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'Crime of vengeance': Saskatchewan RCMP say witnesses key to solving brutal slaying
Mounties suspected Tiki Laverdiere was dead before her burned, bludgeoned body was found wrapped in a carpet under rocks in a Saskatchewan pond in the summer of 2019. She was a 25-year-old mother of t...
May 25, 2024
Dallas Stars centre Wyatt Johnston took unique path to Western Conference final
DALLAS - Wyatt Johnston was preparing for his next game. He had no idea when it would arrive. The teenage centre had played 53 times in the Ontario Hockey League when COVID-19 abruptly shuttered the j...
May 25, 2024
Major performing arts centres putting video game music in the spotlight
TORONTO - The Toronto Symphony Orchestra is forgoing the usual classical staples by the likes of Mozart and Beethoven this weekend for a radically different repertoire drawn from video games "World of...
May 25, 2024
Private property or public space? Encampments spark debate over campus status
MONTREAL - After four weeks that have featured torrential downpours, blistering heat and two failed legal bids to have them removed, pro-Palestinian protesters remain encamped on McGill University's d...
May 25, 2024
Border intelligence program needs improved training, analytical tools: evaluation
OTTAWA - Better training and information-processing tools are needed to help the intelligence program at Canada's border agency fight everything from firearms smuggling to human trafficking, says an i...
May 25, 2024
Goodrow scores in overtime, Rangers outlast Panthers 2-1 in Game 2 to even Eastern Conference final
NEW YORK (AP) - Barclay Goodrow scored at 14:01 of overtime and the New York Ranger beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 on Friday night in Game 2 to even the Eastern Conference final. Goodrow fired a snap s...
May 24, 2024
Colt Keith hits first MLB HR, Maeda throws 5 scoreless innings and Tigers beat Blue Jays 6-2
DETROIT - DETROIT (AP) - Colt Keith hit his first major league home run and Kenta Maeda threw five scoreless innings in his return to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday n...
May 24, 2024
Minnesota tops Boston 4-1, grabs 2-1 lead in inaugural PWHL championship series
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Michela Cava and Taylor Heise both had a goal and an assist to lead Minnesota to a 4-1 victory over Boston on Friday night, giving their team a 2-1 lead in the inaugural champio...
May 24, 2024
Bland posts 66 and leads Senior PGA in his senior major debut
BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) - Richard Bland is hitting it so well he felt he struggled on the greens of Harbor Shores and still managed a 5-under 66 on Friday to set the target at the Senior PGA Champio...
May 24, 2024
Colt Keith hits first MLB HR, Maeda throws 5 scoreless innings and Tigers beat Blue Jays 6-2
DETROIT (AP) - Colt Keith hit his first major league home run and Kenta Maeda threw five scoreless innings in his return to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday night and s...
May 24, 2024