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Oklahoma City tops Raptors 113-103, snaps 3-game skid
OKLAHOMA CITY - Svi Mykhailiuk scored 10 of his season-high 22 points in the fourth quarter, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied to beat the Toronto Raptors 113-103 on Wednesday night. Mykhailiuk ma...
Mar 31, 2021
Canucks-Flames postponed with two Vancouver players, one coach in COVID-19 protocol
VANCOUVER - The NHL's Canadian-based North Division has been impacted by COVID-19 for the second time in less than two weeks. The league postponed Wednesday night's game between the Canucks and Flames...
Mar 31, 2021
Maple Leafs down Jets 3-1 to extend lead in North Division to three points
WINNIPEG - Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 24th goal and goaltender Jack Campbell improved his season record to 7-0-0 as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Winnipeg Jets 3-1 Wednesday to ext...
Mar 31, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, March 31, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. There are 982,116 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 982,116 confirmed cases (47,864 active,...
Mar 31, 2021
Trudeau pushes back against Premier Ford's criticism of federal vaccine procurement
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pushing back against Ontario Premier Doug Ford's accusation that the federal government's procurement of COVID-19 vaccines is a joke. Trudeau says he has assu...
Mar 31, 2021
2nd worst day ever in Island Health, masks now mandatory indoors for grades 4 to 12
NANAIMO - Island Health suffered the second worst day on record in the fight against COVID-19. The health authority recorded 57 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, March 31. The worst day was only less t...
Mar 31, 2021
Goaltender Thatcher Demko signs five-year extension with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Thatcher Demko to a five-year extension. Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini confirmed the signing on Twitter. No financial terms have been releas...
Mar 31, 2021
Governments investing in new vaccine-manufacturing plant in Toronto
TORONTO - A new influenza vaccine facility will be built in Toronto to help bolster Canada's biomanufacturing capacity, the federal government said as it announced the new project Wednesday.Innovation...
Mar 31, 2021
Upgraded centre offering medical assistance in dying to reopen in B.C.
DELTA, B.C. - A hospice in Delta, B.C., is now in the possession of a health authority after a provincially funded society refused to provide medical assistance in dying based on religious grounds. Fr...
Mar 31, 2021
'We've always had need:' Nanaimo SPCA barn opens for farm animal care
NANAIMO - The days of not having enough space for farm yard animals at the Nanaimo SPCA are officially over. The new $600,000 barn at the SPCA's Westwood Rd. location is officially open for horses, co...
Mar 31, 2021