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The Atlantic Division got down to business ahead of NHL free agency. The Nashville Predators then made the biggest splash once the opening bell sounded as teams doled out more than US$ 1-billion in contracts Monday. CBC | Sports News
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Free agency opens: PWHL Montreal signs top draft pick Cayla Barnes to 3-year deal
PWHL Montreal has signed top draft pick Cayla Barnes for three seasons, giving the team another top defender to build around. The signing comes on the opening day of the window for teams to sign draft picks and free agents from other teams. CBC | Sports News
Read More »What each PWHL team needs ahead of free agency
Teams can sign free agents and draft picks beginning on Friday, and have been able to re-sign players from last year’s roster since June 1. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Russia buying spies to make up for expelled diplomats, German security agency says
Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans as spies after Europe expelled some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany’s domestic security service said. CBC | World News
Read More »Draft, free agency, long-awaited team names and logos: Previewing a busy PWHL off-season
Fans will have to wait more than five months to watch another PWHL game, but the league’s first off-season promises to be anything but quiet. New York will pick first in a seven-round entry draft on June 10 in Minnesota. CBC | Sports News
Read More »More than 670 people believed killed in Papua New Guinea landslide, says UN agency
More than 670 people are assumed to have died in Papua New Guinea’s massive landslide, the UN migration agency estimated on Sunday as rescue efforts continued. CBC | World News
Read More »Delivery of food aid to Rafah paused due to lack of supplies, UN agency says
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said on Tuesday that food distribution in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah was currently suspended due to lack of supplies and insecurity. CBC | World News
Read More »Flooding kills more than 300 in Afghanistan, UN agency says
Flash floods from unusually heavy seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed more than 300 people and destroyed over 1,000 houses, the UN food agency said Saturday. CBC | World News
Read More »Uncertainty over China’s debt outlook leads to ratings agency downgrade
Ratings agency Fitch raised concerns about China moving away from its reliance on the property industry. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Israel says Hamas commander killed in Rafah strike that UN agency alleges hit its site
Israel said on Wednesday that its airstrike on a UN food distribution centre in southern Gaza killed a Hamas commander who had been targeted. Palestinian health officials said it also killed four more people, including a UN worker. CBC | World News
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