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Oil Country: Newmarket residents proud of homegrown Oilers star Connor McDavid
NEWMARKET, Ont. - A small trophy in Michaela McKeown's classroom at Clearmeadow Public School serves as a reminder for students of what's at stake in the annual floor hockey competition in the facilit...
Jun 12, 2024
Collision organizers to bring North American version of Web Summit conference to B.C.
VANCOUVER - Global technology conference Web Summit is headed to Vancouver next May with a new North American iteration of the event. Other versions of Web Summit have taken place in Portugal, Brazil ...
Jun 12, 2024
House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden's interview in his classified docume...
Jun 12, 2024
Farnworth 'glad' Surrey joins completion of transition from RCMP to municipal force
VICTORIA - B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he is pleased the City of Surrey will join in on the transition from the RCMP to a municipal police service following a council address by Mayor B...
Jun 12, 2024
Farnworth 'glad' Surrey joins completion of transition from RCMP to municipal force
VICTORIA - B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he is pleased the City of Surrey will join in on the transition from the RCMP to a municipal police service following a council address by Mayor B...
Jun 12, 2024
B.C. motorcyclist dies after crashing into car, falling onto highway
DELTA, B.C. - Police say a motorcyclist is dead in a crash Wednesday that snarled morning traffic for Metro Vancouver commuters. A statement from the RCMP says the rider drove into a car then fell ont...
Jun 12, 2024
Canadian women's under-20 rugby team to play in four-country tournament in Wales
Canada's under-20 women's rugby team will play host Wales, England and the United States next month in the inaugural Women's U20 Transatlantic Quad Series in Cardiff. Head coach Dean Murten has summon...
Jun 12, 2024
Oilers want more shots on Panthers goalie Bobrovsky as Stanley Cup shifts to Edmonton
EDMONTON - Florida Panthers goalie Sergei Bobrovsky has turned away 50 of 51 shots through the first two games of the Stanley Cup final. The vaunted Edmonton Oilers' power-play hasn't scored in seven ...
Jun 12, 2024
Quebec police arrest three in $9-million fraud, data theft case involving Desjardins
MONTREAL - Montreal-area police have arrested three people in connection with a major data theft and $8.9-million fraud involving the co-operative financial group Desjardins. Police in Laval, Que., sa...
Jun 12, 2024
Undercover officer says accused at Coutts blockade spoke of killing police
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An undercover officer at the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., says an accused confided in her that he expected to die in the standoff and planned to slit the throats of police. Th...
Jun 12, 2024
