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Scheifele, Laine score their 13th goals of season to lead Jets over Devils
Winnipeg Jets' Blake Wheeler (26) scores on New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider (35) as John Moore (2) defends during second period NHL action in Winnipeg on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
Mexico charges 2 candidates, priest in political meddling
QMJHL Roundup: Roy overtime hero as Sagueneens edge Olympiques 403
Malaysia deports 74 telecom fraud suspects to China
Jack Eichel has two points in season debut as Sabres down Senators 5-4
Buffalo Sabres' Ryan O'Reilly (90) scores on Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson (40) as Senators' Mark Borowiecki (74) and Cody Ceci (5) and Sabres' William Carrier (48) look on during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa Tuesday, November 29, 2016.
Jack Eichel has two points in season debut as Sabres down Senators 5-4
Buffalo Sabres' Jack Eichel (15) celebrates his goal against the Ottawa Senators during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa Tuesday, November 29, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand
AMC leader Derek Nepinak won't seek re-election after completing his term
Mexican airline loses dog, launches FindMika campaign
This May 20, 2016 photo released by Pamela Alvarez shows Alvarez's dog named Mika in Houston, Texas. Mexican airline Interjet has launched a campaign dubbed #BuscandoMika (FindMika) after the dog apparently escaped her cage and got lost at Mexico City's airport. Alvarez put appeals on social media sites saying the airline didn't inform her until she got to Houston that the dog escaped when the cage fell. (Pamela Alvarez via AP)
Weal has two points, Lyon stops 25 shots as Phantoms top Marlies
Manitoba premier says he wants to work with labour leaders in province
Trans Mountain pipeline approval was crucial to Notley’s political survival
Gary Mason
Air Miles decries Ontario push to ban expiration of loyalty points
Bryan Pearson, CEO of LoyaltyOne, the company that runs Air Miles, says the firm has been slow to respond to criticism, but defends the decision to impose expiry dates as a marketing strategy.
Critics speak out against approval of Trans Mountain pipeline in B.C.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his approval for the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline project on Tuesday.
B.C. explores softwood options in China, India amid U.S. trade dispute
Lumber moves along a conveyor belt during processing at a sawmill in Quesnel, B.C.
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg of Germany wins $50,000 Aimia/AGO Photography Prize
A handout photo of photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's photograph "Bus stops. Armenia. Erevan-Parakar 2004 Gelatin silver print" is seen here. Germany's Ursula Schulz-Dornburg has won the 2016 Aimia/AGO Photography Prize. The Berlin-born, Dusseldorf-based photographer was selected by public vote and will receive $50,000. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, AGO, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg *MANDATORY CREDIT*
Disqualified separatist Hong Kong lawmakers lose appeal
Mexico finds $20.5 million linked to fugitive ex-governor
Kelly: Cold War flares up in Lower Manhattan at the World Chess Championship
Cathal Kelly
Jeremy Morin and Matt Taormina lead Syracuse Crunch past St. John's IceCaps 6-2
Utah lawyers will work for free to defend Muslim refugees
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg wins Aimia/AGO prize
Germany-based photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg is the winner of the $50,000 Aimia/AGO Photography Prize for 2016.
Man gets 25 years in slay of grandson of Monster.com founder
Whistler Film Festival doc takes critical look at sled-dog industry
Sled Dogs will have its world premiere near ground zero of the sled-dog controversy – at the Whistler Film Festival.
Treasury nominee Mnuchin was Trump's top fundraiser
Steven Mnuchin, national finance chairman of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, walks to lunch at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway to visit Alberta oil sands
Kellyanne Conway, senior adviser to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, stands in the lobby at Trump Tower in New York, U.S., on Monday, Nov. 28, 2016.
Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard Teitelman dies
FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2008 file photo, Missouri Supreme Court Judge Richard B. Teitelman asks a question of attorneys as they present their case in the Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City. A court spokesperson said Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, that Teitelman has died, but provided no other details. Teitelman had served on the court since March 2002 and was chief justice from July 2011 through June 2013. (Julie Smith/The News-Tribune via AP, File)
Minister vows to scrutinize retirement home takeover bid by Chinese company Anbang
Review: In 'Jackie,' a fractured Kennedy fable
2 malnourished girls found on South Dakota reservation
Officials say at least 17 sickened from Thanksgiving meal
Professor hurt at college praises officer who shot attacker
Electric car factory planned in Arizona to have 2000 workers
Vancouver police tie fatal overdose to toxic drug carfentanil
In this June 27, 2016 photo provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a member of the RCMP opens a printer ink bottle containing the opioid carfentanil imported from China, in Vancouver.
