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Canucks cancel morning skate after Schenn, Lahmmikko test positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have cancelled practice after two players tested positive for COVID-19. The club says it was informed of defenceman Luke Schenn's positive result on Monday and winger...
Dec 14, 2021

Connor McDavid calls potential five-week Olympic quarantine for COVID-19 'unsettling'
Connor McDavid calls the idea potentially having to quarantine up to five weeks in China because of a positive COVID-19 test at the Beijing Olympics "unsettling" as the NHL's participation at the Game...
Dec 14, 2021

Quebec university classrooms are not safe spaces, says academic freedom committee
MONTREAL - A committee mandated by the Quebec government to investigate academic freedom says university classrooms should not be considered safe spaces. The committee, headed by former Parti Qubcois ...
Dec 14, 2021

Three more Calgary Flames enter COVID-19 protocol
CALGARY - Three more Calgary Flames have entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The Flames confirmed in a short statement on social media Tuesday that defenceman Noah Hanifin and forwards Milan Lucic an...
Dec 14, 2021

Quebec, Ontario each reporting more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases today
Ontario and Quebec are each reporting more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19, ahead of separate briefings later today from the top health officials in both provinces. Ontario is reporting 1,429 new COV...
Dec 14, 2021

Quesnel business issued closure order from Northern Health
QUESNEL- Granville's Coffee in Quesnel has been handed a closure order from Northern Health. According to the health authority, this comes after the business received a warning letter on October 27 fo...
Dec 14, 2021

Official: Felt intimidated at meeting with Noem, daughter
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - The former director of a South Dakota appraiser agency says she was intimidated at a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem called where state officials discussed her daughter's application for ...
Dec 14, 2021

UN nuclear chief: Limited Iran access giving 'blurred image'
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog warned Tuesday that the restrictions faced by his inspectors in Iran threaten to give the world only a "very blur...
Dec 14, 2021

Police to give update on killings of billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman
Toronto police are set to give an update this morning in the high-profile murders of billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman. The founder of the generic pharmaceutical company Apotex and h...
Dec 14, 2021

Blood donation need doesn't slow down for the holidays
NANAIMO - The need for blood and plasma donations in Canada doesn't end just because it's the holiday season.Across the country over 18,000 blood donation appointments need to be filled by Jan. 4, 202...
Dec 14, 2021