

Flames goalie Markstrom out day-to-day with injury, Wolf recalled from Wranglers
Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom is out day-to-day with a lower-body injury, the NHL club announced Tuesday. Markstrom, who is 13-11-2 with a 2.59 goals-against average and .912 save percenta...
Jan 16, 2024

Canada's Gushue opens Canadian Open with victory over Norway's Ramsfjell
RED DEER, Alta. - Canada's Brad Gushue opened the Grand Slam of Curling's Co-op Canadian Open with a 7-1 victory over Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell on Tuesday. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., scored four i...
Jan 16, 2024

'Hurry please': Details of stabbing rampage heard on Day 2 of Saskatchewan inquest
MELFORT, Sask. - The first 911 calls as a mass stabbing unfolded on a Saskatchewan First Nation have been played on the second day of a coroner's inquest. "Hurry please. I'm bleeding," Brandon Generea...
Jan 16, 2024

Day after Trump win in Iowa, Trudeau says U.S. faces choice between optimism, retreat
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says voters in the United States will face a choice later this year between optimism for the future or nostalgia for a past that never existed. Trudeau made th...
Jan 16, 2024

Canadian welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott looks to make the most of UFC 297 showcase
TORONTO - It seems only fitting that Canadian welterweight (Proper) Mike Malott helps set the table for the two title fights that wrap up Saturday's UFC 297 fight card in Toronto Malott (10-1-1) is ba...
Jan 16, 2024

UFC champion Sean Strickland sends warning to UFC 297 opponent Dricus Du Plessis
TORONTO - Middleweight champion Sean (Tarzan) Strickland has sent South African challenger Dricus Du Plessis a warning ahead of their UFC 297 main-event showdown in Toronto on Saturday. Strickland, in...
Jan 16, 2024