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PetroLMI report predicts 12,500 direct oil and gas sector job losses this year
CALGARY – A new report says direct employment in Canada’s oil and gas sector is expected to fall by more than 12,000 jobs this year. PetroLMI says the workforce is forecast to drop to abou...
Apr 08, 2019
Veteran defenceman Luke Schenn finds a home with Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - Between five different NHL clubs and stints in the American Hockey League, Luke Schenn has logged a lot of kilometres over the past few years. But this season, the 29-year-old found a new ...
Apr 08, 2019
Pele leaves French hospital to return to Brazil
SAO PAULO - Pele left a Paris hospital on Monday after being treated for a urinary infection. The 78-year-old Pele, who has been frequently hospitalized in the last few years for kidney and prostate p...
Apr 08, 2019
Acura recalls 360K SUVs because tail lights can go dark
DETROIT - Honda’s luxury brand Acura is recalling more than 360,000 SUVs worldwide because water can get into the tail lights and make them go dark. The recall is mostly in North America and cov...
Apr 08, 2019
Flames veterans Smith and Giordano preach gratitude ahead of playoffs
CALGARY - Take advantage of the opportunity. That was the message from veterans Mark Giordano and Mike Smith as the Calgary Flames began preparations on Monday to meet the Colorado Avalanche in Game 1...
Apr 08, 2019
Libs say lawsuit threat needed to stop Scheer's 'misinformation' on SNC-Lavalin
OTTAWA - Liberals are defending Justin Trudeau’s threatened libel suit against Andrew Scheer, arguing that the Conservative leader’s editing or deleting online statements proves he knows h...
Apr 08, 2019
Whirlwind carries Canadian Corey Conners to Masters after Texas Open win
Corey Conners was battling through qualifiers last Monday, winning a 6-for-1 playoff just to make the Valero Texas Open. Less than a week later, the Canadian was on a charter jet with his wife Malory,...
Apr 08, 2019
Fed puts forward proposals to modify bank regulations
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Monday put forward two proposals to modify regulations put in place after the 2008 financial crisis that the banking industry complained were too restrictive. The p...
Apr 08, 2019
Canucks searching for defencemen, top-six forward in busy off-season: GM
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning has a busy summer ahead of him. Deals are needed for a number of pending free agents, trades could be necessary to add to the squad’s depth and Vanc...
Apr 08, 2019
Kenney pledges to put 'Turn off the Taps' law into effect
MEDICINE HAT – United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says if he were Alberta’s next premier he would bring in a law to turn off the oil taps to British Columbia and wouldn’t be afr...
Apr 08, 2019