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Lindholm scores game-winner for Calgary Flames in 3-2 win over Winnipeg Jets
CALGARY - Elias Lindholm scored a late game-winning goal for the Calgary Flames in a 3-2 win Tuesday over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Lindholm scored a power-play goal at 18:18 of the third period. An...
Feb 09, 2021

Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longer
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court on Wednesday upheld a law that can keep extremists in prison after they have served their sentences. Five of the seven High Court judges dismissed a con...
Feb 09, 2021

Trump fumes, GOP senators baffled by legal team's debut
WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump fumed that his attorneys' performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the str...
Feb 09, 2021

Defencemen lead the way as Oilers continue mastery over slumping Senators
OTTAWA - Goals by defenceman Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard and Tyson Barrie lifted the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 win Tuesday over the Ottawa Senators. Others took up the slack as Edmonton's big guns wer...
Feb 09, 2021

Canada's Bianca Andreescu loses second-round match at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is making a second-round exit at the Australian Open. She dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. The eigh...
Feb 09, 2021

CEO of B.C. health authority leaves organization after report into misspending
VICTORIA - The head of a health authority in British Columbia is no longer with the organization following allegations related to misspending on various items including $7 million for respirators that...
Feb 09, 2021

Senators amend MAID bill to put 18-month time limit on mental illness exclusion
OTTAWA - Senators have voted to give the federal government 18 months to expand access to medical assistance in dying to people suffering solely from mental illnesses. They voted 57-21 Tuesday to amen...
Feb 09, 2021

McBean: Canadian athletes understand Tokyo will be unlike any other Olympics
From social distancing to careful monitoring to zero tolerance for a positive test. The International Olympic Committee's athletes "Playbook" might have been short on specifics more than five months o...
Feb 09, 2021

Attorney-at-paw? Filter makes lawyer look like cat in court
ALPINE, Texas - A West Texas judge has a word of caution to those attending court hearings via Zoom: Always check for filters before logging on. Judge Roy Ferguson's warning comes after an attorney ac...
Feb 09, 2021

United Way Worldwide CEO Gallagher resigns amid turmoil
Brian A. Gallagher, who has led United Way Worldwide, the world's largest privately funded non-profit since 2009, abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday amid claims that the charity mishandled int...
Feb 09, 2021