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Shane Pinto has sparked the Ottawa Senators since returning from his half-season gambling suspension
Shane Pinto brushed off his three-point game in Washington, which came in a 6-3 Ottawa Senators loss to the Capitals and ended their two-game winning streak. He'd trade all his production victories. "...
Feb 28, 2024
Shohei Ohtani won't pitch this season after major elbow surgery, but he can still hit. Here's why
PHOENIX (AP) - Shohei Ohtani is unique in Major League Baseball history, a two-way Japanese superstar who can excel as a hitter and a pitcher, sometimes in the same game. But for the 2024 season, Ohta...
Feb 28, 2024
SOUND OFF: Government bringing more housing to B.C. in new budget
LAST WEEK, MY COLLEAGUES AND I returned to Victoria for our first week back in the legislature. Our government presented our Throne Speech and Budget 2024, which lays out our priorities for a stronger...
Feb 28, 2024
Idaho delays execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech after failed lethal injection attempts
KUNA, Idaho (AP) - Idaho on Wednesday delayed the execution of serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech, one of the longest-serving death row inmates in the U.S., after a failed attempt at lethal injection....
Feb 28, 2024
Will B.C. learn lessons from other provinces before funding IVF?
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is joining seven provinces in paying for some of the cost of in vitro fertilization but scant details and long-standing inequities have raised questions about how the plan...
Feb 28, 2024
Former CFL defensive lineman Craig Roh dies at the age of 33
Defensive lineman Craig Roh, who won a Grey Cup with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2019, has died. He was 33. Roh's wife, Chelsea, confirmed his death on social media. The six-foot-five, 266-pound Roh,...
Feb 28, 2024
Online harms: Civil liberty, law critics say stiffer hate crime sentences 'troubling'
OTTAWA - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is voicing concerns over what it calls "draconian penalties" proposed in the Criminal Code as part of the Liberal government's sweeping plan to target...
Feb 28, 2024
Canada's Morales Williams denied world record in indoor 400 due to technicality
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Canadian sprinter Christopher Morales Williams is the all-time fastest runner in the indoor men's 400 metres - but not an official world record-holder - due to a technicality beyo...
Feb 28, 2024
Quebec launches new helpline for politicians after hundreds quit office since 2021
MONTREAL - Quebec is committing $2 million to connect politicians and their families with psychological aid after a wave of resignations and leaves of absence among elected municipal officials. A new ...
Feb 28, 2024
McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step d...
Feb 28, 2024
