Provincial News
Connor nets hat trick, Jets soar past Canucks 6-1
By Judy Owen, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
WINNIPEG – Kyle Connor scored a natural hat trick in the first period to spark the Winnipeg Jets to a 6-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday. The left-winger’s sixth career hat trick came in a span of 6:38, making it the third fastest in Jets-Thrashers’ history. Connor, who also had an assist, helped ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Merilainen, Gaudette lead Senators to 2-0 win against Islanders
By Scott Charles, The Associated Press on January 14th, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) – Leevi Merilainen made 24 saves for his second shutout in three games and the Ottawa Senators beat the New York Islanders 2-0 on Tuesday night. Adam Gaudette and Artem Zub scored as the Senators won their third straight and snapped New York’s three-game winning streak. Marcus Hogberg stopped 23 shots in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sceptres pounce on late Charge miscue to net 4-2 road win
By Lisa Wallace, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
OTTAWA – Blayre Turnbull made the most of an Ottawa Charge giveaway to score the game-winner Tuesday night. Ottawa’s Ronja Savolainen lost control of the puck at the top of the slot midway through the third and Turnbull picked it up and beat Emerance Maschmeyer to give the Toronto Sceptres a 3-2 lead. Emma Maltais ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stankoven, Duchene lead Stars over Leafs, hand Toronto third straight regulation loss
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
TORONTO – Logan Stankoven had two goals and an assist as the Dallas Stars downed the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-1 on Tuesday. Matt Duchene, with a goal and two assists, and Mavrik Bourque also scored for Dallas (28-14-1), which saw a seven-game winning streak snapped in Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators. Jake Oettinger ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veteran receiver Eugene Lewis embraces challenge of CFL record pursuit
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
Eugene Lewis will have plenty riding on the start of the 2025 CFL season. The veteran receiver heads into the campaign needing touchdown catches in his first two games to tie Hall of Famer Terry Evanshen’s CFL mark for consecutive matches with a TD grab (10). Lewis had touchdown receptions in Edmonton’s final eight contests ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carer says rules deterred her from getting help for B.C. woman who starved to death
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
BURNABY, B.C. – Florence Girard’s caregiver has told a British Columbia coroner’s inquest she was deterred from getting help before Girard starved to death by policies about respecting the rights of people living under their home-sharing arrangement. Astrid Dahl also says she was “in denial” when she noticed Girard’s rapid weight loss in the months ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal fortunes in Quebec may be troubled as third minister ends leadership bid
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
OTTAWA – The decision Tuesday by a third Liberal cabinet minister from Quebec not to seek the Liberal leadership is casting a spotlight on the party’s ability to organize support in a province that has long been crucial to its electoral success. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced at a luncheon discussion in Toronto that he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Einarson cruises to 10-1 victory over Skrlik at Grand Slam’s Masters
By The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
GUELPH, Ont. – Kerri Einarson scored five points in the first two ends and cruised to a 10-1 victory over Kayla Skrlik on Tuesday at the Grand Slam of Curling’s WFG Masters. Einarson’s team from Gimli, Man., opened with a deuce and stole three in the second, then added a four-point fifth end to complete ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez dies at 76
By Fernanda Figueroa, The Associated Press on January 14th, 2025
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76. His sister, Daisy RodrÃguez, said in a Facebook post that he died Friday morning. A cause of death was not given. Jiménez in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader José “Cha Cha†Jiménez dies at 76
By Fernanda Figueroa, The Associated Press on January 14th, 2025
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76. His sister, Daisy RodrÃguez, said in a Facebook post that he died Friday morning. A cause of death was not given. Jiménez in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jon Hamm of ‘Mad Men’ fame is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year
By The Associated Press on January 14th, 2025
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men,” was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world’s third-oldest still operating, ... Read More »
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