52 minutes ago Rangers forward Matt Rempe suspended eight games for elbow on Heiskanen

NEW YORK — New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe was suspended for eight games by NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Sunday for boarding and elbowing Dallas Stars defenseman Miro Heiskanen on Friday night. Rempe had an in-person hearing via Zoom on Sunday, as opposed to a phone call, which allowed senior vice president of […]

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1 hour ago B.C. crime news: Sexual assault suspect allegedly used Facebook ad to lure victim

A New Westminster man has been charged with four counts of sexual assault and released on strict conditions, say police

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2 hours ago Suspected case of carbon monoxide poisoning in Ottawa leaves 10 people hospitalized

Ottawa police say 10 people are in hospital and one of them is suffering from life-threatening injuries after a suspected carbon monoxide poisoning case.

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6 hours ago German authorities received tipoffs last year about suspect in Christmas market attack

MAGDEBURG, Germany — German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerged on Sunday about the five people killed. Authorities have identified the suspect as a Saudi doctor who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had received permanent residency. […]

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7 hours ago RCMP informant’s decades of spying on social reformers are chronicled in new book

Frank Hadesbeck was alone, broke and looking for work in Alberta when the RCMP recruited him as an informant, on condition he join the Communist Party to establish a cover

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7 hours ago GAMEDAY: Next up for the Senators is Connor McDavid and Edmonton Oilers

Senators (18-13-2) at Oilers (20-11-2) Sunday, 8 p.m., Rogers Place Arena TV: TSN5 Radio: TSN 1200 AM Odds: N/A GETAWAY NIGHT It will be no holiday for the Senators until the final buzzer sounds in Edmonton on Sunday night. The Senators will close out the pre-Christmas schedule with this back-to-back series against the Canucks and Oilers. […]

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8 hours ago ‘On death row.’ Wrongfully convicted N.B. man has mixed feelings since exoneration

The 76-year-old was exonerated on Jan. 4 of a 1983 murder for which he and his friend served lengthy prison terms. At the time, he had been diagnosed with terminal liver cancer

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8 hours ago German authorities received tipoffs last year about the suspect in Christmas market attack

German authorities said they received tipoffs last year about the suspect in a car attack at a Christmas market in Magdeburg as more details emerge about the five people killed.

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10 hours ago TAKEAWAYS: Auston Matthews’ absence, poor Maple Leafs effort, William Nylander’s run

The Maple Leafs didn’t give themselves much of a chance without their captain on Saturday night. As Auston Matthews nursed his upper-body injury after aggravating it in Buffalo 24 hours earlier, the Leafs weren’t sharp at home against the New York Islanders, losing 6-3 to a non-playoff team that wanted it more. Our takeaways from […]

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