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'I'm not going to change my game': Perry eager to bring grit, experience to Canadiens
Corey Perry had to set the record straight. Although the NHL's website - and most online hockey databases - lists his birthplace as Peterborough, Ont., the winger actually spent the first 10 years of ...
Dec 29, 2020
Blizzard blasts Nunavut, 135 km/h winds rip off stairs and crush cabins
IQALUIT - Pangnirtung mayor Eric Lawlor couldn't see out his windows on Sunday.That's when a day-long blizzard hit the Baffin Island community of about 1,500, shaking houses and crushing cabins. Accor...
Dec 29, 2020
2,206 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 5 days in B.C.
VICTORIA - B.C. continues to see a slight flattening of the curve when it comes to COVID-19.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there have been 2,206 new cases of the virus over the past f...
Dec 29, 2020
Former Alberta cabinet minister turned Independent senator Elaine McCoy dies
OTTAWA - Sen. Elaine McCoy, who sat as an Independent from the day she was appointed to the upper chamber, has died.McCoy died Tuesday in Ottawa. She was 74.Born in Brandon, Man., McCoy began her care...
Dec 29, 2020
First reported US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado
DENVER - The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that's been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday. The variant was found in a man...
Dec 29, 2020
Feds decline charges against officers in Tamir Rice case
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it would not bring federal criminal charges against two Cleveland police officers in the 2014 killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, saying video...
Dec 29, 2020
Americans shut out Czech Republic at world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - The United States recorded its second straight shutout at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday, beating the Czech Republic 7-0. Coming off an 11-0 win over Austria on Boxing Day,...
Dec 29, 2020
Ottawa Senators sign first-round pick Ridly Greig to entry-level deal
Ottawa Senators first-round pick Ridly Greig has signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the club. The native of Lethbridge, Alta., was one of five players released from the Canadian junior cam...
Dec 29, 2020
Padres finalize deal acquiring ace Blake Snell from Rays
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego Padres finalized their acquisition of ace left-hander Blake Snell from the Tampa Bay Rays, sending four prospects in exchange for the 2018 AL Cy Young Award winner. The Rays ...
Dec 29, 2020
Northern Health reports COVID-19 exposure events at two more Prince George schools
PRINCE GEORGE - Two more schools in Prince George have been exposed to COVID-19. The exposure event at Cedars Christian School occurred from Dec.14 to Dec.16 with Northern Health saying the self-monit...
Dec 29, 2020