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Recent Calgary Flames additions bring long-haul playoff experience
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames topped up their playoff experience with the recent addition of four forwards who know what a long post-season feels like. The No. 1 team in the Pacific Division headed int...
May 3, 2022
What's Canadian? Minister to modernize definition of a Canadian film and TV program
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is going to review what qualifies as a Canadian film or TV program as part of a move to modernize the country's broadcast laws. The definition of Can...
May 3, 2022
Raptors president Ujiri says NBA teams who covet Nick Nurse can keep dreaming
Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri says no NBA team has contacted him about head coach Nick Nurse. Reports had Nurse has a top target for the Los Angeles Lakers after head coach Frank Vogel was fir...
May 3, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court abortion draft prompts scrutiny of Canadian politicians' actions
OTTAWA - A leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that suggests the countrywide right to abortion could soon be overturned in the United States is prompting scrutiny of the Liberal government's actio...
May 3, 2022
Ex-Patriot Matt Light loses bid for school committee seat
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Former New England Patriots offensive lineman Matt Light has been blocked in his bid to win a seat on the Foxborough School Committee. Light, who had been critical of school m...
May 3, 2022
Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford to have discipline hearing with NHL
TORONTO - Maple Leafs forward Kyle Clifford will have a hearing Tuesday with the NHL's department of player safety after receiving a major penalty in Toronto's playoff-opening win over the Tampa Bay L...
May 3, 2022
Ex-Patriot Matt Light loses bid for school committee seat
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Former New England Patriots offensive lineman Matt Light has been blocked in his bid to win a seat on the Foxborough School Committee. Light, who had been critical of school m...
May 3, 2022
Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned
WASHINGTON (AP) - A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report. A d...
May 3, 2022
Lightning Crashes: Tampa Bay comes out flat in Game 1 loss to Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Midway through Tampa Bay's post-game media availability on Monday, a couple of team staffers replaced the black cushioned chair at the front of the room for a different seat. It was the firs...
May 3, 2022
Nova Scotia mass shooting gunman drew police attention 10 years before killings
HALIFAX - A new document shows that the gunman who killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia had been on the radar of police up to a decade before his two-day rampage in April 2020. The report tabled Tues...
May 3, 2022