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Surrey RCMP say one person injured in shooting, believed linked to drug trade
SURREY, B.C. - One person is being treated in hospital for a non-life-threatening injury after a shooting in Surrey, B.C., Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to the 80 Avenue and Fleetwood Park a...
Jul 05, 2023
NHL-er Michael Stone retires, joins Calgary Flames in player development role
CALGARY - Canadian hockey player Michael Stone has retired and joined the Calgary Flames as a staff member. Calgary says Stone has joined as the newest member of their player development team. Stone, ...
Jul 05, 2023
Blue Jays-White Sox game postponed, to be made up Thursday as part of doubleheader
CHICAGO (AP) - The scheduled game between the Chicago White Sox and Toronto Blue Jays was postponed because of rain and is set to be made up as part of a doubleheader on Thursday. Toronto's Jos Berros...
Jul 05, 2023
Toxic gas leak in South Africa kills 16 people, including three children, police say
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - At least 16 people, including three children, died when toxic gas leaked from a cyclinder near Johannesburg, South African police said Wednesday. Emergency services said that as ma...
Jul 05, 2023
Manitoba government says searching landfill for remains of Indigenous women too risky
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says a proposed search for the remains of two slain Indigenous women believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg is too risky. Premier Heather Stefanson says the ...
Jul 05, 2023
B.C. health registry expansion aims to connect patients with family doctors: minister
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expanding a registry program provincewide in an effort to connect patients with available family doctors. Health Minister Adrian Dix says the expanded He...
Jul 05, 2023
Victims of fatal 2021 B.C. library stabbing describe shattered lives at sentencing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Victims of a stabbing spree and their relatives have told a sentencing hearing how their lives were shattered two years ago by the deadly attack in and around the Lynn Valley L...
Jul 05, 2023
Victims of fatal 2021 B.C. library stabbing describe shattered lives at sentencing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Victims of a stabbing spree and their relatives have told a sentencing hearing how their lives were shattered two years ago by the deadly attack in and around the Lynn Valley L...
Jul 05, 2023
Prosper leads Canada over Dominican Republic at Women’s AmeriCup hoops tournament
LEN, Mexico - Cassandre Prosper had 13 points as Canada downed the Dominican Republic 88-48 on Wednesday at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup basketball tournament. Prosper shot 75 per cent from the floor and...
Jul 05, 2023
Jets sign defenceman Samberg to two-year contract
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed defenceman Dylan Samberg to a two-year, US$2.8-million contract. The 24-year-old from Hermantown, Minn., had two goals and six assists in 63 regular-season gam...
Jul 05, 2023