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Assistant coach Marc Savard departs Calgary Flames
CALGARY - Calgary Flames assistant coach Marc Savard and the NHL club have agreed to part company. The Flames announced Savard's departure Wednesday. When Ryan Huska was promoted from assistant to Cal...
May 22, 2024
Alberta government announces new task force to stop invasive mussels at the border
Alberta's government is launching a new task force to defend the province from zebra and quagga mussels, and other aquatic invasive species.Provincial officials say zebra and quagga mussels are not na...
May 22, 2024
French President Macron arrives in New Caledonia as deadly unrest shakes archipelago
PARIS (AP) - President Emmanuel Macron has landed in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane from Paris in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago wracked b...
May 22, 2024
Feds face trial over prison guards' abuse of incarcerated women at now-shuttered California facility
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at a now-shuttered California prison sexually abused incarcerated wom...
May 22, 2024
Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary
Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, a notable show of support given their intense and often personal rivalry during the Republican primary cale...
May 22, 2024
Jim Hiller will remain head coach of the Los Angeles Kings after having interim tag removed
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jim Hiller will continue to be the Los Angeles Kings head coach after having the interim tag removed Wednesday by vice president and general manager Rob Blake. The Kings were 21-12-...
May 22, 2024
York United wastes little time in search for new coach after firing Martin Nash
TORONTO - It appears York United FC has wasted little time in its search for a new coach. Less than 22 hours after the announcement of Martin Nash's firing, president and GM Ricardo Pasquel said the T...
May 22, 2024
Rivalry renewed: A lookback at past Oilers-Stars playoff matchups
DALLAS - Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers are set to meet the well-balanced - and well-rested - Dallas Stars in the NHL's Western Conference final. The Oilers needed all seven games to dispatch ...
May 22, 2024
Bruins' braintrust says off-season priority is signing goalie Jeremy Swayman
BOSTON (AP) - Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney is ready to go with a goaltender rotation again next season - "if we can make the math work." Sweeney said Wednesday his priority this summer is...
May 22, 2024
New team makes WBL debut Wednesday night
A new team will take to the diamond for the first time Wednesday night in the Wheatbelt Baseball League.The new Sexsmith Rainiers play their first game in Rycroft. Also Wednesday, Grimshaw visits Mann...
May 22, 2024