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Maple Leafs No. 1 goaltender Jack Campbell set to return from rib injury
TORONTO - Jack Campbell has been through plenty of tough times. Selected by the Dallas Stars with the 11th pick in the 2010 draft, the highly-touted goaltender waited until the 2018-19 season to final...
Apr 01, 2022
Government announces relief at the pumps for Albertans
Officials with the Alberta government say they are no longer collecting the provincial fuel tax while oil prices are high.As a result, officials say drivers will save the 13-cent provincial fuel tax o...
Apr 01, 2022
Longtime Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens saw it all and told it well
Former Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens, who earned Hall of Fame recognition in both lacrosse and hockey while criss-crossing the globe in more than three decades with the national news agency...
Apr 01, 2022
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. women's national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old t...
Apr 01, 2022
U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted the final barrier that was keeping table potatoes from Prince Edward Island out of the United States. A final federal order posted today clea...
Apr 01, 2022
Athletes can battle effects of maltreatment in sport well into adulthood
Brittany Rogers is an adult now and three years removed from her athletic career, yet the cutting words of her childhood gymnastics coaches still play like a broken record in her mind. You're fat. You...
Apr 01, 2022
Danielle Smith announces return to Alberta politics
Former Wildrose leader Danielle Smith is coming back to Alberta politics and says she will vote against Premier Jason Kenney at the upcoming United Conservative Party leadership review.Smith says she ...
Apr 01, 2022
Vice Mark Nichols ready for return to Team Gushue lineup at world curling playdowns
Forced into isolation due to COVID-19, Team Gushue vice Mark Nichols could only watch on television as his teammates won the Canadian men's curling championship last month. Now Nichols is set to retur...
Apr 01, 2022
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA - Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt sha...
Apr 01, 2022
Canada avoids group of death in FIFA World Cup draw
The schedule is known for Canada's first trip to the FIFA World Cup in over 30 years.Canada were placed into Group F during the draw held Friday, April 1. The team will play Belgium, Morocco and Croat...
Apr 01, 2022