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Almost half of EI sickness-benefit recipients off work longer than help lasts
OTTAWA - An internal government survey of people who used federal sickness benefits has found that nearly half were unable to work for longer than the 15 weeks the benefits last. The newly released do...
Feb 14, 2019
Sailor shortage causing headaches for Royal Canadian Navy
OTTAWA - A shortage of sailors is making it hard for the Royal Canadian Navy to operate its ships and work on replacing them at the same time, according to a senior naval officer. The revelation by Co...
Feb 14, 2019
Drug users, advocates fear federal election may sideline safer opioids policy
VANCOUVER - The co-founder of a national group of parents whose children have died of overdoses fears the looming federal election will derail any policy changes that could make a safer supp...
Feb 14, 2019
Ducks top Canucks 1-0 in Murray's debut to end losing streak
ANAHEIM, Calif. - A fresh start was exactly what the Anaheim Ducks needed. Kevin Boyle made 35 saves in his first career start and the Ducks beat the Vancouver Canucks 1-0 Wednesday night in general m...
Feb 14, 2019
17 killed in fire at shoddy New Delhi hotel, 4 others hurt
NEW DELHI - A fire engulfed a shoddily built budget hotel in central New Delhi early Tuesday, killing 17 people and injuring at least four others, including a woman from Myanmar who leaped from an upp...
Feb 14, 2019
Airbus to stop making struggling A380 superjumbo in 2021
TOULOUSE, France - European aviation giant Airbus said Thursday it will stop making its superjumbo A380 in 2021 for lack of customers, abandoning the world's biggest passenger jet and one of the aviat...
Feb 14, 2019
Sharks light up goalie Mike DiPietro in NHL debut, trounce Canucks 7-2
VANCOUER, B.C. - It wasn't the NHL debut he imagined, but Mike DiPietro says starting in net for the Vancouver Canucks on Monday night was still a dream come true. The San Jose Sharks (34-16-7) took n...
Feb 13, 2019
Crosby, Penguins trip up McDavid, Oilers 3-1
PITTSBURGH - Matt Murray robbed Connor McDavid on a penalty shot for one of his 38 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the struggling Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Wednesday night. Murray's acrobatic stop...
Feb 13, 2019
Raiders' tiny line comes up big in W over Broncos; Raiders' off to best season in 23 years
They may be one of the smallest forward lines to be assembled in hockey history, but they did some heavy lifting for the Prince Albert Raiders on Wednesday.The 6-foot tall Parker Kelly, five-foot-six ...
Feb 13, 2019
Refugee footballer freed by Thailand returns to Australia
CANBERRA, Australia - A refugee soccer player thanked Australians on his return home Tuesday hours after the threat of extradition to Bahrain was lifted and three months after he was detained in Thail...
Feb 13, 2019
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