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Vancouver Canucks sign forward Conor Garland to five-year, US$24.75-million deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have locked up one of their latest acquisitions, signing forward Conor Garland to a five-year contract. The club says the deal comes with an average annual value of U...
Jul 27, 2021
One-time payments to seniors over 75 likely to also go to the dead, documents say
OTTAWA - Canada's seniors minister was warned in the spring that the Liberal government's plan to send $500 payments to pensioners in August would end with some of the money going to people who had di...
Jul 27, 2021
Ex-airman sentenced to 45 months for leaking drone info
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former Air Force intelligence analyst was sentenced to 45 months in prison on Tuesday for leaking top secret information about the U.S. government's drone strike program to a ...
Jul 27, 2021
Trudeau says Ottawa withholding 'millions of dollars' from N.B. over abortion access
MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is withholding millions of dollars in health-care transfers to New Brunswick because the province is limiting access to abortion. Trud...
Jul 27, 2021
Trudeau says Canadiens' selection of Logan Mailloux shows 'lack of judgment'
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that as a lifelong Montreal Canadiens fan he's "deeply disappointed" by the team's selection of Logan Mailloux in the NHL draft. Mailloux, who was picked ...
Jul 27, 2021
Trudeau says Canadiens' selection of Logan Mailloux shows 'lack of judgment'
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that as a lifelong Montreal Canadiens fan he's "deeply disappointed" by the team's selection of Logan Mailloux in the NHL draft. Mailloux, who was picked ...
Jul 27, 2021
CDC expected to backpedal on some masking guidelines
The nation's top health agency is expected to backpedal Tuesday on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is sur...
Jul 27, 2021
MISSING: Jennifer Omeasoo, 39, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP are asking for the public's assistance to locate a missing woman.Jennifer Omeasoo, 39, was last seen around July 16. Police wish to locate Omeasoo to verify her well-being. Omeasoo is de...
Jul 27, 2021
Wagons at Westerner "exceeded all expectations"
Three days of chuckwagon racing at Westerner Park exceeded expectations, organizers say.Over the three days, attendance totalled 5,083, with Saturday being the best attended with 2,286 fans."It was gr...
Jul 27, 2021
Only half of one per cent of new COVID-19 cases are in fully vaccinated: Trudeau
MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Canadians who still have not gotten a COVID-19 vaccine to roll up their sleeves, saying that the overwhelming majority of cases are in people wh...
Jul 27, 2021