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Before the Maple Leafs determined they wanted to take a run at Joe Thornton, they came up with a plan of how they thought they could best utilize the future Hall of Fame player.
GM Kyle Dubas and his handpicked coach, Sheldon Keefe, met numerous times before determining they would try Thornton on the wing, on a line with Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner, in something of a limited way. They would sell him on that premise and first power-play time time when looking to sign Thornton.
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Election night joy as Labour s Jo Luxton, with husband Matt, and supporters celebrate her win in the Rangitata electorate.
A general election and a devastating fire dominated October’s headlines, writes Doug Sail in the 10th of our series looking back on the year that was. Jo Luxton was feeling ‘‘pretty damn good,’’ after winning the Rangitata electorate for Labour in a surprise general election result on October 17. Luxton, who lost to Andrew Falloon in 2017 by a massive 6331 votes, secured an election night total of 18,876 well ahead of National candidate Megan Hands who finished second with 15,392. Luxton, who had been a list MP since 2017, becomes the electorate’s first Labour MP since it was established in 2008. Hands became the National Party’s candidate after Falloon’s shock resignation in August. Jo Goodhew was Rangitata MP from 2008 to 2014, before Falloon was elected in 2017.
Every generation carries its unique touchstones and inflection points, moments individuals of a certain age carry with them forever. For those of us in the pro-Israel community who were too young to fully process the weight of the 1967 and 1973 wars, one of those moments arrived in 1991, dur… More Headlines
Newsmax accuses cable operator RCN of ‘liberal bias’ as it seeks to expand availability
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Supporters of Israel have accused mainstream media outlets of bias and have contended that conservative outlets have provided fairer coverage of the Jewish state.
(December 24, 2020 / JNS) In the weeks following the presidential election, there has been upheaval within the conservative media world that has long been dominated by Fox News. Lesser-known cable-TV companies, such as Newsmax and OAN, have seen explosive growth as these networks have drawn in supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud.