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Vancouver's Bench Accounting to be acquired by California-based HR tech company
VANCOUVER - A California-based HR tech company says it will acquire a Vancouver-based bookkeeping service that abruptly halted operations last week. Bench Accounting announced its sudden closure on Fr...
Dec 30, 2024
Vilardi, Hellebuyck lift Jets to 3-0 win over Predators
WINNIPEG - Gabriel Vilardi scored a pair of power-play goals 62 seconds apart in the third period to help the Winnipeg Jets extend their winning streak to four games with a 3-0 victory over the Nashvi...
Dec 30, 2024
Victoire beat Fleet 3-1 for fourth straight win, move to top of PWHL standings
LAVAL, Que. - Claire Dalton had a goal and an assist as the Montreal Victoire defeated the Boston Fleet 3-1 on Monday night in the Professional Women's Hockey League. Anna Wilgren and Kristin O'Neill ...
Dec 30, 2024
South Korean court issues warrants to detain impeached President Yoon and search his office
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea's anti-corruption agency said Tuesday that a court has issued warrants to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office. The Corruption Investiga...
Dec 30, 2024
Bedard takes centre stage when Blackhawks face Blues in Winter Classic
CHICAGO (AP) - Connor Bedard practised with the Chicago Blackhawks right in the middle of Wrigley Field. He skated with his parents and his sister. The moment was not lost on the 19-year-old centre. "...
Dec 30, 2024
Top stories of 2024: Drug traffickers handed significant sentences
NANAIMO - While drug trafficking convictions at courthouses throughout the country and province are commonplace, the length of sentences handed out in Nanaimo this year didn't go unnoticed. Several he...
Dec 30, 2024
B.C. police watchdog looks into injury of man arrested for urinating on RCMP station
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is seeking witnesses after a man was arrested for urinating on an RCMP station then found to have sustained an injury. The Independent Investigations ...
Dec 30, 2024
Vancouver Island police investigate car in ditch, find driver with gunshot wounds
VANCOUVER - Police on Vancouver Island say an early morning report of a car in a ditch took a turn when they discovered the driver had been shot multiple times. West Shore RCMP say officers were respo...
Dec 30, 2024
'Make our country proud': Canada, U.S. set for New Year's Eve clash at world juniors
OTTAWA - Canada was in big trouble on an important night. It was New Year's Eve at the 2009 world junior hockey championship. The United States had jumped out to a 3-0 lead not even 13 minutes into th...
Dec 30, 2024
Rogers activates new cellular towers on B.C.'s Highway of Tears to boost 911 access
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Telecom giant Rogers Communications says it has activated five new cellular towers along British Columbia's Highway of Tears, marking the "substantial completion" of efforts to i...
Dec 30, 2024