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Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom to miss two to three weeks with shoulder injury
EDMONTON - Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom has joined captain Connor McDavid on the sidelines. Edmonton says Klefbom will be out of action for two to three weeks with a shoulder injury. The ...
Feb 18, 2020
Concerns raised over Saskatchewan ban on sex offenders changing names
REGINA - Questions are being raised about the Saskatchewan government's denying sex offenders the ability to legally change their names. The province has released details about an order of c...
Feb 18, 2020
Champagne campaigns for Security Council in Trudeau's place at Caribbean summit
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne wrapped two days of meetings at a summit with Caribbean leaders saying he's confident he was campaigning among "family" for support for Ca...
Feb 18, 2020
Canadian Andrew Nicholson making the most of the Chinese league's hiatus
Andrew Nicholson was vacationing in Bali during the Chinese New Year break when he got the call that would send him home to Canada. The coronavirus was spreading across China, and the Chinese Basketba...
Feb 18, 2020
Boeser expected to miss rest of regular season with rib cartilage fracture
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks expect forward Brock Boeser to be out of the lineup for the rest of the regular season due to a rib cartilage fracture. General manager Jim Benning says the team...
Feb 18, 2020
Top earners pay more in B.C. budget that includes record capital spending
VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit...
Feb 18, 2020
Highlights of the British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia's 2020-21 budget released Tuesday: - Starting in September, post-secondary students can receive up to $4,000 a year to help cover tuition costs unde...
Feb 18, 2020
Wolfpack hooker James Cunningham out for six months after hamstring surgery
The Toronto Wolfpack's depleted squad has taken another hit with James Cunningham sidelined by hamstring surgery. The 25-year-old hooker/scrum half went down in the Wolfpack's 32-10 loss at Wigan...
Feb 18, 2020
Trudeau confers with cabinet ministers as rail blockades continue
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in talks over the weekend with federal cabinet ministers as protesters opposed to a pipeline project in British Columbia continued to halt train service acro...
Feb 18, 2020
Teen shot at Toronto Airbnb party doubts company's safety measures
TORONTO - Just about anything can set Sean McCann's mind racing to the night a bullet ripped through his body. It can be a loud noise, an invite to a party or news of another shooting a...
Feb 18, 2020