Seven Vancouver Canucks have been added to the NHL’s COVID protocol list, bringing the team’s total to 14.
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Canucks’, Habs’ COVID-19 setbacks should serve as wake-up call to all Canadians
On Saturday, the NHL announced seven additional members of the Vancouver Canucks were added to the league’s COVID-19 protocol list, bringing the total number to 14. The Canucks already had four of their games postponed. Vancouver also has an unnamed coach under COVID protocols.
CRA has found 35 cases of tax dodging in the Panama Papers leak, 5 years later
Five years after one of the world’s biggest leaks of financial records exposed the tax-haven dealings of politicians, athletes, celebrities and mobsters, the Canada Revenue Agency has found missing money in 35 of the hundreds of Canadian cases it has analyzed.
Canadian Olympic wrestler turned pro fighter loses finger during MMA match
Canadian MMA fighter Khetag Pliev had his finger surgically re-attached after it was severed during his co-main event bout with Devin Goodale at the Cage Fury Fighting Championship in Philadelphia on Thursday night.
Federal court judge rules in favour of Acho Dene Koe First Nation member’s complaint about election delay
Floyd Bertrand’s complaint that the Acho Dene Koe First Nation chief and council did not have the right to postpone an election during the pandemic has won support from a federal court judge.
Alberta MLAs quit coalition against public health restrictions after Ontario MPP invokes Hitler
Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party caucus have quit a national coalition against public health restrictions, after the group’s founder compared measures to slow the spread of coronavirus to Nazi Germany.
Ontario sisters go viral by singing Easter version of Hallelujah
A pair of sisters from Fort Frances, Ont., have reached almost every corner of the globe with an Easter version of Leonard Cohen’s famous song Hallelujah.
Record-high lumber prices add as much as $30K to the cost of building a house
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on just about every industry — sticking a wrench into the normal forces of supply and demand — and lumber is a prime example. A shortage is having a cascading impact on lumber yards, contractors and home builders.
N.W.T. confirms 1st COVID-19 variant of concern
The case reported at the Diavik Diamond Mine on March 29 is the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in the United Kingdom.
Crown accuses Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers of denying facts in bid to toss extradition
A lawyer for Canada’s attorney general says Meng Wanzhou’s defence team is ignoring basic facts of the case against their client by accusing the United States of unlawfully reaching beyond its jurisdiction to extradite the Huawei executive.