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Jets road trip ends with 5-3 loss in Carolina – Winnipeg

After picking up a pair of wins in Florida over the weekend, the Winnipeg Jets were unable to complete a road trip sweep, suffering a 5-3 loss to the Metro Division-leading Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night. Carolina ended a short two-game losing streak after getting shutout in back-to-back games. The Hurricanes …

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Amtrak service between NYC and Montreal to resume in April – Montreal

By Staff The Associated Press Posted March 15, 2023 11:17 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Amtrak service connecting New York City and Montreal will resume next month, more than two years after the pandemic halted trains from crossing across the shared border between the U.S. and …

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VanVleet powers Raptors past Nuggets 125-110

TORONTO – There was no way the Toronto Raptors were going to let the Denver Nuggets earn a comeback win against them for the second time in eight days. Fred VanVleet scored 36 points including a key three-pointer in the fourth quarter as Toronto withstood a late Denver charge for …

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Police trying to identify homicide victim found at scene of Oshawa house fire

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police are looking to the public for help in identifying a homicide victim found at the scene of a house fire in Oshawa last week after investigators “exhausted all traditional means of identification.” Police said officers were called to a home on …

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Sask. physician incentive more than quadrupling for rural and remote communities

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Saskatchewan is sweetening the pot to try and get more family physicians to work in rural and remote parts of the province. The Rural Physician Incentive Program is more than quadrupling the incentive, raising it to $200,000 over five years. Read more: …

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Ontario plans to require women only bathrooms on large construction sites

TORONTO — Ontario’s labour minister is aiming to solve an excrement predicament. Monte McNaughton is set to announce Wednesday that he is proposing to amend rules about bathrooms on construction sites to make them cleaner, safer and provide some for women only. Story continues below advertisement A Ministry of Labour …

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Ontario not effectively protecting boreal caribou habitat: federal minister

Ontario is failing to effectively protect some of the critical habitat for boreal caribou, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has warned in a letter to the province obtained by The Canadian Press. Ontario Environment Minister David Piccini is announcing Wednesday that the province will spend $29 million over four years to …

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ANALYSIS: With a month left, Jets control their own playoff destiny – Winnipeg

There are 14 games remaining on the regular-season schedule for the Winnipeg Jets — less than 20 per cent of their 82-game docket — and at this point, it’s difficult to know how it will conclude. Simply put, there are two options from here to there: playoff qualification or playoff …

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How residents in Amqui, Que. are ‘rallying’ in wake of fatal crash

Diane Ryan waited on the church stairs in her community of Amqui, Que., the day after a driver rammed into pedestrians on a busy boulevard in a brazen alleged attack. The fatal crash killed two men and injured nine others Monday in what Quebec provincial police have described as a …

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