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In the news today, Feb. 14
Six stories in the news for Thursday, Feb. 14 --- QUADRIGACX CASE TO RETURN TO HALIFAX COURT TODAY The bizarre case involving the cryptocurrency firm QuadrigaCX is expected to return to...
Feb 16, 2019
Lawyer says QuadrigaCX is out of money: 'We don't have anything'
HALIFAX - Once one of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, QuadrigaCX has now run out of money. "As of today, we don't have anything," Maurice Chiasson, a lawyer representing the insol...
Feb 16, 2019
Saskatchewan's challenge of federal carbon tax in hands of Appeal court
REGINA - Five Saskatchewan judges have reserved their decision on the constitutionality of a federally imposed carbon tax after two days of hearings in Regina. Lawyers representing provincial gov...
Feb 16, 2019
Chicago police release 2 men questioned in Smollett case
Chicago police released without charges two Nigerian brothers arrested on suspicion of assaulting "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett and said they have new evidence to investigate as a result of questioni...
Feb 16, 2019
Illinois man being fired from job fatally shoots 5 workers
AURORA, Ill. - The frantic calls started pouring in at 1:24 p.m. A gunman was shooting people inside a sprawling manufacturing warehouse in Aurora, Illinois. Within four minutes, the first police offi...
Feb 16, 2019
Too big to sell: Airbus bids pained adieu to superjumbo A380
TOULOUSE, France - To passengers, the A380 feels immediately different - spacious, smooth and oddly elegant for a jet so gargantuan. Yet to Airbus, it's become a burden so super-sized that the Europea...
Feb 15, 2019
Crosby, Penguins trip up McDavid, Oilers 3-1
PITTSBURGH - The NHL's most electric playmaker swooping in on him and his team's one-goal lead very much in doubt, Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray did something that's kind of tough when Ed...
Feb 15, 2019
Niederreiter leads Carolina past Edmonton, 3-1
RALEIGH, N.C. - Nino Niederreiter scored two goals, Curtis McElhinney stopped the final 40 shots he faced, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Friday night. Lucas Wallmark also...
Feb 15, 2019
Siakam, Anunoby lead Raptors past Wizards with Leonard watching from bench
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam got chants of "MVP, MVP." Jeremy Lin, just hours after landing in Toronto, got a standing ovation as he made his Raptors debut. It made for a feel-good night as&...
Feb 15, 2019
Scheidegger beats Einarson in wild-card game at Scotties Tournament of Hearts
SYDNEY, N.S. - Casey Scheidegger scored a single point in the 10th end for a 7-6 win over Kerri Einarson in the wild-card game Friday night at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Scheide...
Feb 15, 2019