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Throness running as independent
CHILLIWACK- A candidate who stepped aside as a B.C. Liberal plans to seek election as an Independent.Laurie Throness says he made the decision to stay in the race after being encouraged to do so by hi...
Oct 16, 2020

Maple Leafs sign 2006 Hart winner Joe Thornton to one-year contract
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed 41-year-old forward Joe Thornton to a one-year contract worth US$700,000. Thornton, a six-time all star and the winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as leag...
Oct 16, 2020

Canadian bantamweight Sarah Moras to fight on Nov. 7 UFC card in Las Vegas
Canadian bantamweight Sarah (Cheesecake) Moras will face Brazil's Vanessa Melo next month on a televised UFC card in Las Vegas.The main event of the Nov. 7 show at the UFC's Apex production facility f...
Oct 16, 2020

Safe driving in snowy conditions
PRINCE GEORGE - Now that the snow has fallen, the roads will be increasingly dangerous. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) lists ways that drivers can be safer during the winter seas...
Oct 16, 2020

Saskatchewan curlers make adjustments due to limitations from provincial rules
Braeden Moskowy has a new roommate in skip Matt Dunstone thanks to provincial rules that have limited the Saskatchewan curling team's options this season. Dunstone, who normally lives in Kamloops, B.C...
Oct 16, 2020

France: Teacher beheaded, police shoot dead suspected killer
PARIS - A history teacher who opened a discussion with students on caricatures of Islam's Prophet Muhammad was beheaded in a French street on Friday and police have shot dead the suspected killer, aut...
Oct 16, 2020

'You feel like the world is against you:' Impact weathering tough season
Defender Samuel Piette admits this season has been a heavy one for the Montreal Impact. Border closures forced the team to relocate to Harrison, N.J., in mid September, leaving players separated...
Oct 16, 2020

Lawsuit filed in case of man who killed himself after release from Regina hospital
REGINA - The family of a young man who took his own life after going to a hospital twice in one day during a mental-health crisis is suing the Saskatchewan Health Authority and the provincial governme...
Oct 16, 2020

Policing must be adequate to keep 'everyone' safe in Indigenous lobster dispute: PM
HALIFAX - Justin Trudeau called Friday for federal agencies to ensure those involved in an Indigenous-led lobster fishery are safe, a day after a Mi'kmaq chief accused him of offering words rather tha...
Oct 16, 2020

B.C. Green party says October fundraising shatters its previous records
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Green party says October has been the best fundraising month in its history, and there's still a week to go until the province goes to the polls. A statement from the p...
Oct 16, 2020