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Canada beats Latvia 4-0 in quarterfinals at men's U18 hockey championship
VANTAA, Finland - Carter George made 23 saves for his second shutout of the tournament as Canada defeated Latvia 4-0 in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world men's under-18 hockey championship. Te...
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Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions
PHOENIX (AP) - Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a repeal bill Thursday. Hobbs says the repeal, signed Thursday, is just th...
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Lawyer says Surrey had pathway to keep RCMP but made 'no effort' to meet conditions
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for B.C.'s Public Safety Ministry says the City of Surrey was given a pathway to retain the RCMP as its police force, but "made no effort at all" to meet conditions to do so. Trev...
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Quesnel, B.C., censures mayor, saying his actions jeopardize Indigenous relations
QUESNEL, B.C. - Councillors in Quesnel, B.C., have voted unanimously to censure their mayor, saying his actions related to a book denying the harms of Canada's residential school system jeopardize the...
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Police order B.C. woman who praised Hamas not to protest for 5 months, says her group
VANCOUVER - A pro-Palestinian activist group says its international co-ordinator, who was arrested in a Vancouver hate-crime investigation, was released with an order not to attend any protests for th...
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Vegas and Nashville face elimination in Game 6 showdowns vs. Dallas and Vancouver
Home sweet home ice? For Vegas, maybe. Nashville, not so much lately. The defending Stanley Cup champion Golden Knights return home to their "Fortress" on the Strip looking to avoid being eliminated i...
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NHL players are refining the art of the bank shot via ricochet off the masks of the goaltenders
Off the goaltender's mask, off a defenseman's back, nothing but net. Well, at least in the net. That is how Colorado's Casey Mittelstadt got his first goal of the NHL playoffs this year, and it is not...
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Two more women file suits alleging sexual assault by Newfoundland police officer
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Two more women have filed lawsuits alleging they were sexually assaulted by an on-duty member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary who offered them rides home from a night of drin...
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Environmental groups criticize government walk-back on pollution impact assessment
OTTAWA - Environmental groups are criticizing the Liberal government's planned amendments to the federal Impact Assessment Act. The groups said in a letter to cabinet ministers today that Ottawa isn't...
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Brooks Bandits will take on Sherwood Park Crusaders in Alberta Division Final
The Bandits are moving on to the BCHL Alberta finals against the Sherwood Park Crusaders on Friday.The Bandit's clinched a spot in the finals after a Game 7 series win against the Okotoks Oilers on Tu...
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