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Hickel scores twice as Calgary tops Montreal 5-2 to win Clarkson Cup
TORONTO - The Calgary Inferno earned a measure of revenge Sunday in the latest chapter of their rivalry with Les Canadiennes de Montreal. Zoe Hickel had two goals as the Inferno defeated Les Cana...
Mar 26, 2019
Former Afghanistan hostage Boyle made frantic 911 call about wife, court hears
OTTAWA - Former Afghanistan hostage Joshua Boyle made a frantic, late-night 911 call in December 2017 to say his wife Caitlan Coleman had run screaming from their Ottawa apartment, threatening to...
Mar 26, 2019
Federal incentive could boost electric vehicle interest in the province
The recent federal budget included a nice incentive for electric car purchasers.It outlined a plan that would offer prospective buyers $5,000 toward the purchase of an electric vehicle valued under $4...
Mar 26, 2019 The Saskatchewan Auto Dealers Association is excited about the federal purchase incentives regarding electric vehicles.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets Basilashvili to earn quarterfinal spot
MIAMI - Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the quarterfinals at the Miami Open. The 18-year-old from Montreal, who had to win two qualifying matches just to get into the ATP Tour Masters 10...
Mar 26, 2019
Criticism and court challenge ahead of Quebec's tabling of secularism bill
MONTREAL - Opposition to the Quebec government's secularism bill is increasing ahead of Thursday's expected tabling of the long-awaited legislation. A major teachers' federation filed a...
Mar 26, 2019
Ukraine's top cop walks thin blue line between Russian meddling, free election
OTTAWA - Two weeks after Serhii Kniaziev's military career ended, the Iron Curtain fell, the Soviet Union crumbled and the young ex-soldier returned to Ukraine and quickly found his calling - the thin...
Mar 26, 2019
B.C. seaplane company's plan for electric fleet is set for take off
VANCOUVER - A seaplane company in British Columbia says it is partnering with an engineering firm with the goal of becoming the world's first all-electric airline. Harbour Airlines operates ...
Mar 26, 2019
NASA nixes 1st all-female spacewalk due to suit-sizing issue
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA has nixed the first all-female spacewalk over a spacesuit sizing issue. Astronaut Anne McClain was supposed to float out of the International Space Station this Friday with...
Mar 26, 2019
Consular officials in China meet with detained businessman Michael Spavor
OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada says detained Canadian businessman Michael Spavor received a visit from consular officials in China today. The visit comes a day after former diplomat Mic...
Mar 26, 2019
Search underway for Baltimore mayor's books sold to hospital
BALTIMORE - There's a search underway in Maryland for "Healthy Holly" - not a fugitive or a missing citizen, but an obscure children's book authored by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh. The Baltimore Su...
Mar 26, 2019