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Hong Kong reports virus death as workers strike at hospitals
BEIJING - Hong Kong hospitals cut services as thousands of medical workers went on strike for a second day Tuesday to demand the border with mainland China be shut completely, as a new virus caused it...
Feb 04, 2020
In embarrassing twist, Democrats have no Iowa caucus results
DES MOINES, Iowa - Democratic party officials in Iowa worked furiously Tuesday to deliver the delayed results of their first-in-the-nation caucus, as frustrated presidential candidates claimed momentu...
Feb 04, 2020
Iowa caucus crashed and street preacher gets noise ticket; In The News for Feb. 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 4 ... What ...
Feb 04, 2020
Report tells Health Canada to rethink funding in opioid fight
OTTAWA - How governments fund the country's fight against the opioid crisis might explain "a lack of progress" on the issue, say newly disclosed documents on an alte...
Feb 04, 2020
Federal Court to rule on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion challenge
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion today. Four First Nations from British Columbia filed court chal...
Feb 04, 2020
Federal Court to rule on Trans Mountain pipeline expansion challenge
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion today. Four First Nations from British Columbia filed court chal...
Feb 04, 2020
Canada-USA women's hockey rivalry on display in Victoria contest, Canada wins
Victoria Bach scored the overtime winner Monday in a thriller that saw Canada's women's national hockey team defeat the United States 3-2 in Game 3 of the Rivalry Series. Bach's backhander on a 2-on-1...
Feb 03, 2020
McDavid scores twice, Draisaitl has four assists as Oilers down Flames 8-3
CALGARY - A good start and a strong finish propelled the Edmonton Oilers to an 8-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Saturday. The Oilers jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and extended it to three before t...
Feb 03, 2020
Kenyan president says ex-president Daniel arap Moi has died
NAIROBI, Kenya - Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya's longest-serving president and presided over years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, has died....
Feb 03, 2020
Clippers weekly wrap Jan. 29-31
NANAIMO - The Clippers are coming off perhaps their most dramatic week of the season.Both of their games were thrilling last minute victories.Josh Bourne scored with 22 seconds left against West Kelow...
Feb 03, 2020 Josh Bourne had back to back last minute game winners against West Kelowna and Alberni Valley as Nanaimo won consecutive games for the first time in 2020. (Gary Dorland)