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Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame announces 2024 classThe 2024 Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame class includes ex-NHLers, notable amateur players and teams, officials, builders — and a longtime 680 CJOB sports broadcaster.SportsJun 11
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Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid named Hart finalist along with MacKinnon, KucherovEdmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov are this year's Hart Trophy finalists.SportsMay 7
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League of his own: Mackinnon breaks Colorado Avalanche’s single-season point recordThe 28-year-old from Cole Harbour, N.S., registered two assists for the Colorado Avalanche during a 5-1 win on Thursday — wrapping up the regular season with140 points.SportsApr 19
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Chris Simon, Stanley Cup winner and former NHL winger, dead at 52Chris Simon was known as one of the toughest players of his time, racking up 1,824 penalty minutes spanning 782 career NHL games.SportsMar 19
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NHL forward Reggie Savage, who played for Nordiques, Capitals, dies at 53Montreal's Savage was a first-round pick, 15th overall, by the Capitals in 1988. The NHL said on its website Friday that Savage died Sunday in Florida.SportsDec 30, 2023
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Quebec finance minister playing defence on NHL pre-season games subsidyThe Quebec government has faced criticism over the subsidy while citizens grapple with cost-of-living woes and while public sector unions are on strike.CanadaNov 21, 2023
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Quebec Premier François Legault defends decision to subsidize NHL pre-season gamesLegault says he hopes the venture will showcase Quebec City's arena and inspire the NHL to install a franchise in the provincial capital, which has been without a team since 1995.CanadaNov 18, 2023
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Quebec government slammed for subsidizing L.A. Kings pre-season games in Quebec CityThe Quebec government is facing backlash for subsidizing two L.A. Kings NHL preseason games in Quebec City for between five and seven million dollars.PoliticsNov 15, 2023
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Quebec to spend up to $7 million for L.A. Kings 2024 pre-season games in Quebec CityThe Kings, who will train in Quebec City from Oct. 2-6, will face the Boston Bruins in their first pre-season game on Oct. 3, before taking on the Florida Panthers two days later.SportsNov 14, 2023
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Oilers hire Jeff Jackson, McDavid’s longtime agent, as CEO of hockey operationsHockey Hall of Famer and former Edmonton defenseman Paul Coffey will assist Jackson in his new role.CanadaAug 3, 2023
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Montreal is the last Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup. Three decades later we look backCanada is still awaiting its next Stanley Cup champions. Friday marks three decades since the Habs celebrated that victory on a sweltering night at the Montreal Forum.SportsJun 8, 2023
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Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur has Quebec highway renamed after himHighway 50, an east-west route in the greater Montreal area, will now be known as Autoroute Guy-Lafleur.SportsMay 4, 2023
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Longtime Oilers captain pays tribute to late Bobby HullLongtime Oilers captain Al Hamilton, who played against Hull both in the NHL and the now-defunct World Hockey Association, remembers Hull as "the original power forward."SportsJan 30, 2023
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Canadiens’ great Guy Lafleur facing lung cancer again, strives to raise awarenessThe Canadian Cancer Society estimates 21,000 people will die of lung cancer in this country in 2021 — some 25 per cent of all cancer deaths.HealthNov 23, 2021
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Martin: Stephen Harper backpedals on arena funding ideaAfter finger-testing the political wind direction and getting a nation of angry fingers flipped back, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has iced funding for Quebec City's proposed new hockey arena.Sep 14, 2010
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Critics cool to PM musings on Quebec arenaOTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in hot water over his promise to consider pumping millions of dollars into a plan to build an NHL arena in Quebec City, with critics describing it as an ill-conceived waste of taxpayers' dollars, and one Conservative MP calling it a ``risky'' venture.Sep 14, 2010
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Quebec City inches closer to Nordiques rebirthQuebec City might be getting a new arena and maybe its old hockey team back, too. According to media reports, a meeting between Premier Jean Charest and Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume is scheduled for Tuesday in the capital to discuss the city’s new amphitheatre project, estimated to cost $400 million.Sep 14, 2010
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Nordiques Nation takes sea of blue to New YorkA 22-bus fleet carried about 1,100 fans calling themselves the "Nordiques Nation" to Nassau Coliseum on Saturday night, a mission to express their desire for the return of an NHL team to Quebec.Dec 13, 2010
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Quebec, Halifax and Hamilton among cities favoured for NHL team: pollA recent poll by Forum Research asked which Canadian city should be the next to get a franchise: While Quebec City - formerly the home of the Nordiques - came in first, Halifax tied with Hamilton as the second pick.Jun 20, 2012
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No Saskatchewan stadium without Riders; CFL team would bring in bulk of doughOTTAWA - Saskatchewan tried to do an end-run around rules that would prevent the province from tapping into a pot of more than $1 billion to build a new CFL stadium in Regina, new documents indicate.CanadaSep 20, 2011