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Predators send defenceman P.K. Subban to Devils for Santini, picks
VANCOUVER - P.K. Subban is leaving Music City. The Nashville Predators traded the 30-year-old defenceman to the New Jersey Devils on Saturday ahead of the second round of the NHL d...
Jun 22, 2019
Inhumane practice of carving fins off live sharks to become illegal in Canada
OTTAWA - Carving fins off live sharks and tossing them in the ocean to drown will be illegal in Canada as early as Friday. Importing shark fins that are no longer attached to sharks will als...
Jun 22, 2019
Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Alex Edler to two-year extension
VANCOUVER - Defenceman Alex Edler says signing an extension with the Vancouver Canucks was always his top priority. On Thursday, the Canucks announced that the 33-year-old Swede had inked a deal worth...
Jun 22, 2019
Hussen says he wants Canada to accept more refugees as economic immigrants
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says he would like to see Canada welcome more refugees than it currently accepts and believes more of them should be able to enter through economic immigrati...
Jun 22, 2019
David Ortiz shooting suspect charged with drug possession
NEWARK, N.J. - The man in custody in the Dominican Republic on suspicion of shooting former baseball star David Ortiz was indicted Thursday on drugs and weapons charges unrelated to the shooting. Rolf...
Jun 22, 2019
B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, giving itself more time to sign a long-ter...
Jun 22, 2019
B.C. imposes interim moratorium on resource development to protect caribou
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government announced an interim moratorium on resource development in parts of the south Peace region on Thursday, giving itself more time to sign a long-ter...
Jun 22, 2019
Confusion, bickering cloud Senate committee's planned Norman inquiry
OTTAWA - Confusion and partisan bickering are clouding a Senate committee's plan to examine the suspension and failed prosecution of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman. Conservative Sen. Jean-Guy Dagenais ...
Jun 22, 2019
Cape Breton town writes to prime minister opposing funds for airport
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The mayor of a Cape Breton town has formally complained to the Prime Minister's Office about a proposal to fund an airport that would service a major golf resort on the is...
Jun 22, 2019
New study offers insight and recommendations to reduce right whale deaths
FREDERICTON - More than half the 70 North Atlantic right whale deaths recorded over the last 16 years were caused by entanglement in fishing gear or vessel collisions, a new study reports. T...
Jun 22, 2019