Top Democrat on Ways and Means to step down from post
6 more detained over China platform collapse that killed 74
San Francisco officials seek $5M to block deportations
B.C. teachers want resources restored this school year
Representatives from the BCTF and the B.C. Public School Employers’ Association – the bargaining agent for B.C.’s 60 school districts – are scheduled to meet Wednesday for the first time since the Supreme Court of Canada ruling to discuss next steps: putting that victory into effect by hiring new teachers and resource staff.
Bruce Arena says U.S. ‘fighting for our lives’ in World Cup qualifying
Bruce Arena, again at the helm of the U.S. national soccer team, speaks during an interview in New York on Nov. 29, 2016.
The Latest: At least 17 sickened from Thanksgiving meal
Accident leaves 22 coal miners trapped in northeastern China
Stampeders start off-season of soul-searching after Grey Cup loss
Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell of the Calgary Stampeders answers media questions in the team’s clubhouse in Calgary on Nov. 29, 2016.
Carrier says it has deal with Trump to keep jobs in Indiana
President-elect Donald Trump, center, eats dinner with Mitt Romney, right, and Trump Chief of Staff Reince Priebus at Jean-Georges restaurant, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
India citizen in US pleads guilty to terrorism conspiracy
This undated photo provided by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office shows Balwinder Singh, an India citizen who received asylum in the U.S. and lived in northern Nevada until his arrest in December 2013. Singh pleaded guilty Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in U.S. District Court in Reno to conspiring to plot terror strikes in the Punjab region of his home country on the border with Pakistan. (Washoe County Sheriff's Office via AP)
Toronto FC stays calm ahead of do-or-die showdown with Impact
Toronto FC fans cheer on their team prior to the first leg of the MLS Eastern Conference final against the Montreal Impact at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Tuesday, November 22, 2016.
Trump administration looks to roll back Obama’s reforms
Steven Mnuchin, national finance chairman of President-elect Donald Trump's campaign, walks to lunch at Trump Tower, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in New York.
Singer Paul Demers wrote anthem for Franco-Ontarians
Singer-songwriter Paul Demers rose to prominence during a tumultuous time in Canada politically, wherein his song Notre Place (Our Place) marked the passage of the Ontario French Language Services Act and became a sort of unofficial national anthem for a historically marginalized Quebecois community.
The Latest: Deputies come up empty-handed in inmate search
Stampeders start an off-season of soul-searching in wake of Grey Cup loss
Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell speaks to the media in the team's clubhouse in Calgary, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
Ontario doctors threaten job action if province does not meet demands
Ontario Medical Association has not yet decided how they will pressure Premier Kathleen Wynne’s government, but she said they have no intention of withdrawing services for patients.
Manitoba Metis group president upset province ending funding for health program
After home win, Montreal Impact set for hostile reception in Toronto
Montreal Impact players warm up during practice in Montreal on Nov. 29, 2016 in anticipation of the following day’s second-leg Eastern Conference final in Toronto.
Brazilian plane crash hits home for Toronto FC head coach and players
Canadian international fullback Allysha Chapman traded to Boston Breakers
Longtime Elvis Presley aide Joe Esposito dies at 78
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 1998 file photo, Elvis Presley's former road manager and friend Joe Esposito, left, shakes hands with Bremerhaven mayor Manfred Richter at the point Elvis stepped on German soil. The King of Rock n Roll came to Germany by ship as a soldier of the US Army. Esposito's daughter Cindy Bahr said Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, that he had dementia and died Nov. 23 of natural causes in Calabasas, Calif. He was 78. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File)
Minnesota terror defendant gets sentence reduced to 10 years
Judge approves second psychiatric evaluation for segregated inmate Adam Capay
Adam Capay, who is charged with first-degree murder, has spent more than four years in solitary confinement awaiting trial.
Trudeau didn’t just approve Trans Mountain, he put his weight behind it
Campbell Clark
3 miners dead, 5 missing after copper mine tremor in Poland
A view of the entrance to the Rudna copper mine with a miners flag at half-staff , in Polkowice, Poland, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. The mine was hit by a tremor and cave-in, killing four miners and four are missing. (AP Photo/str)
Australian government breaks legislative stalemate with bill
NDP criticize SaskParty decision to cut Gradworks program at Crown corporations
Eldorado Gold’s Greek mining plays
Canadians Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Brian Wright up for NCAA soccer MVP
Biden to meet with Trudeau in Ottawa to discuss Canada-U.S. ties
U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden is schedule to visit Ottawa on Dec. 8 and 9.
