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W.Va. teachers' unions call for strike over education bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia teachers' unions on Monday called a statewide strike over an education bill that they view as lacking their input and as retaliation for a walkout last year. The stri...
Feb 18, 2019
Jagr, back from injuries, plays in Czech second-league game
HAVIROV, Czech Republic - Jaromir Jagr is back again. The Czech winger and 13-time NHL All-Star has recovered from a series of injuries that prevented him from playing for more than a year and appeare...
Feb 18, 2019
Mark Giordano leads Calgary Flames to 5-2 win over Arizona Coyotes
CALGARY - Mark Giordano's goal and assist paced the Calgary Flames to a 5-2 win over the visiting Arizona Coyotes on Monday. Derek Ryan, Austin Czarnik and Michael Frolik also scored for the host...
Feb 18, 2019
Report: Honda to shut UK plant, imperiling 3,500 jobs
LONDON - Honda will close a car factory in western England with the potential loss of 3,500 jobs, British media and a local lawmaker said Monday, in another blow to a British economy made jittery by B...
Feb 18, 2019
Canada's Justin Kripps wins a World Cup four-man bobsled race in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada's Justin Kripps won his first career four-man bobsled World Cup race Saturday, rallying his team back from fourth place to top the podium. Kripps, of Summerland, B.C., finis...
Feb 18, 2019
CN says oil leak contained following derailment in western Manitoba
ST-LAZARE, Man. - A leak from a derailed train carrying oil in western Manitoba has been contained, the railway said Saturday, but some pipeline supporters say the incident highlights the ri...
Feb 18, 2019
PR firm suspends contract with former B.C. premier amid groping accusation
VANCOUVER - A global communications marketing firm says it is suspending its contract with former British Columbia premier Gordon Campbell in light of an allegation in a British newspaper&nb...
Feb 18, 2019
Five things you should know about Gerald Butts, following his resignation
OTTAWA - Gerald Butts resigned Monday as the principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau amid allegations former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was pressured by the Prime Minister...
Feb 18, 2019
Wilson-Raybould resignation stokes anger, frustration within veterans community
OTTAWA - Jody Wilson-Raybould's resignation from cabinet this week has stoked long-standing frustration, disappointment and anger among Canada's veterans, who say they have been ignored and betrayed b...
Feb 18, 2019
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh calls for public inquiry over SNC-Lavalin questions
BURNABY, B.C. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says a public inquiry is necessary in the scandal involving engineering giant SNC-Lavalin and Canada's former justice minister. Singh says serious ques...
Feb 18, 2019