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First PWHL game on New Year's Day reaches 2.9 million viewers
The Professional Women's Hockey League says its first game reached 2.9 million viewers. The figure represents the combined number of viewers that saw a potion of the game's coverage, including pre-gam...
Jan 05, 2024

HFCRD developing scholarship for Glenmary graduates
The estate of former Peace River Mayor Michael Procter is providing a scholarship opportunity to graduates of Glenmary High School.The Holy Family Catholic Division Board of Trustees has accepted an e...
Jan 05, 2024

Edmonton Elks sign Canadian DL Cole Nelson to two-year contract extension
EDMONTON - Canadian defensive lineman Cole Nelson signed a two-year contract extension Friday with the Edmonton Elks. The six-foot-six, 312-pound Nelson, who Edmonton picked fifth overall in the 2021 ...
Jan 05, 2024

Quebec man sought by U.S. after pregnant Mexican migrant dies crossing border
MONTREAL - New York authorities are seeking the extradition of a Colombian man living in Quebec in connection with the death of a migrant woman who was trying to cross into the United States from Cana...
Jan 05, 2024

F.D.A. move to allow Canadian drugs to be exported to U.S. creates shortage fears
OTTAWA - A major shift in United States pharmaceutical policy allowing for the importation of drugs from Canada is creating fears about future drug shortages in this country. The U.S. Food and Drug Ad...
Jan 05, 2024

Canada's first conflict of interest and ethic commissioner, Mary Dawson, dies
OTTAWA - Former conflict of interest and ethics commissioner Mary Dawson has died. The commissioner's office posted a statement on its website today announcing it is saddened to learn of Dawson's deat...
Jan 05, 2024

CP NewsAlert: New Brunswick judge apologizes to men for 'miscarriage of justice'
FREDERICTON - The chief justice of New Brunswick's Court of King's Bench is apologizing to two men who served lengthy prison sentences for a murder they didn't commit. In a written decision issued a d...
Jan 05, 2024

Canadian forward Lucas Cavallini swaps Mexican clubs, rejoins Puebla
PUEBLA CITY, Mexico - Canadian international striker Lucas Cavallini has swapped Mexican teams, leaving Tijuana to return to Puebla. The 31-year-old from Toronto originally joined Puebla in 2017, maki...
Jan 05, 2024

Czechia scores six straight goals, stuns Finland 8-5 to win bronze at world juniors
GOTHENBURG, Sweden - Tomas Hamara scored the winner with 1:41 left in regulation as Czechia battled back from a 5-2 deficit late in the second period to shock Finland 8-5 and win bronze at the world j...
Jan 05, 2024

Saskatchewan Roughriders release veteran defensive back Moncrief
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have released veteran American defensive back Derrick Moncrief, the CFL club announced Friday. The six-foot-two, 220-pound Moncrief appeared in 66 career games ov...
Jan 05, 2024