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Drug users at greater risk of dying as services scale back in second wave of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Under fluorescent lights, Wendy Muckle surveys the supervised consumption site that sits in quiet contrast to Ottawa's peppy ByWard Market nearby. Users filter into the brick building - dubbe...
Jan 24, 2021
'We're still in it': Wet'suwet'en push forward on rights recognition
Tensions had reached a boiling point over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia when a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief said he made a phone call that changed everything. Na'moks, who also ...
Jan 24, 2021
Stastny, Scheifele have three-point nights in 6-3 Jets win over Senaots
Paul Stastny, Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler each had three-point nights in a 6-3 Winnipeg Jets win over the Ottawa Senators at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg late Saturday night. Both players scored a ...
Jan 23, 2021
Corey Perry scores in Canadiens debut, Montreal downs Vancouver 5-2
VANCOUVER - Corey Perry scored in his debut for the Canadiens Sunday, helping Montreal down the Vancouver Canucks 5-2. Perry slotted into the lineup for Joel Armia, who suffered a concussion in a hit ...
Jan 23, 2021
Another 13 Covid deaths in the province - but, new cases inch downward
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta Health Services has released the COVID-19 report for cases to the end of Jan. 22, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.573 cases were confirmed across the pro...
Jan 23, 2021
Homa, Finau, Kim share 3rd-round lead at American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Max Homa has been tearing up the Stadium Course at The American Express for two days. If he can do it one more time Sunday, the Southern California native could be raising his seco...
Jan 23, 2021
Blue Jackets deal unhappy Dubois to Jets for Laine, Roslovic
COLUMBUS, Ohio - After Pierre-Luc Dubois was benched for lack of effort two days ago, the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday traded the unhappy star centre to the Winnipeg Jets for Patrik Laine and Jac...
Jan 23, 2021
Taxi companies lose court bid to quash Uber, Lyft licences in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Several taxi companies have lost a court bid to run Uber and Lyft off the road in British Columbia.Nine Metro Vancouver cab companies filed a petition asking the B.C. Supreme Court to quas...
Jan 23, 2021
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole defends decision to back, then oust, Sloan
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he was once willing to give his former leadership rival Derek Sloan the benefit of the doubt, but no longer. And he dismissed the idea that kicking Sloan...
Jan 23, 2021
Humphries wins another monobob gold, leads 1-2 finish for US
KOENIGSSEE, Germany - Kaillie Humphries got her second win in as many attempts in a monobob sled this season Saturday, leading a gold-silver finish for USA Bobsled and Skeleton. Humphries, a Cana...
Jan 23, 2021