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Canadian defender Shannon Woeller first player to sign with Vancouver Rise
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Rise have signed Canadian defender Shannon Woeller as the first player in club history. The National Super League team announced the deal Monday, with sporting director Steph...
Dec 16, 2024

City of Grande Prairie temporarily shutting down GIS services Dec. 17-19
The City of Grande Prairie will be performing a temporary outage of their Geographical Information Systems Tuesday December 17, as part of an upgrade to their services.The GIS uses web-based mapping a...
Dec 16, 2024

Draisaitl, MacKinnon, Ullmark named NHL three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Edmonton centre Leon Draisaitl, Colorado centre Nathan MacKinnon and Ottawa goaltender Linus Ullmark have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Draisaitl had nine points (three goal...
Dec 16, 2024

5 dead, other injured in a shooting at a Wisconsin school
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Five people are dead and others injured after a shooting Monday at a Christian school in Wisconsin, the police chief says. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes says the suspect shoote...
Dec 16, 2024

WNBA to hold first regular-season game outside the U.S. in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Vancouver will host the first WNBA regular-season game played outside the United States next year when the Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm face off at Rogers Arena. The game is schedul...
Dec 16, 2024

Canadian men to play in invitational meet alongside HSBC SVNS stop in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Canadian men's team will be part of the Vancouver Sevens, competing in an invitational event in conjunction with the HSBC SVNS stop in February. The Canadian men, relegated from the to...
Dec 16, 2024

Former FBI informant pleads guilty to lying about phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former FBI informant pleaded guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to the Republican impeachm...
Dec 16, 2024

Canada Post operations to resume on Tuesday, company says
OTTAWA - While mail is set to begin moving again on Tuesday as Canada Post employees return to work, key "structural issues" at the centre of the month-long strike remain outstanding heading into the ...
Dec 16, 2024

Trump says he will 'look at' pardon for embattled New York mayor Eric Adams
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said in a far-ranging news conference that ihe would consider pardoning embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams. Separately he called on the ...
Dec 16, 2024

Canadian Clara Emond continues her law studies as she competes as an elite road-racer
Passing the bar exam is something to celebrate. So is winning a stage at the Giro d'Italia. Canadian Clara Emond has both on her resume. The 27-year-old from Saint-Ferrol-les-Neiges, Que., rides for t...
Dec 16, 2024