Scotiabank posts growth in fixed-income trading revenue
Canada-Cuba tourism industry braces for change
Woman accused of killing mom, taking baby fights extradition
Trans Mountain pipeline approval prompts anger, promises to protest in B.C.
Paul George holds a sign during a protest against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project, in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday November 29, 2016. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau approved the $6.8-billion project that will nearly triple the capacity of the pipeline that carries crude oil from near Edmonton to the Vancouver area to be loaded on tankers and shipped overseas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Foes of Nicaragua canal say police trying to disrupt protest
Brazilian police clash with protesters outside Congress
2 accused of making immigrants work in Halal slaughterhouse
Mexico catches Sinaloa cartel operator in Guerrero state
Nine stocks that could be winning investments in the casino industry
Some quotes on the federal government's Tuesday pipeline decisions
Indian Arm and Belcarra are seen from a helicopter in Burnaby, B.C., on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is approving Kinder Morgan's proposal to triple the capacity of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. a $6.8-billion project that has sparked protests by climate change activists from coast to coast. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Review: Robert Harris's Conclave is one of the best crime novels of 2016
Canadians about to see yet again that approvals don’t end pipeline battles
Pipes sit stacked at a TransCanada project in this file photo.
Review: Inger Ash Wolfe's The Night Bell sets a high bar for crime
Proposed pipeline routes
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion key to growing crude market
Replacement pipe is stored near crude oil storage tanks at Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline terminal in Kamloops, B.C.
Chart: Foreign buyers in Victoria
Alberta makes chances to electricity pool as it moves away from coal
Hundreds of mourners attend funeral for homeless veteran
A hearse carrying Vietnam veteran Stephen Carl Reiman makes its way into the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery after a procession Tuesday morning, Nov. 29, 2016 in Evansville, Wyo. Hundreds of people in the community turned out to honor Reiman after learning that his family could not be located. (Dan Cepeda/Casper Star-Tribune via AP)
Financial centre of oilpatch hails approval of Trans Mountain expansion, Line 3
Montreal won't remove storied artist Guido Nincheri's name from park
Roger Nincheri, grandson of Guido Nincheri poses next to a bust of his famous relative at Chateau Dufresne in Montreal, Saturday, November 26, 2016. After outcry from the Italian community, Montreal's mayor has announced the city won't rename Guido Nincheri Park. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Lawmakers drop plan requiring women to register for draft
Why do we still romanticize Cuba, the East Berlin of the Caribbean?
Globe and Mail Editorial Page Editor Tony Keller.
Quebec wants to meet with Ottawa over U.S.-Canada softwood lumber dispute
Softwood dispute with U.S. sees B.C. looking to sell lumber in China, India
Obama visits wounded at Walter Reed
President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office from Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, as he returns from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
No verdict on 1st day of sport institute trial deliberations
Telus stock and dividend
Alberta to phase in $50-per-tonne carbon tax
Alberta was the first province to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in 2003 and instituted the first carbon tax in 2007.
Why I’m buying more of this telecom stock
The stock may be stuck in a rut now, but I don’t expect that to last forever.
Gord Downie offers support for ‘Legacy Room’ project aimed at reconciliation
Morley Googoo, Assembly of First Nations regional chief, Mike Downie, right, and Pearl Wenjack, left, announce the Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund legacy project on Nov. 29, 2016.
New policy template aims to encourage gender diversity on boards
Canada’s leading association for corporate directors is hoping to nudge more companies to add women to their boards by offering a free template of a board-dversity policy.
Dealer of drugs that killed 3 people gets 7 years in prison
Donald Trump’s folly on long-suffering Cuba
People arrive to pay their last respects to late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro at Revolution Square in Havana, on November 29, 2016.
The Tuesday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Breaking: The federal government sometimes ignores good advice
Auditor General of Canada Michael Ferguson holds a press conference at the National Press Theatre regarding the 2016 Fall Reports in Ottawa on Tuesday.
Dems concerned about Sessions, but have little recourse
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, meets with Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
New York drug charges against rapper Desiigner are dropped
FILE - In this June 26, 2016 file photo, Desiigner performs "Panda" at the BET Awards in Los Angeles. Misdemeanor drug and menacing charges against rapper Desiigner, whose real name is Sidney Selby, have effectively been dropped less than three months after his arrest in New York. Police said in September that the performer waved a handgun during a road rage dispute while riding with friends in a hired car. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File)
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