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Eric Staal scores game-winner in Montreal debut as Habs down Oilers in overtime
MONTREAL - Eric Staal, in his Montreal debut, scored the overtime winner as the Canadiens rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 Monday. Staal beat Mike Smith with a wrist shot f...
Apr 5, 2021
Blue Jays spoil Rangers home opener before largest MLB crowd
ARLINGTON, Texas - Steven Matz struck out nine in his Toronto debut, Marcus Semien and Cavan Biggio hit back-to-back homers and the Blue Jays won 6-2 in the home opener for the Texas Rangers on Monday...
Apr 5, 2021
Clues from unexploded firebomb lead to charges in Portland
SALEM, Ore. - During a Black Lives Matter protest on Sept. 21, a Portland police officer was sitting in a vehicle used to broadcast warnings and loud noise at protesters when he saw a burning object s...
Apr 5, 2021
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital opening now expected in late fall 2021
Grande Prairie City Council heard from a Grande Prairie Regional Hospital Foundation delegation at Monday's meeting where council learned the new hospital is now expected to open in the late fall of 2...
Apr 5, 2021
Grande Prairie adds 109 COVID-19 cases over Easter weekend, Hinshaw provides update on P.1 variant outbreaks
There were 109 new cases of COVID-19 identified in Grande Prairie over the Easter long weekend, along with 55 recoveries, there is currently 358 active cases of COVID-19 in the Swan City, the most at ...
Apr 5, 2021
Canadian featherweight Tristan (Boondock) Connelly to fight in UFC 261 card
TORONTO - Canadian featherweight Tristan (Boondock) Connelly will face Pat Sabatini later this month at UFC 261 in Jacksonville, Fla. The 35-year-old from Victoria is coming off an upset win in his UF...
Apr 5, 2021
Arkansas governor vetoes transgender youth treatment ban
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday vetoed legislation that would have made his state the first to ban gender confirming treatments or surgery for transgender youth. The Republi...
Apr 5, 2021
Technical Search and Rescue Association launches annual Father's Day raffle
The Technical Search and Rescue Associations' annual Father's Day raffle is underway.The association operates throughout the Peace Region and is called upon by RCMP or the fire department if crews nee...
Apr 5, 2021
Myanmar junta charges celebrities with promoting protests
YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar's ruling junta stepped up its campaign against celebrities who support nationwide protests against its seizure of power, publishing wanted lists in the state press and warnin...
Apr 5, 2021
Oxygen cutoff that killed one at Quebec COVID ICU last summer blamed on human error
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area health authority is blaming human error after oxygen was cut off to nine intensive care COVID-19 patients last spring, leaving one dead. The news about the incident that occ...
Apr 5, 2021