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Drouin scores OT winner as Canadiens hand Oilers fifth straight loss
MONTREAL - Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored in the third period and Jonathan Drouin netted the winner in overtime as the Montreal Canadiens came from behind to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Sunday. Shea ...
Feb 3, 2019
Raptors all-star Lowry out against Clippers with lower-back soreness
TORONTO - Raptors all-star guard Kyle Lowry sat out Toronto's game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday with a sore lower back. The team announced hours before the game that Lowry woul...
Feb 3, 2019
Report finds 'sexual misconduct' by leader of Halifax-based Buddhist church
HALIFAX - Two claims of sexual misconduct against the Halifax-based spiritual leader of the Shambhala International Buddhist organization have been found to be credible, a long-awaited independent pro...
Feb 3, 2019
Scheer criticizes Trudeau on immigration, argues system's integrity damaged
SURREY, B.C. - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the prime minister damaged the integrity of Canada's immigration system when he tweeted two years ago that Canadians will welcome all those fleein...
Feb 3, 2019
General Motors disputes UNIFOR's Super Bowl ad
The Canadian subsidiary of General Motors is trying to stop an auto workers union from airing a critical TV commercial during the Super Bowl. The 30-second ad calling the automaker greedy and "un-Cana...
Feb 3, 2019
Penguins turn to youth, land Bjugstad, McCann from Panthers
PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forwards Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann from the Florida Panthers on Friday for forwards Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan and three 2019 draft picks. The...
Feb 3, 2019
Trade tribunal tosses U.S. firm's complaint about warship-design competition
OTTAWA - A federal trade tribunal has dismissed a challenge to the federal government's handling of a high-stakes competition to design the navy's new $60-billion fleet of warships. The Canadian ...
Feb 3, 2019
Historica Canada requests Conservatives remove spoof of 'Heritage Minute'
OTTAWA - Historica Canada is calling on the Conservative Party to remove an ad attacking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that spoofs the "Heritage Minute" format. Conservative Leader Andrew Sc...
Feb 3, 2019
Family holds out hope of finding Quebec teen who disappeared 10 years ago
MONTREAL - Just before 8 a.m. on the morning of Feb. 10, 2009, David Fortin asked his mother, Caroline Lachance, to drive him to school. After she said she couldn't, the teen didn't insist. ...
Feb 3, 2019
Canada wants Lima Group meeting to keep pressure on Maduro to step down
OTTAWA - Canada and its Lima Group allies will use their Monday meeting in Ottawa to find new ways - including financial - to support the Venezuelan opposition and ease the refugee crisis in neig...
Feb 3, 2019