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Oilers hoping for another Game 2 response against Avs: 'We know we can be better'
DENVER - Jay Woodcroft stood at the microphone after a Game 1 setback against the Los Angeles Kings and vowed his team would respond. The Edmonton Oilers interim head coach did the same following a ch...
Jun 01, 2022
Jury sides with Depp on lawsuit, Heard on counterclaim
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - A jury on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, awarded Johnny Depp $15 million in his libel lawsuit against ex-wife Amber Heard, vindicating his stance that Heard fabricated claims that she wa...
Jun 01, 2022
Darryl Sutter says Flames made progress, reclaimed respect in the NHL
CALGARY - The Flames made progress on and off the ice in a challenging season, says head coach Darryl Sutter. "Our goal was to be a playoff team and we did that," Sutter said Wednesday at the Saddledo...
Jun 01, 2022
Former Quebec premier Jacques Parizeau honoured with statue at National Assembly
QUEBEC - A statue of former Parti Qubcois premier Jacques Parizeau was unveiled outside the National Assembly building today. Parizeau, who made independence the fight of his political career, was pre...
Jun 01, 2022
Feds may need to think beyond income taxes to get benefits to First Nations families
OTTAWA - Canada's auditor general has joined a growing chorus of Indigenous advocates and economists who have urged the government for years to think beyond the current income tax system to get benefi...
Jun 01, 2022
Minister moves to outlaw modern slavery by backing Senate forced labour bill
OTTAWA - Labour Minister Seamus O'Regan today moved to clamp down on modern slavery by backing a bill making Canadian companies ensure they are not using forced labour or exploiting child workers over...
Jun 01, 2022
New tool to improve police response to mental health calls coming to Alberta
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta is implementing a new system that will help police services across the province treat mental health and addiction as health care issues.HealthIM is a new syste...
Jun 01, 2022
Halifax shipyard warns warship schedule contingent on more federal funding
OTTAWA - The company responsible for building Canada's next fleet of warships says it remains on schedule to cut steel in two years - as long as Ottawa gives it more cash to upgrade its Halifax shipya...
Jun 01, 2022
Strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza kills thousands of birds in Quebec
MONTREAL - The carcasses of thousands of white gannets have been covering the shores of Quebec's les-de-la-Madeleine for the last two weeks, victims of highly pathogenic avian influenza. "Nobody had t...
Jun 01, 2022
Jury indicts Buffalo shooting suspect on terrorism charge
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A grand jury on Wednesday charged the white 18-year-old accused of fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket with domestic terrorism motivated by hate and 10 count...
Jun 01, 2022