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Clippers blank Grizzlies 3-0 in regular season finale
NANAIMO - The Clippers played a solid 60 minutes in their final game on the BCHL schedule.They scored one goal in every period to wrap up the regular season with a 3-0 shutout.Kai Daniells scored in t...
Mar 25, 2022
Russian strike killed 300 in Mariupol theater, Ukraine says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - About 300 people were killed by the Russian airstrike last week that blasted open a Mariupol theater that was being used as a shelter, Ukrainian authorities said, marking what cou...
Mar 25, 2022
Gaudreau notches three points, Flames hand struggling Coyotes 4-2 loss
CALGARY - Johnny Gaudreau scored his 30th goal and added two assists on Friday to lead the Calgary Flames to a 4-2 victory over the Arizona Coyotes. Matthew Tkachuk, with his 30th, Elias Lindholm and ...
Mar 25, 2022
Ehlers scores 21 seconds into OT, Jets edge Blue Jackets 4-3
WINNIPEG - Nikolaj Ehlers scored on a breakaway just 21 seconds into overtime, giving the Winnipeg Jets a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night. Kyle Connor, who extended his poin...
Mar 25, 2022
Mourners gather for a vigil for 6 girls killed in crash
TISHOMINGO, Okla. (AP) - Mourners gathered in a small Oklahoma town's high school football stadium Friday evening to pay tribute to six teenage girls killed in a crash with a large truck. The vigil oc...
Mar 25, 2022
Top skip Tracy Fleury joins Rachel Homan's curling team
Tracy Fleury is joining Rachel Homan's curling team, but where one of the top skips in Canadian women's curling will play in the lineup has yet to be announced. Homan, a national and world champion sk...
Mar 25, 2022
Popular Neck Point Park to receive upgraded washrooms, SCUBA diving change room
NANAIMO - The wheels are in motion for upgraded facilities at one of the city's crown jewel parks.Tender will go out from the City of Nanaimo in the next week for construction of a new universal washr...
Mar 25, 2022
B.C. reports two more deaths, hospitalizations inch up
VICTORIA - Two more people have died of COVID-19 in British Columbia, bringing the death toll to 2,983 since the pandemic began. The Health Ministry says in a statement that hospitalizations due to CO...
Mar 25, 2022
Canada Soccer condemns abuse of Mark-Anthony Kaye following sending-off in Costa Rica
TORONTO - Canada Soccer has condemned abusive comments directed at Mark-Anthony Kaye following his sending-off in Thursday's 1-0 loss in Costa Rica in World Cup qualifying play. The Colorado Rapids mi...
Mar 25, 2022
Henry Burris leaves B.C. Lions for NFL coaching job
VANCOUVER - Henry Burris is no longer an offensive consultant with the B.C. Lions - after just 10 days on the job. The Canadian Football League club announced on Friday that Burris was leaving for a c...
Mar 25, 2022