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Blazers lose two on weekend, dropped four of last five heading into holiday season
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers dropped a pair of three-goal games to Prince George at home on Friday (5-2) and Kelowna on Saturday (7-4) with two empty-net goals in each. HIGHLIGHTS: Blazers drop two weekend ...
Dec 21, 2021

Quebec Major Junior Hockey League pauses season until Jan. 7 as COVID cases surge
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has paused all activities until Jan. 7. The league says the pause is necessary because of surging COVID-19 infection rates in Eastern Canada. Players w...
Dec 21, 2021

Cameron a more seasoned coach in return to Canadian junior hockey team's bench
Ottawa 67's general manager James Boyd was bouncing potential coaching candidates off his longtime friend Dave Cameron when Boyd took a flyer. "All of a sudden I asked the question 'would you ever be ...
Dec 21, 2021

Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - It's the end of days for plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam takeout containers in Canada. The federal government is publishing the draft regulations that will ban the manufacture, import and ...
Dec 21, 2021

Jury deliberations resume at Ghislaine Maxwell trial
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. The jury in Manhattan federal court went back to work in a large room where th...
Dec 21, 2021

ROTHENBURGER: Keeping one diplomat home from Games will really show those Chinese
WHEN THE BOYCOTT of the upcoming Beijing Olympics by Canadian diplomats was announced, my first thought was that it's a weak-kneed response but better than nothing.It's now obvious, though, that it's ...
Dec 21, 2021

Federal Liberals slash criminal pardon application fee to $50 as of new year
OTTAWA - The federal fee to apply for a criminal pardon will drop to $50 from almost $658 as of the new year. The move announced today fulfils one element of a promise by the Liberals to improve the s...
Dec 21, 2021

New COVID restrictions, Tories boycott security committee : In The News for Dec. 21
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 Dec. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 21, 2021

Small businesses again struggling amid capacity limits
Surging COVID-19 cases brought on by the spread of the Omicron variant have put a damper on the "most wonderful time of year" for small business owners, as multiple provinces reinstate tough public he...
Dec 21, 2021

Tories boycott security committee over refusal to release docs on fired scientists
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole is refusing to name Conservative members to the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians. The Conservative leader pulled his party's MPs from the committe...
Dec 21, 2021

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