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Hockey Canada announces team for world para championship in Calgary April 18, 2024 - 2:28 PM

CALGARY - The Canadian team attempting to reclaim a world para hockey championship on home ice was announced Thursday by Hockey Canada.
The Dallas Stars have a big age gap with players who have come together for No. 1 seed in the West April 18, 2024 - 2:07 PM

DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars have quite an age gap.
Former NHL star Jaromir Jagr scores in his first game since turning 52 April 18, 2024 - 2:06 PM

KLADNO, Czech Republic (AP) — Jaromir Jagr returned to action Thursday for the first time since turning 52 and immediately scored as he surpassed legend Gordie Howe to become the oldest player taking regular shifts in professional ice hockey.
Rod Brind'Amour aimed to build a perennial contender. He's made the Carolina Hurricanes exactly that April 18, 2024 - 1:54 PM

MORRISVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Rod Brind'Amour remembers those early days as a first-time head coach for a franchise that had gone nearly a decade without reaching the playoffs. He realizes now just how much he didn't know back then.
Senators captain Tkachuk frustrated as Ottawa misses playoffs again April 18, 2024 - 1:45 PM

OTTAWA - Senators captain Brady Tkachuk didn’t mince words when talking about Ottawa missing the NHL playoffs for a seventh straight season.
NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah April 18, 2024 - 1:45 PM

The NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will be known as Utah, at least initially, until a long-term name is determined.
Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald says Travis Green is part of his search for a new coach April 18, 2024 - 1:33 PM

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — General manager Tom Fitzgerald is looking for a new coach for the New Jersey Devils and interim skipper Travis Green remains in the running for the job.
Commanders' Shaka Toney among 5 players reinstated by NFL after suspensions last season for gambling April 18, 2024 - 1:32 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney was among five players reinstated by the NFL on Thursday after they were suspended last season for violating the league's gambling policy.
Defending champion Lilia Vu withdraws from Chevron Championship with back injury before 1st round April 18, 2024 - 1:12 PM

THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) — Defending champion and world No. 2 Lilia Vu withdrew from the Chevron Championship on Thursday before the first round because of a back injury.
Coyotes officially leaving Arizona for Salt Lake City following approval of sale to Utah Jazz owners April 18, 2024 - 1:06 PM

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

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