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NHL Notebook: With Ovechkin set to hit 700 goals, Gretzky record looks in reach
Alex Ovechkin was having a quiet night. Through two periods of action Tuesday, he'd registered a solitary shot attempt that sailed wide, two hits and one giveaway. That was it. Then, as he's...
Feb 05, 2020

Airbnb limits young people's ability to rent properties following deadly shooting
TORONTO - Airbnb says it will limit young adults' ability to book some properties in Canada in a bid to cut down on unauthorized parties like the one where three young men were killed in Tor...
Feb 05, 2020

St. Patrick Catholic School won't be modernized but may be replaced
A Grande Prairie school that has been closed for nearly three years may soon be replaced. St. Patrick Catholic School was closed in March 2017, when it was discovered that the school was in need of si...
Feb 05, 2020 St. Patrick Catholic School (photo by Shaun Penner)

Dems lay a big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election
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 05, 2020

Man to serve life for murder of B.C. officer who was 'incredible human being'
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A British Columbia police officer who worked tirelessly to create a positive, caring and fair-minded version of policing was shot from behind in the very uniform he attempted t...
Feb 05, 2020

Canadians returning from Wuhan to be quarantined in motel at CFB Trenton
OTTAWA - Canadians returning from the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak will remain in isolation - including from each other - and still need significant support after they arrive, federal H...
Feb 05, 2020

Iraqi officials: At least 6 shot dead in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD - At least six anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and act...
Feb 05, 2020

Canada Post asks cannabis producers to stop shipping to Campobello Island
OTTAWA - Canada Post has asked cannabis producers to stop shipping marijuana to a small island in Eastern Canada, in order to curb a sharp increase in the number of mail trucks being st...
Feb 05, 2020

Almost $150 million in vaunted oceans-protection funding not spent
OTTAWA - Almost $150 million allocated to help protect Canada's oceans has gone unspent by the Trudeau government over the past two years. The Liberals have touted their $1.5-billion oceans protection...
Feb 05, 2020

Sen. Romney breaks with GOP, will vote to convict Trump
Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Wednesday he will vote to convict President Donald Trump, becoming the first and likely only Republican in the Senate's impeachment trial to break ranks and favour removing ...
Feb 05, 2020