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Hockey Quebec has 'lost confidence' in Hockey Canada; withholding funds
MONTREAL - Hockey Quebec says it has lost confidence in Hockey Canada and will not transfer funds to the national organization. The provincial federation confirmed to The Canadian Press that its board...
Oct 05, 2022
Canadiens sign defenceman Logan Mailloux to three-year, entry-level contract
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have signed defenceman Logan Mailloux to a three-year, entry-level contract, the club announced on Wednesday. The deal is worth US$750,000 in the first season and $83...
Oct 05, 2022
Detained Iranian-American, 85, leaves Iran for major surgery
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An 85-year-old Iranian-American held by Iran over internationally criticized spying charges left the country Wednesday for Oman, officials said, after increasing pre...
Oct 05, 2022
Danish prime minister calls general election for Nov. 1
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Wednesday called a general election for Tuesday Nov. 1, seven months ahead of the end of her term in office. Frederiksen, who has ...
Oct 05, 2022
Bench bosses on the bubble: Keefe, Boudreau among NHL coaches at risk this season
Players aren't the only ones feeling pressure as the NHL season gets underway. The men behind the bench know their jobs depend on their team's performance, too. Life as an NHL head coach can be precar...
Oct 05, 2022
Labs at Grande Prairie Regional Hospital for patients only starting December 5
Alberta Health Services has announced a shift in operations for the community of Grande Prairie starting in December 2022. On December 5, the Grande Prairie Regional Hospital will no longer be serving...
Oct 05, 2022
Transit user brings list of concerns with new system to city council
A Grande Prairie transit user outlined a long list of problems she has been having since the redesign at Monday's city council meeting. Alison Steele works in schools and has her own counselling busin...
Oct 05, 2022
Nobel chemistry prize awarded to 3 for attaching molecules
STOCKHOLM (AP) - This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded in equal parts to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless for developing way of "snapping molecules together." ...
Oct 05, 2022
Fiona recovery continues and Russia formalizes annexation: In The News for Oct. 5
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Oct 05, 2022
As Quebec's Legault expands his majority, Montrealers choose opposition parties
MONTREAL - After Monday night's provincial election results, Montreal shows up on Quebec's election map as a small red-and-orange island in a sea of light blue. The blue represents Franois Legault's C...
Oct 05, 2022