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Swayman stops 35 shots for third shutout of season as Bruins defeat Jets 3-0
WINNIPEG - Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 shots for his third shutout of the season as the Boston Bruins defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3-0 on Thursday. The win also halted the league-leading Bruins' only regu...
Mar 16, 2023
Panthers score team-record 7 goals in 1st, top Canadiens 9-5
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Carter Verhaeghe scored twice in Florida's franchise-record, seven-goal first period and the Panthers beat the Montreal Canadiens 9-5 on Thursday night. Florida scored six goals i...
Mar 16, 2023
Visiting Avalanche score a weird one to beat the Senators 5-4
OTTAWA - Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists and Lars Eller scored a bizarre winner as the Colorado Avalanche won their fourth straight game with a 5-4 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursd...
Mar 16, 2023
Pascal Siakam's double-double lifts Raptors over visiting Thunder 128-111
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam's double-double powered the Raptors past the Oklahoma City Thunder 128-111 on Thursday as Toronto earned back-to-back wins. Siakam led the Raptors (34-36) with 25 points, 14 re...
Mar 16, 2023
Motion sensors which detect 'as slight as your heartbeat' aim to reduce drug toxicity deaths in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - There's a new tool being deployed to help monitor and detect toxic drug poisonings.Specialized motion detection sensors are being added to select bathrooms at Island Health facilities in the...
Mar 16, 2023
California to transform prison with death row legacy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to transform a state lockup that is home to the nation's largest number of death row inmates into a facility where prisoners can receive ed...
Mar 16, 2023
BC Ferries on summer hiring spree to fill 500 positions
NANAIMO - The annual summer hiring blitz from BC Ferries is underway.Ferries' spokesperson Deborah Marshall said it's the biggest in the company's history as they look to have enough people to handle ...
Mar 16, 2023
B.C. Mounties announce results of organized crime drug investigations
VANCOUVER - RCMP in British Columbia say they've disrupted major organized crime groups that are flooding the streets with toxic drugs in two separate investigations involving "transnational" drug pro...
Mar 16, 2023
Princeton stuns Arizona 59-55 in March Madness
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school's first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55 on Thursday. The 15th-seeded T...
Mar 16, 2023
Guards union says second pigeon with a backpack found in B.C. prison
VANCOUVER - A pigeon wearing a tiny empty backpack has been captured inside a federal prison in British Columbia, in what a union official says was likely another plan by inmates to smuggle drugs. The...
Mar 16, 2023