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Evan Bouchard steps into prime Edmonton Oilers' role and thrives
LAS VEGAS - Evan Bouchard has seamlessly taken over orchestrating the NHL's most lethal power play. The Oilers dealing defenceman Tyson Barrie to the Nashville Predators a few days before the league's...
May 07, 2023

Teare Creek fire nearly doubles in size into Saturday night
The Teare Creek wildfire near McBride southeast of Prince George has reported a dramatic increase in size. Over Friday, the blaze grew from 11, to 600 hectares. By saturday evening the fire had been r...
May 07, 2023

Vida Blue, led Oakland to 3 World Series titles, dies at 73
Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball's biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash Oakland Athletics to three straight World Series titles before his career...
May 07, 2023

Milan sprints to win crash-affected Stage 2, Evenepoel leads
SAN SALVO, Italy (AP) - Jonathan Milan sprinted to victory in a crash-affected finale of the second stage of the Giro d'Italia on Sunday, while pre-race favorite Remco Evenepoel held on to the leader'...
May 07, 2023

Russians return at judo worlds, Ukraine boycotts
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Russians returned to international judo competition on Sunday for the first time in nearly a year at the world championships as Ukraine boycotted the key Olympic qualifier. Competin...
May 07, 2023

Arab governments vote for Syria's return to the Arab League
CAIRO (AP) - Arab government representatives in Cairo voted Sunday to return Syria to the Arab League after a 12-year suspension, according to the organization. The vote in the Egyptian capital came d...
May 07, 2023

High costs putting farming out of reach for young people, affecting all Canadians
MONTREAL - When Myriam Landry started raising goats for their meat in 2018, she started small - because she had to. She opened Chvrerie aux Volets Verts, in St-Esprit, Que., with two goats; she couldn...
May 07, 2023

Five things to know about the NHL playoffs
The Toronto Maple Leafs could use the same kind of explosive start tonight in Florida that the Edmonton Oilers had last night in Las Vegas as they buried the Golden Knights with four goals in the firs...
May 07, 2023

'We started running': 8 killed in Texas outlet mall shooting
ALLEN, Texas (AP) - Hundreds of terrified shoppers fled in panic after a gunman stepped out of a silver sedan and opened fire at a Dallas-area outlet mall, killing eight and wounding seven before bein...
May 07, 2023

Employee turnover causes ripple effect, leads to more departures, UBC research finds
VANCOUVER - Employers vastly underestimate the impact of workers leaving an organization on staff left behind with a different workplace dynamic, leading to even more turnover, a new report says. Univ...
May 07, 2023