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Senators sign veteran forward Alex Galchenyuk to one-year, $1.05-million contract
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators' busy off-season continued Wednesday with the signing of forward Alex Galchenyuk.The one-year deal is worth US$1.05 million. The 26-year-old Galchenyuk was an unrestricted...
Oct 28, 2020
Provincial guidelines in place for Halloween in the Battlefords
As the final days of October fade and the turn of the calendar approaches, the spooky season looms ever closer, with Halloween around the corner. In preparation for the season's festivities, the city ...
Oct 28, 2020
McAdam murder case committed for trial
The court case surrounding the death last year of Cody McAdam has been committed for trial.Bryce Bird, 20, faces a charge of second-degree murder.No pleas have been entered at this stage and a trial d...
Oct 28, 2020
Ontario ponders end to six-month abstinence requirement for liver transplants
TORONTO - A contentious requirement that would-be liver transplant recipients stay away from alcohol for six months could be scrapped, according to a new recommendation before the agency that runs Ont...
Oct 28, 2020
Hospital, residential areas hit in Nagorno-Karabakh fighting
YEREVAN, Armenia - Rockets hit a hospital and residential areas Wednesday amid deadly fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh that has raged for...
Oct 28, 2020
Junior hockey employment lawsuit on thin ice; judges refuse to OK $30-million deal
TORONTO - A $30-million settlement of three class actions over the alleged failure to pay junior hockey players the minimum wage has been thrown into jeopardy after three judges refused to sign off on...
Oct 28, 2020
Long-term care deaths surged in COVID-19 first wave, Tam hopeful it won't repeat
Long-term care deaths accounted for nearly 80 per cent of COVID-19 cases in Canada during the first wave of the pandemic, but the country's chief public health officer thinks a repeat can be avoided a...
Oct 28, 2020
Junior hockey employment lawsuit on thin ice; judges refuse to OK $30-million deal
TORONTO - A $30-million settlement of three class actions over the alleged failure to pay junior hockey players the minimum wage has been thrown into jeopardy after three judges refused to sign off on...
Oct 28, 2020
More possible COVID-19 exposures in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is alerting the public about potential COVID-19 exposures in communities across the province including P.A.The SHA is instructing those who were at these locati...
Oct 28, 2020
Meng lawyer accuses RCMP officer of dishonesty in explanation about her arrest
A lawyer for Meng Wanzhou is accusing an RCMP officer of lying about why he didn't arrest the Huawei executive immediately at Vancouver's airport two years ago. Richard Peck told Const. Winston ...
Oct 28, 2020