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Vancouver Canucks sign forward Conor Garland to five-year, US$24.75-million deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have locked up one of their latest acquisitions, signing forward Conor Garland to a five-year contract. The club says the deal comes with an average annual value of U...
Jul 27, 2021
One-time payments to seniors over 75 likely to also go to the dead, documents say
OTTAWA - Canada's seniors minister was warned in the spring that the Liberal government's plan to send $500 payments to pensioners in August would end with some of the money going to people who had di...
Jul 27, 2021
Ex-airman sentenced to 45 months for leaking drone info
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A former Air Force intelligence analyst was sentenced to 45 months in prison on Tuesday for leaking top secret information about the U.S. government's drone strike program to a ...
Jul 27, 2021
Trudeau says Ottawa withholding 'millions of dollars' from N.B. over abortion access
MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is withholding millions of dollars in health-care transfers to New Brunswick because the province is limiting access to abortion. Trud...
Jul 27, 2021
Trudeau says Canadiens' selection of Logan Mailloux shows 'lack of judgment'
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that as a lifelong Montreal Canadiens fan he's "deeply disappointed" by the team's selection of Logan Mailloux in the NHL draft. Mailloux, who was picked ...
Jul 27, 2021
Trudeau says Canadiens' selection of Logan Mailloux shows 'lack of judgment'
MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that as a lifelong Montreal Canadiens fan he's "deeply disappointed" by the team's selection of Logan Mailloux in the NHL draft. Mailloux, who was picked ...
Jul 27, 2021
CDC expected to backpedal on some masking guidelines
The nation's top health agency is expected to backpedal Tuesday on its masking guidelines and recommend that even vaccinated people wear masks indoors in parts of the U.S. where the coronavirus is sur...
Jul 27, 2021
Only half of one per cent of new COVID-19 cases are in fully vaccinated: Trudeau
MONCTON, N.B. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging Canadians who still have not gotten a COVID-19 vaccine to roll up their sleeves, saying that the overwhelming majority of cases are in people wh...
Jul 27, 2021
Capitol Hill officers take stand to begin hearings into Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot
WASHINGTON - A group of Capitol Hill and D.C. police officers are on the witness stand as the long-awaited hearings into the Jan. 6 riot get underway. The four were among those who endured the wrath o...
Jul 27, 2021
Rough day for stars Simone Biles, Naomi Osaka at Olympics
TOKYO - Simone Biles came into the Olympics as perhaps the biggest star of the Games. Naomi Osaka was such a big headline act that she was given the honor to light the Olympic flame in her native coun...
Jul 27, 2021