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OHL's Sudbury Wolves suspend operations after 12 players test positive for COVID-19
SUDBURY, Ont. - The Ontario Hockey League's Sudbury Wolves have suspended all team activities after 12 players tested positive for COVID-19. The suspension affects three of the Wolves' upcoming OHL ga...
Nov 30, 2021
Battlefords Chamber begins election procedures
It's election season for the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce.The nominations committee has been convened to head up the elections process this year at the chamber and seats on the board of directors a...
Nov 30, 2021
Ex-Trump aide Meadows cooperating with House Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mark Meadows, Donald Trump's former chief of staff, is cooperating with a House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and providing some documents, putting off for now ...
Nov 30, 2021
Sources: Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon best known as the host of TV's Dr. Oz Show, is planning to run for Pennsylvania's open U.S. Senate seat as a Republican, according to ...
Nov 30, 2021
Glover defends claim of voting irregularities in Manitoba Tory leadership challenge
WINNIPEG - Shelly Glover says she believes a spreadsheet her campaign team received before Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson was named winner of the Progressive Conservative leadership vote is correc...
Nov 30, 2021
South African envoy calls on Canada to support waiver on COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - South Africa's envoy in Ottawa is calling on Canada to support a waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines as her country copes with the fallout of its discovery of the new Omicron v...
Nov 30, 2021
Montreal-area city revives plan to kill majority of deer herd in local park
LONGUEUIL, Que. - A city south of Montreal has revived a controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park, about a year after it backed off from a similar initiative because of publi...
Nov 30, 2021
Tennis star Bianca Andreescu pens kids' book about tennis, meditation
TORONTO - Tennis star Bianca Andreescu has penned a children's book about tennis, meditation and perseverance. Andreescu says she wanted to create a story that can help kids support their mental healt...
Nov 30, 2021
Oilers cancel practice after defenceman Cody Ceci placed in COVID protocol
Edmonton Oilers defenceman Cody Ceci has been placed in COVID-19 protocol. The team said it cancelled practice Tuesday for "precautionary reasons." Edmonton has also placed veteran defenceman Duncan K...
Nov 30, 2021
NYC OKs safe sites for drug use, aiming to curb overdoses
NEW YORK (AP) - The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health ...
Nov 30, 2021