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Senators-Flyers 2004 brawl in Philadelphia still holds NHL record for most penalty minutes
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The root of one the wildest brawls in NHL history came only a week earlier, when Ottawa's Martin Havlat's rocked Mark Recchi in the face with his stick and drew a two-game suspensi...
Feb 27, 2024

Former NHL fighter Donald Brashear is still playing hockey at 52 and doing it his way
Donald Brashear fought in the NHL because that was his job, not because he wanted to drop the gloves - which he did more than all but seven players to ever play in the league. "Fighting was never the ...
Feb 27, 2024

20 years since NHL's record-setting brawl, fighting is down across the league but not going anywhere
Chicago's Marcus Foligno took a hit, delivered one of his own to Minnesota's Jarred Tinordi, and the two big guys dropped the gloves. Outdoors in front of 82,000 people in the Meadowlands, it took eve...
Feb 27, 2024

Backlog of problems with federal Phoenix pay system bigger than ever: union
OTTAWA - Three unions are calling on the government to provide additional compensation to federal public servants, as issues with the Phoenix pay system continue. Eight years after the system was laun...
Feb 27, 2024

Shohei Ohtani set for Dodgers debut Tuesday in spring game vs White Sox
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Shohei Ohtani is likely to get two or three plate appearances Tuesday when he makes his exhibition debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Chicago White Sox. It'll be the...
Feb 27, 2024

Ottawa freezes merger notification threshold, funds housing innovation projects
OTTAWA - The federal government is freezing the threshold at which the Competition Bureau must be notified of a merger. It also announced $123 million of funding to eight homebuilders that the federal...
Feb 27, 2024

Priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut will not be dismissed from Oblates
A French priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut will be allowed to remain a member of the Oblates congregation after leadership in Rome ruled against his dismissal. Johannes Rivo...
Feb 27, 2024

Changes needed to ensure safer, more resilient RCMP, union mental-health report says
OTTAWA - The union representing front-line Mounties is urging the RCMP to move beyond "patchwork solutions" to ensure the mental health of officers amid concerns they face increasing risks to their we...
Feb 27, 2024

A Russian court sentences the co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group to 30 months in prison
A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine to two years and six months in prison. He was taken directly into custody from the courtroo...
Feb 27, 2024

Saskatchewan coroner's inquest to hear more details about in-custody death of killer
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan coroner's inquest will hear more details today about how a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others during a stabbing rampage died in police custody. Myles Sanderson h...
Feb 27, 2024