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Whitecap Resources, Veren team up on $15 billion deal
Oil and gas producers Whitecap Resources Inc. and Veren Inc. are joining forces in a $15-billion deal to create the biggest landholder in two Alberta shale formations. Under the all-stock transaction,...
Mar 10, 2025
Conservative candidate drops out of race for Ontario seat as election looms
OTTAWA - The Conservative candidate for a northern Ontario riding has dropped out just weeks ahead of an expected election, citing issues with the local electoral district board. Cassidy Villeneuve, w...
Mar 10, 2025
B.C. expands alcohol ban in its liquor stores to all U.S. booze
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Americans can "keep their watery beer" as he announces an expansion of the U.S. alcohol ban from provincial liquor stores. The province had removed a...
Mar 10, 2025
Syria's government signs a breakthrough deal with Kurdish-led authorities in the northeast
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's central government has reached a deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls the country's northeast, including a ceasefire and the merging of the main U.S.-backed...
Mar 10, 2025
LA district attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers because they lied
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The district attorney of Los Angeles County said Monday that he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who admitted to killing their parents at th...
Mar 10, 2025
Reality is setting in for new Florida Panther Brad Marchand, who's excited for a potential Cup run
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Brad Marchand wore something with his new team's logo on it for the first time Sunday night. He was FaceTiming his kids. There was a Florida Panthers hat on the table in f...
Mar 10, 2025
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn confirms HGH use late in his career, report says
Former big league slugger Mo Vaughn has confirmed he used human growth hormone to recover from a nagging knee injury late in his career. The 1995 American League MVP told The Athletic in a recent inte...
Mar 10, 2025
Medicine Hat Health Foundation gala aims to raise $50K for hospital's mental health unit
The Medicine Hat Health Foundation is hosting its third annual Community Care Gala with the aim of raising $50,000 for equipment upgrades in the hospital's mental health unit. Moxies is curating the m...
Mar 10, 2025
MacKinnon, Stamkos, Wilson named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon, Nashville Predators centre Steven Stamkos and Washington Capitals right-wing Tom Wilson were named the NHL's three stars of the week. MacKinnon t...
Mar 10, 2025
Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean haunted by looming U.S. tariffs on aluminum, lumber
SAGUENAY, Que. - The threat of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods looms large in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region, where aluminum and wood are economic drivers. In the region ...
Mar 10, 2025