Former Ottawa Senator Daniel Alfredsson was presented the key to the city Thursday evening. Ottawa’s Deputy Mayor Bob Monette presented the long-time captain the key for not only his on-ice accomplishments, but also for his off-ice work including the Ottawa Senators Foundation, the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health,... Read more

The Montreal Canadiens lost 4-3 last night to the L.A. Kings after taking it to a shootout. Max Pacioretty scored his 31st of the season to give Montreal a 3-2 lead with 7:12 left in the game, but Marian Gaborik, who had two goals in regulation, tied the game... Read more

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Toronto Maple Leafs last night for the Lightning’s 14th victory in the team’s last 16 home games. Nikita Kucherov and Ryan Callahan scored in the first period to take a 2-0 lead until Toronto’s David Booth scored in the second to bring the... Read more

  President Idriss Deby of Chad said on Wednesday he knew the whereabouts of Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Nigerian militant group Boko Haram, and called on him to surrender or be killed. Chad’s army has waged a series of battles against Boko Haram as part of a cross-border military campaign and has re-taken territory the militant group held in northeastern Nigeria.... Read more

U.S. ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert underwent two-and-a-half hours of surgery after he was slashed in the face by a Korean nationalist in an attack at a forum in Seoul on Thursday to discuss Korean reunification. Lippert, 42, was bleeding from deep wounds to his face and wrist but was able to walk after the attack.... Read more

  A 2.8-million-year-old jawbone fossil with five intact teeth unearthed in an Ethiopian desert appears to be from a previously unknown species in human lineage. The discovery pushes back the dawn of humankind by about half a million years. Scientists said on Wednesday the fossil is the oldest known representative of the... Read more

  North Korea is detaining the head pastor of a Canadian church who traveled to the secretive state on a humanitarian mission, a church spokeswoman said Thursday. Canadian foreign ministry officials informed the family of the detention of Reverend Hyeon Soo Lim, 60, from the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, spokeswoman Lisa Pak told Reuters. He... Read more

Canadian country rocker Shania Twain says “it will be a sad goodbye” when her summer farewell tour ends. Twain announced earlier this week that her upcoming tour will be her last but wants fans to know she will not stop making music. “It’s been coming for a little while…... Read more

  The answer to why Michael Zehaf-Bibeau opened fire on a soldier at the National War Memorial in Ottawa last October may be revealed tomorrow. RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson will release a video Zehaf-Bibeau made on his cellphone moments before the attack. Sources tell CBC News the video statement is not even... Read more

Kelly Clarkson spoke up against a British TV personality who published a series of tweets calling her fat. Clarkson appeared on British TV in February when renowned criticizer Katie Hopkins took to twitter saying “Look chubster, Kelly Clarkson had a baby a year ago. That is no longer baby... Read more