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B.C. Lions select colourful defensive lineman Brauns in CFL global draft.
TORONTO - He's back to his natural blond hair colour but Karlis Brauns expects to make a grand entrance when the B.C. Lions open training camp. B.C. took the free-spirited Latvian defensive lineman th...
May 3, 2022
Canada's Denis Shapovalov falls to Andy Murray in three sets at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was eliminated from the Madrid Open on Tuesday after a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 loss to former No. 1 Andy Murray in second-round action. Shapovalov put himself in an early hole...
May 3, 2022
Canfor announces first-quarter profit
Canfor has released its first-quarter report of 2022, one that shows a net income of $742 million.That compares to a $ 66.8 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2021.Canfor says there was near record...
May 3, 2022
Execution of Missouri man just the 5th in US this year
A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home more than a quarter of a century ago was put to death Tuesday, becoming just the fifth person executed in the United States this...
May 3, 2022
U18 Lights start season 3-1
The U18 Northern Lights AAA baseball team is off to a 3-1 start on the season. They won three of four against the Sherwood Park Archers this past Saturday and Sunday.The U18 Lights are in St. Albert t...
May 3, 2022
Vancouver Canucks have June 1 deadline to re-sign coach Bruce Boudreau
VANCOUVER - A 57-game sample size was not big enough for Vancouver Canucks president of hockey operations Jim Rutherford to commit to a contract extension for head coach Bruce Boudreau. "We would be w...
May 3, 2022
Prosecutors charge 3 with murder in Sacramento mass shooting
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Prosecutors have filed murder charges in a mass shooting that rocked California's capital city a month ago. District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert said Tuesday that Smiley Mar...
May 3, 2022
Bunting eager to taste Toronto's playoff atmosphere in testy Tampa series
TORONTO - Michael Bunting had never seen a Maple Leafs playoff game in person until Monday night. If things continue to progress as planned, the Toronto native will be in the middle of the action for ...
May 3, 2022
Oklahoma governor signs Texas-style ban on most abortions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a Texas-style abortion ban on Tuesday that prohibits abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, part of a nationwide push in GOP-l...
May 3, 2022
Conservative fundraising rose as party ousted O'Toole, entered leadership race
OTTAWA - Only two political parties managed to raise more money in the first quarter of this year than at the end of 2021: the Conservatives and Bloc Qubcois. Elections Canada's latest reports show th...
May 3, 2022