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Canada Post declares its operations back to normal just days before Christmas
OTTAWA - Canada Post says its operations are back to normal across the country, less than four weeks after its striking employees were forced back to work by federal legislation. The Crown corporation...
Dec 20, 2018
Red Deer Airport applauds new ultra-low-cost-carrier
Officials with Red Deer Airport are celebrating the news of an ultra-low-cost-carrier planned to be launched in Canada next year. An investor group led by Tim Morgan announced Thursday that it will la...
Dec 20, 2018
Players turned coaches pleased with change in OHL culture over past decade
Eric Wellwood and Jeff Kyrzakos can’t believe the difference a decade has made in the Ontario Hockey League. Both played in the major junior league in the mid-2000s, when they say hazing and ver...
Dec 20, 2018
Sens players Borowiecki, Ceci disappointed by Ottawa downtown arena setback
OTTAWA - Mark Borowiecki hopes Ottawa will one day have a downtown arena. As an Ottawa native and a defenceman for the NHL’s Senators, he said a new facility in the city’s core would be a ...
Dec 20, 2018
B.C. voters reject switch to proportional representation for third time
VICTORIA - Voters in British Columbia have rejected a proposal to switch to a system of proportional representation to elect members of the legislature for a third time, prompting all three parties to...
Dec 20, 2018
Brazil Judge suspends Boeing-Embraer deal for second time
RIO DE JANEIRO - A Brazilian judge has for the second time in a month stalled a US$5.26 billion deal between airplane manufacturers Boeing and Embraer. The temporary injunction issued Wednesday by Jud...
Dec 20, 2018
Ex-Senators executive pleads guilty to harassing driver
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Former Ottawa Senators assistant general manager Randy Lee pleaded guilty Thursday to harassing a 19-year-old male hotel shuttle driver. The 57-year-old Lee entered the plea in Buffalo...
Dec 20, 2018
CHL takes holiday break with Prince Albert Raiders still holding No. 1 ranking
TORONTO - The Canadian Hockey League began its holiday break on Monday with half the season already in the books. Some teams have already played themselves out of contention and have started trading a...
Dec 20, 2018
Pediatrician admits to assaulting dozens of young patients
Nearly two decades after Pennsylvania state regulators let him off the hook, a former pediatrician admitted in court Thursday that he sexually assaulted 31 children, most of them patients. Dr. Johnnie...
Dec 20, 2018
Hells Angels re-establish East Coast presence: 'They have a good footprint'
HALIFAX - The Hells Angels have re-established an evolving presence in Atlantic Canada, although experts say they have not expanded their roster of full-patch members since first reappearing in the re...
Dec 20, 2018