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Atiba Nelson Staff Reporter

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Vancouver Canucks re-signed forward Brock Boeser to a new three-year pact, ensuring the Minnesota native will be with the team through the 2021-2022 season.

Ina press-release available on the

Vancouver Canucks hockey club official website, general manger Jim Benning claims, “We're very pleased to have Brock re-sign. He's a talented player, a key contributor to our offence and an important part of our team's future. We look forward to having Brock join the team in preparation for the upcoming season."

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Canucks re-sign Brock Boeser

>» Contract ensures a three-year deal with Vancouver team

C C Boeser, 22, was draf third overall selection in the 2015 NHL entry draft.

The new contract is worth $17.625 million dollars over three years, or an average of $5,875 million dollars annually, and ends the training camp holdout for the restricted-free agent who returned to training camp two days after inking the new deal.

Boeser, 22, was drafted by the Canucks with the twenty-third overall selection in the 2015 NHL entry draft and has been with the team since 2017. After two productive, but injury-plagued seasons where he missed an average of 16 games per season, the former NHL All-Star Game MVP signed a ‘bridge’ contract giving the team extra years to evaluate his performance, while giving Boeser a chance to sign a larger contract in his mid-twenties.

After being named as a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy in his rookie year, Boeser was the Canucks third leading points producer last season in only sixty- nine games played and has been a key contributor for the team.

The right-winger is expected to play on the Canucks first line centred by 2019 NHL Rookie of the year Elias Pettersson. Additionally, Boeser is slated to continue power play duties, as he was third in power play points per game last season despite missing thirteen games with back and groin injuries.

The deal highlights a busy summer for Canucks general manager Jim Benning, as the team signed fifteen contracts since the July 1st free agency period.

A tough pill to swallow

>» Purdue Pharma declares bankruptcy while BC files lawsuit

Atiba Nelson

Staff Reporter 2? has been a historically bad year Ol for Purdue Pharma.

Last week the pharmaceutical company filed for bankruptcy in New York, the founding state of the company.

The bankruptcy settles over 2000 pending lawsuits from various municipal, state, and Native American governments alleging that the company’s business practices started and fueled the current opioid crisis.

According to a statement found on Purdue’s American website, the “court- supervised process is intended to, among other things, facilitate an orderly and equitable resolution of all claims against Purdue, while preserving the value of Purdue's assets for the benefit of those impacted by the opioid crisis."

The company also alleges that the settlements made will contribute $10 billion dollars to provide “[...]critical resources to communities across the country trying to cope with the opioid crisis.” However, no details on how the monetary settlement would be dispersed, or how the funds will address the opioid crisis, were found on the corporate website.

Although bankruptcy will dissolve Purdue Pharma; from its ashes a new company, called NewCo, will rise.

Founded in 1892 by two medical doctors, Purdue Pharmaceuticals L.P. was managed by a Board of Directors featuring eight members of the Sackler family. The company came to prominence

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ted by the Canucks with the twenty-

According to Spotrac, the Canucks currently have 27 players—17 forwards, eight defenseman, and two goaltenders— signed to contracts for a total monetary value of under $80 million dollars. At the time of writing this, the contract totals leave an estimated $4,158,127 in cap space to sign available free agents, while placing the team 19" in the NHL in total team salary. Now, the Canucks are placed 29" in total team salary with a negative cap space of - $1,716,873.

Most importantly, the scheduling of Boeser contract means the team will have the star player under a team-friendly contract when linemate and superstar Elias Pettersson, and Quinn Hughes become restricted-free agents.

through the creation of OxyContin (generic name: Oxycodone) an opioid medication marketed to treat pain. At its peak in 20, OxyContin was the 19" most prescribed medication in the US, based on US National Sales data, only outpaced by various insulin therapies, asthma inhalers, and cholesterol lowering drugs.

Regardless of the drug’s sales ranking, the demand for the drug in unregulated venues was much higher.

The United States Justice department claims that Purdue and its Board understood and underplayed the potency of their medication while aggressively marketing the drug to doctors in the background of the growing opioid crisis.

Closer to home, several provinces, including BC, have decided to hold the soon-to-be defunct company liable for monetary damages to provincial healthcare systems by naming the Sackler family in pending lawsuits.

British Columbia is attempting to sue the Sacklers and other pharmaceutical companies in a not yet certified class- action, which if approved, will include all Canadian provinces and territories.

In early June, Minister of Health The Honorable Ginette Petitpas Taylor, expressed concerns over Purdue's involvement in a letter addressed to the company. The letter sparked a response from the company on June 27 stating that the Canadian arm of the company had “suspended all promotional and advertising activities relating to prescription opioids [in Canada],” and was awaiting implementations of new regulations from the federal government.