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Former Quebec junior hockey players sentenced for sex assault to appeal sentences
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Two former Quebec junior hockey players will appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres ch...
Jul 10, 2024
Former Quebec junior hockey players sentenced for sex assault to appeal sentences
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Two former Quebec junior hockey players will appeal their prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 during a celebration of a Victoriaville Tigres ch...
Jul 10, 2024
B.C. war veteran John Hillman, dead at 105, raised thousands for children's charity
OAK BAY - Second World War veteran John Hillman, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity in the last years of his life, died Monday at the age of 105. In 2020, Hillman gained widesprea...
Jul 10, 2024
Toronto Blue Jays looking to restock minor system at MLB Draft this weekend
It's time for the Toronto Blue Jays to restock their minor league system. Amateur scouting director Shane Farrell spoke with media on Wednesday ahead of this weekend's Major League Baseball draft and ...
Jul 10, 2024
Feds invest $15M in health-care AI development through Vancouver tech cluster program
VANCOUVER - Canada is investing about $15 million toward the development of artificial intelligence in health care that Federal Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne calls a "game changer" fo...
Jul 10, 2024
Eels writhe on Vancouver airport's tarmac after escaping from Air Canada cargo box
RICHMOND - It was not quite the 2006 film "Snakes on a Plane" at Vancouver International Airport, but there were real eels - dozens of them - writhing on the tarmac during a recent incident captured o...
Jul 10, 2024
House passes GOP bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, boosting election-year talking point
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized as an election-year talking p...
Jul 10, 2024
Former Predators captain Johnson posthumously diagnosed with CTE
BOSTON - Former Nashville Predators captain Greg Johnson has been posthumously diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy following a post-mortem brain tissue analysis. The diagnosis was released...
Jul 10, 2024
England reaches European Championship final by beating Netherlands 2-1 on Watkins late goal
DORTMUND, Germany (AP) - England reached a second straight European Championship final by beating the Netherlands 2-1 thanks to substitute Ollie Watkins' stoppage-time winner on Wednesday. Watkins, wh...
Jul 10, 2024
Las Vegas hits record of fifth consecutive day of 115 degrees or greater as heat wave scorches US
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Las Vegas baked Wednesday in a record fifth consecutive day of temperatures sizzling at 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46.1 Celsius) or greater amid a lengthening hot spell that is expected ...
Jul 10, 2024