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Stephan Jaeger chips in twice and shoots 63 to lead Black Desert Championship
IVINS, Utah (AP) - Stephan Jaeger made up for a three-putt from 10 feet by chipping in for birdie on consecutive holes Friday for an 8-under 63 that gave him a one-shot lead before the second round wa...
Oct 11, 2024

Vet tranquillizer increases overdose deaths in Yukon, health minister says
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says its coroner's service is investigating six suspected toxic drug deaths between Sept. 23 and Oct. 4. A statement from the health minister says four of the deaths ...
Oct 11, 2024

Mercury found in water near Yukon mine disaster, Yukon government says
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says mercury levels that "exceeded the water quality objective" were found in a creek near the site where a mine's ore containment facility failed, causing a torrent ...
Oct 11, 2024

Four-metre-long Great White Shark washes up on B.C. beach
A four-metre-long Great White Shark has washed up on a British Columbia beach. The Fisheries Department says their scientists confirmed the species by analyzing its tooth shape and the shape of its ta...
Oct 11, 2024

Four-metre-long Great White Shark washes up on B.C. beach
A four-metre-long Great White Shark has washed up on a British Columbia beach. The Fisheries Department says their scientists confirmed the species by analyzing its tooth shape and the shape of its ta...
Oct 11, 2024

Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was...
Oct 11, 2024

Report clearing Vancouver police in Myles Gray beating death 'flawed,' lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the family of a man beaten to death by Vancouver police says a disciplinary report clearing the officers of wrongdoing was flawed and didn't consider key evidence. Ian Donal...
Oct 11, 2024

Report clearing Vancouver police in Myles Gray beating death 'flawed,' lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the family of a man beaten to death by Vancouver police says a disciplinary report clearing the officers of wrongdoing was flawed and didn't consider key evidence. Ian Donal...
Oct 11, 2024

Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...
Oct 11, 2024

Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...
Oct 11, 2024