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Vancouver Canucks star Elias Pettersson out with right knee injury
TORONTO - Vancouver Canucks rookie centre Elias Pettersson will undergo an MRI after suffering a right knee injury on Thursday night in Montreal. The Canucks tweeted there is no timetable for their to...
Jan 03, 2019
Officers to be charged after 2 patients drowned in van
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Charges are expected Friday against two South Carolina law enforcement officers who were transporting two mental patients who drowned while locked in the back of a van during Hurrican...
Jan 03, 2019
Sandra Oh, Andy Samberg want lighter tone at Golden Globes
LOS ANGELES - Actress Sandra Oh wants to bring a lighter tone to the Golden Globes after last year’s awards show took a much more serious approach centred on the #MeToo movement. Oh said Thursda...
Jan 03, 2019
Canadian light-heavyweight Misha Cirkunov to face Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 235
TORONTO - Canadian Misha Cirkunov, ranked No. 14 among light-heavyweight contenders, will face No. 11 Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 235 on March 2 in Las Vegas. Cirkunov (14-4-0) is coming off a first-rou...
Jan 03, 2019
Man found not criminally responsible for killings still a safety risk: report
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. - A report says a man found not criminally responsible in November for the stabbing deaths of two people at a northwest Alberta work camp is not entitled to an absolute discharge...
Jan 03, 2019
CARE hosts seventh annual Learn to Skate program
Dozens of local newcomers to Canada are taking to the ice in Red Deer this week as part of the Central Alberta Refugee Effort's (CARE) Learn to Skate program. Now in its seventh year, the program is a...
Jan 03, 2019
Lions employee suspended for violating team and CFL social media policies
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have suspended director of player personnel and player development Torey Hunter 90 days for violating the team’s and the CFL’s social media policies. The Lions c...
Jan 03, 2019
With slump in iPhone sales, are we post Peak Smartphone?
NEW YORK - Behind Apple’s disconcerting news of weak iPhone sales lies a more sobering truth: The tech industry has hit Peak Smartphone, a tipping point when everyone who can afford one already ...
Jan 03, 2019
Underdogs, historic hockey rivals to battle in world junior semifinals
VANCOUVER - A pair of upsets has created a battle of the underdogs in the semifinal round of this year’s world junior hockey championship. Switzerland and Finland are still in medal contention a...
Jan 03, 2019
Calkins: Trudeau’s Massive Carbon Tax Is Here
The massive carbon tax that came into force on January 1 is just the first step in a long Liberal journey of punishing Canadians for the cost of the energy we all use - and need -just to live in Canad...
Jan 03, 2019