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QMJHL gets $12 million from Quebec government as it attempts to play during pandemic
MONTREAL - The Quebec government is promising $12 million in funding for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League during the COVID-19 pandemic, while another province with teams in the organization says ...
Oct 15, 2020
No short-term solutions coming for thin Montreal Impact squad: sporting director
Montreal Impact sporting director Olivier Renard says his club is looking to the future after losing another key piece. The Impact (6-10-2) parted ways with midfielder Saphir Taider Wednesday, transfe...
Oct 15, 2020
Advance voting begins
PRINCE GEORGE- Advance polls opened today (Oct.15) across B-C as the province prepares for the October 24th general election.Elections BC has posted the locations of all advance polling places on its ...
Oct 15, 2020
AP source: Tyronn Lue agrees to become next Clippers coach
A person with knowledge of the situation says Tyronn Lue has agreed to become the next coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. Final terms were still being worked on, said the person who spoke to The Assoc...
Oct 15, 2020
Tougher COVID-19 restrictions coming to Winnipeg as Manitoba cases climb
Tougher restrictions are coming to Winnipeg as Manitoba's COVID-19 caseload ticks upward, while Ontario's premier is urging gym enthusiasts in hard-hit regions not to venture elsewhere to work out.&nb...
Oct 15, 2020
Feds fund small nuclear reactor ahead of national strategy to adopt more of them
OTTAWA - An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new reactor in line with Canada's safety regulations. Terrestrial Energy in Oakville, Ont., is one of abo...
Oct 15, 2020
RCMP watchdog investigating death in Nass Valley
NASS VALLEY- A man is dead and the Independent Investigations Office (IIO) is investigating after an incident on Oct.13.Just before 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct.13 Nass Valley RCMP were called to the 4300-b...
Oct 15, 2020
Jewish leaders call COVID rules 'blatantly anti-Semitic'
NEW YORK - Three Rockland County Jewish congregations are suing New York state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he engaged in a "streak of anti-Semitic discrimination" with a recent crackdown on religiou...
Oct 15, 2020
C-SPAN suspends Scully after he admits to lie about hack
NEW YORK - C-SPAN suspended its political editor Steve Scully indefinitely Thursday after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked when he was confronted about a questionable exchange ...
Oct 15, 2020
More friction between parties after radio debate
VANCOUVER-An election debate this morning on a Vancouver radio station (CKNW) produced more friction between B-C's political leaders.Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson called N-D-P Leader John Horgan a l...
Oct 15, 2020