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Vancouver Canucks sign Swedish prospect Linus Karlsson to entry-level deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward prospect Linus Karlsson to an entry-level contract. Karlsson, 22, played 52 games for Skelleftea AIK of the Swedish Hockey League last season and ...
May 26, 2022
Murray Sinclair honoured with Order of Canada at Rideau Hall ceremony
OTTAWA - Murray Sinclair received the Order of Canada Thursday for dedicating his life to championing Indigenous Peoples' rights and freedoms. Sinclair held his wife's hand as the award was announced ...
May 26, 2022
Two men arrested in 108 Mile Ranch, medical distress misunderstood as home invasion
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - Two men were arrested at 108 Mile Ranch after a medical distress situation was misunderstood as a home invasion Tuesday (May 24) evening.100 Mile House RCMP say they received a ...
May 26, 2022
Tony Accurso, former Quebec construction tycoon, loses appeal and heading to prison
MONTREAL - Quebec's highest court has upheld a sentence delivered to ex-construction magnate Tony Accurso, who is to report to prison before June 1. Accurso received a four-year prison term in 2018 in...
May 26, 2022
Despite Uvelde, National Rifle Association sticks with plans for Houston convention
WASHINGTON - The National Rifle Association is pressing ahead with its annual meeting in Houston despite the mass shooting tragedy in Uvelde, Tex. The association, easily one of the most powerful poli...
May 26, 2022
Canada tops Sweden 4-3 in OT, advances to semis at world hockey championship
TAMPERE, Finland - Drake Batherson scored 43 seconds into overtime, powering Canada to a 4-3 comeback victory over Sweden in the quarterfinals at the world hockey championship Thursday. Sweden jumped ...
May 26, 2022
Former B.C. legislature clerk to be sentenced July 4 for $1,900 in misspending
VANCOUVER - A former clerk of the B.C. legislature is set to be sentenced on July 4 after he was found guilty of fraud and breach of trust. The fraud charge against Craig James was stayed last week be...
May 26, 2022
Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats' first attempt at responding to the back-to-back mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, failed in the Senate Thursday as Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill...
May 26, 2022
Quebec drops section of assisted-death bill to ensure it gets adopted quickly
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is removing a section of its end-of-life care bill that would have allowed quadriplegics and people with cerebral palsy to receive an assisted death. Health Minister Chr...
May 26, 2022
Raptors big man Khem Birch undergoes knee procedure in Los Angeles
Toronto Raptors centre Khem Birch has undergone arthroscopic surgery "to clean up loose debris" in his right knee. The Raptors says the procedure was performed Wednesday in Los Angeles by Dr. Daniel K...
May 26, 2022
