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Vancouver Canucks sign stars Pettersson, Hughes to multi-year contracts
VANCOUVER - For Elias Pettersson, watching the Vancouver Canucks hit the ice for training camp wasn't easy. The star centre knew he should be with them but instead found himself in Michigan, skating a...
Oct 03, 2021
Oil company says pipeline shut down after California leak
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Crude was no longer leaking from a Southern California pipeline that's believed to be the source of a massive oil spill that closed miles of beaches on Sunday, accordin...
Oct 03, 2021
Plane at centre of deadly crash in Montreal was carrying marriage proposal banner
MONTREAL - Canada's Transportation Safety Board says the plane at the centre of a deadly crash in old Montreal was carrying a banner spelling out a wedding proposal when it went down on Saturday eveni...
Oct 03, 2021
Canada's Henderson rallies to tie for second at ShopRite LPGA
GALLOWAY, NEW JERSEY - Canada's Brooke Henderson rallied with a bogey-free round of 64 on Sunday to finish tied for second at the Shoprite Classic, her first top-10 finish in more than four months. Th...
Oct 03, 2021
15 new COVID-19 hospitalizations, 354 new cases in province
COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to grow in Saskatchewan. They increased by 15 people in Sunday's update and there are now a record 321 people in Saskatchewan hospitals being treated with COVID-19, ...
Oct 03, 2021
Trudeau apologized to chief of Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc after Tofino trip: PMO
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says he has apologized to the chief of a British Columbia First Nation which invited him to visit on Canada's first National Truth and Reconciliation Da...
Oct 03, 2021
Quebec to invest more than $500,000 to promote the French language among immigrants
MONTREAL - Quebec is budgeting over $500,000 to promote and support the French language among new immigrants, especially in the Montreal region. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette issued a statemen...
Oct 03, 2021
Riders comeback falls short, lose to Calgary 23-17
The Saskatchewan Roughriders fourth-quarter comeback came up short losing 23-17 in their first of three consecutive meetings with the Calgary Stampeders.It was a game of Jekyll and Hyde for the Riders...
Oct 03, 2021
Bomb targets mosque in Kabul, 'a number of civilians' dead
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb exploded in the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday leaving a "number of civilians dead," a Taliban spokesman said. The bomb targeted the sprawling Ei...
Oct 03, 2021
Alberta elk ranchers want province to OK hunt farms despite disease, ethical concerns
Alberta game ranchers are lobbying governments in the province in a renewed attempt to legalize hunt farms. They say it's an industry that could bring millions of dollars to rural communities, but the...
Oct 03, 2021
