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Caps goalie Lundqvist to miss season with heart condition
WASHINGTON - Star goalie Henrik Lundqvist will sit out the upcoming NHL season because of a heart condition, he said Thursday, about two months after he joined the Washington Capitals following 15 yea...
Dec 17, 2020
RCMP start criminal investigation into trail derailment near Field, B.C.
FIELD, B.C. - The RCMP say a criminal investigation has been launched into a fatal Canadian Pacific train derailment near the boundary between B.C. and Alberta in February 2019. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet s...
Dec 17, 2020
RCMP start criminal investigation into trail derailment near Field, B.C.
FIELD, B.C. - The RCMP say a criminal investigation has been launched into a fatal Canadian Pacific train derailment near the boundary between B.C. and Alberta in February 2019. Sgt. Janelle Shoihet s...
Dec 17, 2020
Ontario public health to weigh possibility of NHL restart as lockdown looms
TORONTO - Ontario's minister of sport says the provincial government is examining how a Canadian division in the NHL might work.Lisa MacLeod says that discussions about the league's return-to-play pla...
Dec 17, 2020
Star quarterback Mike Reilly reaches settlement, new contract with B.C. Lions
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have reached a settlement with marquee quarterback Mike Reilly. The club announced the news in a statement Thursday, saying Reilly has signed a new deal that will keep him i...
Dec 17, 2020
US cybersecurity agency warns of 'grave' threat from hack
WASHINGTON - U.S. authorities are expressing increased alarm about an intrusion into computer systems around the globe that officials suspect was carried by Russia. The cybersecurity unit of the Depar...
Dec 17, 2020
Snow days, virtual opera: The office holiday party goes on
NEW YORK - An online murder mystery. Law-themed opera arias. A snowman-building competition. With dancing, drinking and fancy dinners a no-go because of virus concerns, companies are getting creative ...
Dec 17, 2020
Feds ask Quebec court for third extension to deal with revamped assisted dying regime
Lawyers for the federal government are before a Quebec judge today seeking a third delay in bringing medical assistance in dying legislation in line with a ruling from the province's Superior Court. T...
Dec 17, 2020
Biden picks regulator Michael Regan for EPA administrator
President-elect Joe Biden has picked an experienced but not widely known state regulator, Michael S. Regan of North Carolina, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Regan, who is head of North C...
Dec 17, 2020
Victoria forecasts $13.6 billion deficit
VICTORIA - The provincial government is forecasting a provincial deficit of $13.6 billion in its Fall 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update. Victoria says that includes an additional $2 billion for new COVI...
Dec 17, 2020