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Edmonton Oilers left with questions after Connor McDavid injury
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers lost both a game and another superstar Thursday, falling 4-3 in overtime to the Winnipeg Jets after Connor McDavid left with a lower-body injury. McDavid exited followin...
Mar 21, 2025
Canada's Courtney Hoffos wins silver medal at ski cross world championship
SAINT MORITZ - Canada's Courtney Hoffos claimed silver in women's ski cross at the freestyle skiing world championships on Friday. World Cup champion Fanny Smith of Switzerland won gold, while Germany...
Mar 21, 2025
Israel’s top court halts Netanyahu’s dismissal of the country’s internal security chief
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's top court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's domestic security chief until his appeal can be heard. The Supr...
Mar 21, 2025
Oceanside Health Centre fundraising to replace essential 'Vital Signs' monitors
PARKSVILLE - Fundraising is underway to replace the aging vital signs monitors at the Oceanside Health Centre, with Nanaimo's hospital charity lending a hand.The Nanaimo District & Hospital Founda...
Mar 21, 2025
Premium Brands reports Q4 profit more than doubles, revenue up
VANCOUVER - Premium Brands Holdings Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year earlier as it saw record revenue for the quarter. The specialty food company says it...
Mar 21, 2025
'Just another game' for Whitecaps' Berhalter seven with father coaching rival Chicago
VANCOUVER - Sebastian Berhalter wants to stay "level headed" when the Vancouver Whitecaps face a Chicago Fire team coached by his father in a Major League Soccer match Saturday. "Obviously it's pretty...
Mar 21, 2025
Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study
VANCOUVER - A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had ...
Mar 21, 2025
Sudan's military says it has retaken the last area of the capital held by rival paramilitary forces
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military said it retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last bastion in the capital of rival paramilitary forces, after nearly two years of fighting. Social media videos sh...
Mar 20, 2025
Ovechkin scores his 888th career NHL goal as the Capitals beat the Flyers 3-2
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 888th career goal to continue his pursuit of the NHL record, and the Washington Capitals moved to the verge of clinching a playoff berth by beating the Phila...
Mar 20, 2025
Jets rebound with win over Oilers, reach 100-point milestone
EDMONTON - It didn't take long for the Winnipeg Jets to prove that Tuesday's 6-2 loss in Vancouver was an aberration. Playing another top Western Conference squad, Kyle Connor scored the overtime winn...
Mar 20, 2025