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The San Jose Sharks win the NHL draft lottery and right to No. 1 pick for 1st time in team history
The San Jose Sharks won the draft lottery on Tuesday and earned the right to have the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft for the first time in franchise history. The Sharks finished last in the overall stand...
May 07, 2024
Rudy Gobert wins record-tying 4th Defensive Player of the Year award. Victor Wembanyama finishes 2nd
Rudy Gobert made some history. Victor Wembanyama nearly did. Gobert, the Minnesota center, was announced Tuesday night as the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year for a record-tying fourth time - joinin...
May 07, 2024
Canucks prepared to take on McDavid, star-powered Oilers in second-round action
VANCOUVER - Rick Tocchet doesn't mind the fact that his Vancouver Canucks aren't favoured to win against their next playoff opponent. "I love being doubted," the head coach said. Analysts have been sk...
May 07, 2024
Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
DENVER (AP) - A sweeping bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado's Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of o...
May 07, 2024
Marchessault's future in Vegas is 1 key issue among many off-season questions for the Golden Knights
LAS VEGAS - Vegas defenceman Brayden McNabb was asked Tuesday if he could imagine not having Jonathan Marchessault in the Golden Knights' locker room next season. "No," he said succinctly, letting tha...
May 07, 2024
Ottawa's inaugural PWHL season deemed a success despite playoff miss
OTTAWA - They may have fallen short of their goal but there's no denying Ottawa's first season in the Professional Women's Hockey League was a success. Ewe fell a little short there on the final stret...
May 07, 2024
Committee of the Whole asks Kamloops mayor to resign
Kamloops council's Committee of the Whole has voted to ask Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson to resign.The vote came shortly after the provincially-appointed municipal adviser to Kamloops council delivered his...
May 07, 2024
Planking gives Copeland the edge for wrestling comeback after decade-long retirement
Adam Copeland knows what it's like to have to recover from severe injuries or operations. As one of the most accomplished professional wrestlers of the past 20 years, the product of Orangeville, Ont.,...
May 07, 2024
Alberta announces committee to help speed up oilsands tailings reclamation
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is appointing a new committee to look into ways to speed up reclamation of tailings ponds in the province's oilsands. The province says in a release that the committe...
May 07, 2024
UBC president says endowment fund doesn't directly own stocks targeted by protesters
VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia says its endowment fund doesn't directly own any stocks that are the target of divestment demands by pro-Palestinian protesters who have...
May 07, 2024
