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Marchand weighs in on Marner's contract negotiations with Maple Leafs
Mitch Marner and the Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to put their contract negotiations on hold until the off-season. But that won’t stop Brad Marchand of the rival Boston Bruins from weighing i...
Mar 05, 2019
Real Madrid's European reign ends with shock loss to Ajax
MADRID - Kings of Europe no more. Real Madrid’s Champions League reign is over. More than 1,000 days since winning the first of three consecutive European titles, Real Madrid unprecedented era o...
Mar 05, 2019
Clay Buchholz, Blue Jays finalize $3M, 1-year contract
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Pitcher Clay Buchholz and the Toronto Blue Jays have finalized a $3 million, one-year contract. The 34-year-old right-hander is expected to join a starting rotation that includes Marcu...
Mar 05, 2019
Buckle Up: NHL general managers focus on safety, pace of play at meetings
BOCA RATON, Fla. - NHL players minus their helmets, hair flapping in the breeze as they attempt to rejoin the action, could soon be a thing of the past. The league’s general managers announced T...
Mar 05, 2019
Maple Leafs sign goaltender Garret Sparks to one-year contract worth $750,000
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed goaltender Garret Sparks to a one-year contract extension. The contract will carry an average annual value of US$750,000 in 2019-20. The 25-year-old nativ...
Mar 05, 2019
Parents of teen killed in Winnipeg home invasion came to Canada for better life
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba politician says the parents of a teenager killed during a random home invasion came to the province looking for the Canadian dream - a better life for their only child. “Wh...
Mar 05, 2019
Advocacy groups calling for seniors health to be election issue
Two advocacy groups want Alberta’s political parties to make the health of seniors an election issue. Friends of Medicare says 18 percent of Alberta’s population is at least 60 years old, ...
Mar 05, 2019
Deadline nearing to file appeal of Bissonnette's sentence for mosque murders
QUEBEC - Crown prosecutors and defence lawyers have less than a week left to decide whether to appeal the sentence handed down to the gunman who killed six men in a Quebec City mosque. Alexandre Bisso...
Mar 05, 2019
Jason Nixon "appalled" anti-oil activist named to board of AER
The United Conservative party is condemning the appointment of a former Pembina Institute executive director to the board of the Alberta Energy Regulator. The party’s house leader Jason Nixon sa...
Mar 05, 2019
Trudeau hunkers down in Ottawa after second minister resigns over SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau hunkered down in the Prime Minister’s Office Wednesday as he awaited what Liberals hope will be pivotal testimony Wednesday from his former principal secretary. Liberals ...
Mar 05, 2019