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"Pilsner! Pretzels! Pianos!" returns for second year in a row
PRINCE GEORGE - Following incredible community feedback from last year's "Pilsner! Pretzels! Pianos!" event, the CN Centre is happy to announce that it will be making its return on October 18, 2025. "...
Apr 15, 2025
AFC Toronto gets new majority owner just days ahead of debut in Northern Super League
TORONTO - AFC Toronto has a new majority owner, just days ahead of its debut in the Northern Super League. The new owner is Canadian-American entrepreneur Mark Mitchell of Mitchell Family Office (MFO)...
Apr 15, 2025
Jets forward Ehlers out week-to-week, will miss start of playoffs
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers will miss the start of the playoffs with a right foot injury. Jets coach Scott Arniel said Tuesday that Ehlers was out week-to-week after re-aggravating...
Apr 15, 2025
Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov lost their matches at BMW Open event
MUNICH - Canadians Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both dropped their first-round matches Tuesday at the BMW men's tennis tournament. German teenager Diego Dedura-Palomero advanced to the se...
Apr 15, 2025
Man accused of three sexual assaults on transit faces charges: police
NEW WESTMINSTER - The British Columbia Prosecution Service has approved charges relating to three alleged sexual assaults on Metro Vancouver's transit system. A statement from the region's Transit Pol...
Apr 15, 2025
Peruvian court sentences former President Humala and wife to 15 years for money laundering
LIMA, Peru (AP) - A Peruvian court on Tuesday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife, Nadine Heredia, to 15 years in prison for laundering funds received from Brazilian construction gi...
Apr 15, 2025
Erie Otters defenceman Schaefer top-ranked North American skater for NHL draft.
TORONTO - Matthew Schaefer is the top-ranked North American skater heading into the 2025 NHL draft. Schaefer, of Hamilton, was ranked first overall by NHL Central Scouting on its final NHL draft ranki...
Apr 15, 2025
Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States
HALIFAX - The association that represents academic staff at Canadian universities is warning its members against non-essential travel to the United States. The Canadian Association of University Teach...
Apr 15, 2025
Four journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Navalny convicted of extremism
MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court convicted four journalists of extremism Tuesday for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to 5 1/2 ...
Apr 15, 2025
Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel making most of second chance in NHL spotlight
Scott Arniel was head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets just over 19 months. It didn't go well. A winning percentage of .439 across those 123 games, including a disastrous 11-25-5 start to the 2011-1...
Apr 15, 2025