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Province implementing one-day public health order for New Year's Eve
NANAIMO - Liquor sales are being banned after 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve to hopefully curb gatherings as 2020 comes to a close. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry ordered the sale of liquor must...
Dec 30, 2020
Longtime Bruins captain Chara joins Washington Capitals
WASHINGTON - Longtime Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara signed with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, a stunning move less than a week before most NHL teams open training camp. Chara agreed to ter...
Dec 30, 2020
St-Pierre still thinks about fighting again but the thought usually doesn't last long
At 39, former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre still looks like he just walked off the cover of a fitness magazine. And the competitive juices still flow, despite the fact the native of St-Isidore, Que....
Dec 30, 2020
Iran allocates payment for downing Ukraine plane, but Ottawa says no offer yet
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Iran's cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran l...
Dec 30, 2020
Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan
The Census Bureau plans to announce it will miss a year-end deadline for handing in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats. That delay could undermine President Donald Trump's efforts to exc...
Dec 30, 2020
The name game: A few athletes primed for breakouts in '21
For some, the sky's the limit, which also just happens to be the title of the book written by 12-year-old British skateboarder Sky Brown. For others, it's no stretch that big things appear ahead. Exhi...
Dec 30, 2020
AHL still targeting Feb. 5 as start date for upcoming season
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American Hockey League remains on course to start its season in early February. What that actually looks like in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic remains to be seen. AHL pr...
Dec 30, 2020
Neymar representatives deny links to big Brazil party
SAO PAULO - Representatives for soccer superstar Neymar are trying to distance him from claims he has flouted pandemic warnings with a huge, multiday New Year's bash at or near his home in Brazil whil...
Dec 30, 2020
Neymar representatives deny links to big Brazil party
SAO PAULO - Representatives for soccer superstar Neymar are trying to distance him from claims he has flouted pandemic warnings with a huge, multiday New Year's bash at or near his home in Brazil whil...
Dec 30, 2020
Conservative MP Phil McColeman says he won't seek re-election
OTTAWA - A long-time Conservative MP says he won't seek re-election when the next federal vote comes around. Phil McColeman made the announcement in a social media post. He says it has been a privileg...
Dec 30, 2020