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VIDEO: Clippers netminder dialed in during busy February schedule
NANAIMO - Results have been tough to come by for the Nanaimo Clippers in February.The team is 3-3 in a month where they've been dealt with tough travel, injuries and high-quality opponents.Starting go...
Feb 23, 2023
NHL-leading Bruins acquire Orlov, Hathaway from Capitals
BOSTON (AP) - The NHL-leading Boston Bruins have acquired defenseman Dmitry Orlov and forward Garnet Hathaway from the Washington Capitals, the latest big trade acquisition by an Eastern Conference co...
Feb 23, 2023
Ottawa pledges $2.4M for trades apprenticeship program in the N.W.T.'s Tlicho region
YELLOWKNIFE - The federal government is committing more than $2.4 million to create 30 new apprenticeships in the Northwest Territories' Tlicho region. The Tlicho Trades Apprenticeship Program is mean...
Feb 23, 2023
Federal disaster aid program for 2021 B.C. floods now tops $1 billion
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The mayor of Abbotsford says the British Columbia farming community has come a long way since devastating flooding in 2021 - but still has far to go with long-term recovery and repa...
Feb 23, 2023
Federal disaster aid program for 2021 B.C. floods now tops $1 billion
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The mayor of Abbotsford says the British Columbia farming community has come a long way since devastating flooding in 2021 - but still has far to go with long-term recovery and repa...
Feb 23, 2023
Hamilton Tiger-Cats deal veteran quarterback Dane Evans to B.C. Lions
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats traded former starting quarterback Dane Evans to the B.C. Lions on Thursday. Hamilton receives a conditional 2024 fourth-round selection for Evans, who started for the Ticats i...
Feb 23, 2023
Co-founder and CEO Chris Overholt leaving OverActive Media for another job
TORONTO - Chris Overholt is stepping down as CEO of OverActive Media. The esports company says Overholt is leaving "to pursue another opportunity" but will stay on as a strategic adviser for 30 days t...
Feb 23, 2023
Florida executes man for 1990 murder while a fugitive
STARKE, Fla. (AP) - Florida executed a man on Thursday for murdering a woman in 1990 after he escaped from prison, stabbing her to death in a shopping mall parking lot in an attempted carjacking. Dona...
Feb 23, 2023
Ryan O'Reilly settling into life as a member of the Maple Leafs
TORONTO - Ryan O'Reilly passed through the locker room's sliding doors and was immediately told he would be heading to a different sheet of ice. After one of the newest Maple Leafs was done with a ser...
Feb 23, 2023
Ontario Indigenous group criticizes federal government's unmarked graves contract
OTTAWA - An Indigenous political organization representing 39 Ontario First Nations says it is "confounded" by a federal decision to hire an international organization to provide advice on unmarked gr...
Feb 23, 2023