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Clutterbuck, Barzal help Islanders end skid, defeat Jets 6-3
NEW YORK (AP) - Cal Clutterbuck scored twice, Mathew Barzal and Hudson Fasching each had a goal and two assists and the New York Islanders snapped a six-game losing streak with a 6-3 win against the W...
Mar 23, 2024
Longtime Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos dies at 94
BALTIMORE (AP) - Peter Angelos, owner of a Baltimore Orioles team that endured long losing stretches and shrewd proprietor of a law firm that won high-profile cases against industry titans, died Satur...
Mar 23, 2024
What people are saying about former prime minister Brian Mulroney at his funeral
OTTAWA - Family members, friends, political dignitaries and celebrities packed Montreal's storied Notre Dame Basilica on Saturday for the funeral of Brian Mulroney. The former prime minister died Feb....
Mar 23, 2024
Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate's early-morning passage ended shutdown threat
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills after Congress had passed the long overdue legislation just hours earlier, ending the threat of...
Mar 23, 2024
Members of the public brave snowfall, frigid temperatures to honour Brian Mulroney
MONTREAL - A handful of mourners gathered outside the security barrier surrounding Old Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica this morning, braving snow and frigid temperatures to pay respects to Brian Mulron...
Mar 23, 2024
Witness heard sputtering from Ontario family's plane before Nashville crash: report
A preliminary report from U.S. authorities probing a plane crash in Tennessee that killed a family of five from Ontario said one witness heard "sputtering" and "popping" sounds from the aircraft's eng...
Mar 23, 2024
Canadian Thompson captures World Cup women's skicross race, overall crown
IDRE FJLL, Sweden - Another year, another women's skicross World Cup title for Canadian Marielle Thompson. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., earned her sixth victory of the World Cup season Saturday. She d...
Mar 23, 2024
The latest on the state funeral for former prime minister Brian Mulroney
OTTAWA - 10:30 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives at Notre-Dame Basilica, and stops to speak with the media briefly. He says Mulroney's dedication to Canada and to Canadians was legendary. "He...
Mar 23, 2024
A Russian Soyuz rocket with 3 astronauts blasts off to the International Space Station
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying three astronauts to the International Space Station blasted off Saturday, two days after its launch was aborted at the last minute. The spacecraft carryin...
Mar 23, 2024
State funeral today for former prime minister Brian Mulroney in Montreal
MONTREAL - Former prime minister Brian Mulroney will be honoured today at a state funeral in Montreal in the presence of a diverse cross-section of Canadian society, from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...
Mar 23, 2024