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'A crazy experience': Flames' Mangiapane recalls NHL draft roller-coaster
MONTREAL - Plenty of young hockey players are set to live out childhood dreams this week. The NHL's first in-person draft since 2019 will see teenagers hear their names announced inside the cavernous ...
Jul 05, 2022
De Grasse hopeful he'll be back in top form at the world championships post-COVID
TORONTO - A month before the world track and field championships, Canada's fastest man was winded just walking up the stairs in his home in Jacksonville, Fla. Andre De Grasse recently returned to full...
Jul 05, 2022
Peace cowboys competing at the Calgary Stampede
It is almost time for the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.The Calgary Stampede starts Friday and runs through July 17.Fort St. John's Stephen Culling is the lone competitor from the Peace in the Stampe...
Jul 05, 2022
July 4 parade shooting leaves 6 dead, 30 hurt; man detained
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - A shooter fired on an Independence Day parade from a rooftop in suburban Chicago, spraying the crowd with gunshots initially mistaken for fireworks before hundreds of panick...
Jul 05, 2022
Thirteen opioid-related deaths in Grande Prairie in first four months of 2022
The Alberta Substance Use Surveillance System data is showing all opioid-related deaths around the province declined in April. There were 113 opioid-related deaths in Alberta in April, compared to 122...
Jul 05, 2022
NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland
BRUSSELS (AP) - The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative appr...
Jul 05, 2022
Freedom Convoy organizer in court and AFN Assembly: In The News for July 5, 2022
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 ... What we are watchi...
Jul 05, 2022
Assembly of First Nations meets as suspended chief fights for financial audit
VANCOUVER - The annual gathering of the Assembly of First Nations is being held this week in Vancouver under a cloud of criticism from its national chief, who has been suspended and denied entry to th...
Jul 05, 2022
'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich expected to have bail hearing today
OTTAWA - Tamara Lich, an organizer of the "Freedom Convoy," is set to appear in an Ottawa court today for a bail hearing after being arrested last week for allegedly breaching one of her bail conditio...
Jul 05, 2022
White Sox, MLB decide to play game after parade shooting
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago White Sox talked to Major League Baseball on Monday about postponing their game against the Minnesota Twins after a gunman opened fire on an Independence Day parade in subur...
Jul 04, 2022