• Preventive health care for unhealthy could save billions

  Billions of dollars could be saved in Canada's health-care system with the introduction of preventive programs that focus on those individuals in poor health, says a study by the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. "Canadian medicare with its focus on illness treatment has made illness and disease a growth industry," lead author Herb Emery told reporters ...

• Seabrook scores overtime winner for Chicago in Stanley Cup Finals Wednesday

  With the win, the Blackhawks tied their series with the Boston Bruins at two heading back to Chicago on Saturday evening for game five. Seabrook scored at 9:51 of the extra period on a slapshot from Bryan Bickell and Patrick Kane. He was also solid defensively on Wednesday as he was a +2. It was Seabrook's second overtime winning goal of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. He also scored the ...

• Canadian Olympic gold medallists named three stars Wednesday

  CBC Sports , and the highest scoring playoff game that went into overtime since the San Jose Sharks defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-5 on April 20, 2011. Seabrook, Bergeron and Toews all won a gold medal for Canada at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver in ...

• Top hockeynight tweets of the night

  Chicago Blackhawks centre Jonathan Toews (19) scored his first goal of Stanley Cup final Wednesday night against the Boston Bruins. (Charles Krupa/Associated ...

• Man charged with first-degree murder in Red Deer

  Red Deer RCMP has charged a 30-year-old with first-degree murder in the death of Curtis Leroy Rangen. Rangen, 43, was was found dead on May 3 by someone doing a welfare check at his home. An autopsy later determined the cause of death to be homicide. Following an extensive investigation, in which Red Deer RCMP received assistance from the "K" Division Major Crimes Unit and Kamloops ...

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