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Jury selection set to start in former world junior hockey players' sex assault trial
LONDON - Jury selection is expected to begin today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex...
Apr 22, 2025
'Keep the doors open': Ministers call on next pope to do more for LGBTQ+ people
Serge Quevillon made it a point Monday to visit Montreal's Mary Queen of the World Cathedral to pay respect to Pope Francis. Speaking outside the cathedral, he said he vividly remembers a question the...
Apr 22, 2025
Archbishops of Toronto, Montreal to hold mass for Pope Francis
TORONTO - Canada's newest cardinal will lead a mass in honour of Pope Francis this afternoon. Cardinal Frank Leo, Archbishop of Toronto, will preside at a mass for the repose of the soul of the pontif...
Apr 22, 2025
Tories expected to release platform as federal election campaign nears its end
OTTAWA - As the federal election campaign nears its end with less than a week to go before voting day, all federal party leaders are making their last pitches to Canadians on why they deserve their vo...
Apr 22, 2025
'I won't be the last': Tréchelle Bunn elected as first female chief of Dakota nation
WINNIPEG - Trchelle Bunn has had a whirlwind month. She wrapped up her two-year tenure as one of the Southern Chiefs' Organization youth chiefs, finished her second year of law school at the Universit...
Apr 22, 2025
'We're a resilient group': Edmonton Oilers look to bounce back after wild Game 1 loss
LOS ANGELES - Late rallies are nothing new for the Edmonton Oilers. Not every game has a fairy tale ending, though, where the team overcomes a multi-goal deficit to celebrate a win. After falling behi...
Apr 22, 2025
Blackwell scores 17:46 into OT as Stars beat Avalanche 4-3 to even 1st-round NHL playoffs series 1-1
DALLAS (AP) - Colin Blackwell scored 17:46 into overtime and the Dallas Stars beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in Game 2 on Monday night to even up their first-round Western Conference series. Blackwel...
Apr 21, 2025
Edmonton's Jeff Skinner finally makes his Stanley Cup playoff debut after 15 NHL seasons
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner finally made his Stanley Cup playoff debut Monday night after 15 seasons and a league-record 1,078 regular season games. Skinner ended the longe...
Apr 21, 2025
Kings blow a 4-goal lead before Danault scores the last-minute winner in 6-5 opening win over Oilers
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Phillip Danault scored his second goal with 42 seconds to play, and the Los Angeles Kings blew a four-goal lead before rallying for a 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the ope...
Apr 21, 2025
NHL playoffs: Ovechkin scores first playoff overtime goal as Capitals edge Canadiens 3-2 in Game 1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored the first playoff overtime goal of his NHL career to give the Washington Capitals a 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of their first-round playof...
Apr 21, 2025
