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Calgary Flames coach Darryl Sutter among finalists for Jack Adams Award
NEW YORK - Calgary Flames head coach Darryl Sutter is among the three finalists for the Jack Adams Award, presented annually to the National Hockey League's coach of the year. Andrew Brunette of the F...
May 19, 2022
IOC rubber-stamps Olympic medal upgrade for Canada's men's relay team at Tokyo Games
OTTAWA - Canada's men's 4x100-metre relay team from the Tokyo Olympics has officially been upgraded to silver nine months after they raced to bronze. The International Olympic Committee rubber-stamped...
May 19, 2022
Biden meets Sweden, Finland leaders to talk NATO, Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Sweden and Finland to the White House, as he hailed the applications of the once-neutral countries to join the North Atlantic ...
May 19, 2022
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden opens for summer season
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden is opening its gates to Lethbridge residents and guests for the summer season.Thursday, May 19, 2022 marks the facility's official opening day, with this se...
May 19, 2022
Expert says N.B. police officer who fatally shot woman was right to use lethal force
FREDERICTON - An expert in Canadian policing says the New Brunswick officer who killed a 26-year-old Indigenous woman during a wellness check two years ago was following police training. Chris Butler ...
May 19, 2022
NATO chief: Dispute over Sweden, Finland will be resolved
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he was "confident that we will come to a quick decision to welcome both Sweden and Finland to join the NATO family" des...
May 19, 2022
Jordan's king puts half-brother under formal house arrest
JERUSALEM (AP) - Jordan king has gone public with a royal rift with his half-brother and formalized the former crown prince's house arrest, calling him "erratic" in an unprecedented harshly worded pub...
May 19, 2022
Grand jury indicts man in Buffalo supermarket shooting
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The white man accused of killing 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket appeared briefly in court Thursday after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge. Assis...
May 19, 2022
Montreal public health to provide update on suspected presence of rare monkeypox
MONTREAL - Public health authorities in Montreal will provide an update today on the suspected presence of monkeypox in the city. Dr. Mylne Drouin, the city's public health director, and Dr. Genevive ...
May 19, 2022
Top court won't hear ex-OPP deputy commissioner's appeal over lawsuit against Ford
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a former high-ranking Ontario Provincial Police officer over his bid to sue Premier Doug Ford for defamation. Former OPP deputy commis...
May 19, 2022