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Union exec Marvin Miller, Simmons elected to Hall of Fame
SAN DIEGO - Marvin Miller, the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multimillion-dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing, was elected to bas...
Dec 08, 2019
Brain injury from domestic abuse a 'public health crisis,' says B.C. researcher
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia mother in her late 30s says there was "no support in sight" after she suffered two serious blows to the head at the hands of different partners more than a decade ago. "...
Dec 08, 2019
Legault government invokes closure to pass Hydro-Quebec rates bill
QUEBEC - The Quebec government has invoked closure to pass legislation that will allow it to take control of the rates charged for electricity in the province. Bill 34 was adopted just after...
Dec 08, 2019
Ontario court to hear challenge to prison needle ban this week
A constitutional challenge to the federal government's refusal to provide clean needles in prisons is set to be heard by an Ontario court this week. The challenge, filed by former inmat...
Dec 08, 2019
Quebec Premier Francois Legault heads to Hollywood to talk carbon and business
LOS ANGELES - After a tumultous legislature session, Quebec Premier Francois Legault is heading to Hollywood and Silicon Valley, where the future of his province's troubled carbon ...
Dec 08, 2019
Brain injury from domestic abuse a 'public health crisis,' says B.C. researcher
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia mother in her late 30s says there was "no support in sight" after she suffered two serious blows to the head at the hands of different partners more than a decade ago. "...
Dec 08, 2019
Rescue dogs come to Canada in search of forever families
There were dozens of dogs in the back of the van travelling the 1,400 kilometres from Tennessee to the Greater Toronto Area - and one of them was a barker. The trip last year was one of the bigge...
Dec 08, 2019
Conservatives urge Morneau to deliver 'urgent' fall economic update
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to deliver an "urgent" fall economic update, including a plan to get back to balance. Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, the fina...
Dec 08, 2019
Clippers lose 3-2 to Eagles in a shootout
NANAIMO - The Clippers went down early, fought their way back, but lost out to Surrey 3-2 in a shootout.It was 2-0 six minutes into the contest on goals by JJ Fecteau and Adamo Santia.Sean Donaldson t...
Dec 07, 2019 Nanaimo got down 2-0 before mounting a rally to send their game versus Surrey to overtime. The Eagles took the game with the only goal in the shootout. (Gary Dorland)
'Devastated': 3 crew killed in Black Hawk crash in Minnesota
ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Three soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard were killed Thursday when the Black Hawk helicopter they were riding in for a routine maintenance test flight crashed in a farm fiel...
Dec 07, 2019