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Canucks appoint Stan Smyl vice president, keep Sedins, Ryan Johnson in former roles
Vancouver Canucks president and interim general manager Jim Rutherford continues to fill out his front office, naming Stan Smyl his vice president of hockey operations The Canucks (13-15-2) announced ...
Dec 16, 2021
Senate set to pass pandemic aid bill after MPs leave for winter break
OTTAWA - The Senate was poised to give quick approval Thursday to a new round of pandemic aid after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made a pre-Christmas plea to rubberstamp the help and promised th...
Dec 16, 2021
COVID-19 cases rise in B.C. as Health Ministry warns of Omicron variant
VICTORIA - British Columbia's COVID-19 cases are climbing with 753 new infections and three more deaths reported Thursday. The Health Ministry says in a news release there are now 135 cases of the con...
Dec 16, 2021
Sports in 2021 will partly be remembered for its coaching scandals
TORONTO - The gut-wrenching details of the sexual violence suffered by Chicago Blackhawks prospect Kyle Beach rocked the NHL in 2021. The scandal shattered Chicago's once-shiny reputation, raised ques...
Dec 16, 2021
N.W.T. replaces Alberta curriculum for junior kindergarten to Grade 12 with B.C.'s
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories says it will no longer teach Alberta's curriculum in its schools. The territory says it has signed an agreement with British Columbia to teach its junior kinder...
Dec 16, 2021
B.C. hears from 161 First Nations on plans for old-growth logging deferrals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is finalizing plans with First Nations that have indicated support for plans to defer logging in certain old-growth forests, while it continues talks...
Dec 16, 2021
AP sources: Senate Dems’ immigration bid suffers key setback
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate parliamentarian has said a Democratic effort to let millions of immigrants remain temporarily in the U.S. should be dropped from an expansive social and environment bill, ...
Dec 16, 2021
Quebec orders shops, bars, restaurants, churches to operate at 50 per cent capacity
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault has announced a series of new COVID-19 restrictions to stop the spread of the Omicron variant, which he says risks overwhelming the province's health system. ...
Dec 16, 2021
EV rebate program topped up with $73 million in fall economic update
OTTAWA - Transport Canada is topping up its electric vehicle rebate program so there is enough money to cover demand until the program gets retooled in the spring. The fall economic statement this wee...
Dec 16, 2021
NewsAlert: Canadiens-Flyers to be played without fans at the Bell Centre due to COVID
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers will play in an empty Bell Centre on Thursday night. The Canadiens announced about two hours before puck drop Quebec public health officials h...
Dec 16, 2021