NHL expected to reject union proposal
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Gary Bettman and the NHL return to the negotiating table with the players&#39; association today in Toronto, but the league is expected to formally reject the offer made by the union last Thursday.
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The NHL and the players' association will meet Wednesday on a scaled-down basis in an attempt to restart stalled labor negotiations.
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The NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end the seasonlong lockout was rejected yesterday by the players' union, which came back with its own idea: Bring commissioner Gary Bettman to the bargaining table.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A strike at provincially owned liquor stores could drag through the holiday season as employees overwhelmingly rejected the liquor corporation's latest contract offer on Wednesday.
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Players have rejected a new bid by management to end a three-month lockout, increasing fears the National Hockey League could lose an entire season to a labour dispute for the first time.
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The NHL and the players&#39; association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off yesterday after the union&#39;s first new proposal in nearly a year.
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TORONTO (Sports Network) - One day after word leaked out  that the National Hockey League is going to reject the NHLPA's  latest collective bargaining proposal, the two sides will meet  in Toronto.
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One day after the NHL players' association rejected the league's latest salary-cap proposal, the sides met again in what might have been the last chance to save the hockey season.
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Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - A lockout for the National Hockey League looks to be inevitable after Thursday&#39;s proposal from the NHLPA did little to narrow the impasse between the owners and players.
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A lockout looms for the National Hockey League and its players union as the clock ticks down on a collective bargaining agreement that expires at midnight Wednesday.
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The NHL and the players' association are taking another shot at saving the hockey season, which has been on the brink of cancellation for weeks. A two-day meeting last week produced no tangible progress toward a labor agreement. The league and the union will meet again Wednesday in Toronto, but no formal proposal will be presented by the league.
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A look at key points in the NHL's proposal on Wednesday to the players' association:
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Any hope of saving the NHL season hinges on whether the next proposal by the players&#39; association stirs serious negotiating. All the last offer yielded was three months of silence and hundreds of canceled games.
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NHL players and owners fail to reach an agreement, forcing the season's cancellation.  What does the future hold for professional hockey?
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The National Hockey League Players&#39; Association has invited the NHL to the bargaining table next week in Toronto in order to present a new proposal and end an almost three-month stalemate in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement.
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Locked out players have rejected the  NHL's latest salary-cap proposal to end their bitter labor  dispute although they agreed to continue negotiations in a last  ditch effort to salvage the season.
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TORONTO (Ticker) - The prospects of an NHL season look to be growing bleaker with each passing day. The Sports Network of Canada reported on its Web site Monday that the NHL will reject the latest proposal