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A Uyghur gets death sentence, as China bans once OK'd books
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - As the Chinese government tightened its grip over its ethnic Uyghur population, it sentenced one man to death and three others to life in prison last year for textbooks drawn in ...
Jan 31, 2022
Halak, Boeser help Canucks top Blackhawks 3-1
CHICAGO (AP) - Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau likes his goaltender tandem of Thatcher Demko and Jaroslav Halak. It was Halak's turn on Monday night. Halak made 20 saves and Brock Boeser scored...
Jan 31, 2022
Tim Stutzle finds OT winner as Senators edge Oilers 3-2
Tim Stutzle scored a picture perfect overtime goal as the Ottawa Senators beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Monday night. Stutzle squeezed the puck to the top corner to beat Mikko Koskinen with 37.6 second...
Jan 31, 2022
Raptors end Hawks' 7-game win streak behind Trent, Siakam
ATLANTA - Gary Trent Jr. scored 31 points, Pascal Siakam added 23 and the Toronto Raptors snapped Atlanta's seven-game winning streak with a 106-100 victory on Monday night. Trent, who has scored at l...
Jan 31, 2022
NHL, players' association announces new changes to COVID-19 protocol
The National Hockey League and its players' association announced new changes to its COVID-19 protocol, including a removal of daily tests for the fully vaccinated. The league says the new rules will ...
Jan 31, 2022
Toronto Maple Leafs stage latest comeback win to beat New Jersey Devils 6-4
TORONTO - Jason Spezza, Mitch Marner and Ilya Mikheyev scored third-period goals to give the Toronto Maple Leafs another comeback win, this time a 6-4 decision against the New Jersey Devils on Monday....
Jan 31, 2022
Divergent views on how best to help Ukraine mark emergency Commons debate
OTTAWA - All parties in the House of Commons agree that Canada must stand in solidarity with Ukraine but they're showing sharp divisions over how best to do that. In an emergency debate tonight on Rus...
Jan 31, 2022
Commons ethics committee wants cellphone data collection halted over privacy concerns
OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee says there should be a halt to Public Health Agency plans to collect data from millions of people's mobile phones, which is intended to understand travel...
Jan 31, 2022
Province announces financial incentives to attract and retain new family physicians to rural Alberta
The provincial government has announced a new program that will help bring more family physicians to remote and rural Alberta communities as early as this fall. Health Minister Jason Copping announced...
Jan 31, 2022
Chuckwagon season to begin May 25
May 25 will be a big day for chuckwagon racing fans.The new schedule from the World Professional Chuckwagon Association says that is the day wagon racing season starts at the Grande Prairie Stompede.S...
Jan 31, 2022