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Jury finds former Canucks forward Jake Virtanen not guilty of sexual assault
VANCOUVER - A jury has found former Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen not guilty of sexual assault. Virtanen wept openly when the verdict was read in B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday. He clutched h...
Jul 26, 2022
Blue Jays broadcaster Martinez returns to booth after completion of cancer treatment
TORONTO - Veteran Blue Jays broadcaster Buck Martinez is set to make his return to the booth tonight when Toronto takes on the St. Louis Cardinals. Martinez, 73, stepped away from the job in mid-April...
Jul 26, 2022
Sharks hire David Quinn as new head coach
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose Sharks have hired former New York Rangers coach David Quinn as their new head coach. The Sharks announced Tuesday that Quinn would replace the fired Bob Boughner a...
Jul 26, 2022
Local wrestler named flag bearer for Sask. at Canada Summer Games
It is just a matter of days until the best young athletes from across the province travel to Niagra, Ont. for this year's Canada Summer Games.On Tuesday morning, the full list of athletes was announce...
Jul 26, 2022
Two new doctors in Shellbrook
Shellbrook mayor Amund Otterson said the community now has two new doctors working in the clinic but nursing positions remain a challenge to fill. "The thing I can report this month is that we have la...
Jul 26, 2022
Crown begins closing argument in trial for Dutch man accused of extorting B.C. teen
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Crown and defence counsel have finished calling evidence in the British Columbia Supreme Court trial for the Dutch man accused of harassing and extorting teenager Amanda Todd b...
Jul 26, 2022
What Pope Francis left out in his words of apology to residential school survivors
OTTAWA - Pope Francis delivered a historic apology on Monday to survivors of Canada's residential schools. The majority of those government-funded institutions, in which thousands of Indigenous childr...
Jul 26, 2022
Prompt warning of N.S. killer's replica car would have been 'helpful': senior Mountie
HALIFAX - A senior Mountie testified today that he would have liked to have seen a quicker warning to the public in 2020 that an active shooter in Nova Scotia was driving a replica RCMP cruiser. Chief...
Jul 26, 2022
Saudi crown prince: First EU visit since Khashoggi killing
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Greece Tuesday on his first trip to a European Union country since the killing in 2018 of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi that ...
Jul 26, 2022
'Big Brother vibes': Spy agency ditches job ads after mixed reviews from focus groups
OTTAWA - Canada's cyberspy agency has changed course on proposed recruitment efforts after focus groups found job ads had too much of a "Big Brother vibe." The Communications Security Establishment sp...
Jul 26, 2022
