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Ticket prices, Hockey Canada scandal led to low attendance at world juniors: IIHF
EDMONTON - Tickets for Edmonton's world junior men's hockey championship haven't been a hot commodity this summer and International Ice Hockey Federation officials say the high price of admission, the...
Aug 20, 2022
Metal-detecting stranger retrieves woman's ring lost in sea
HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) - A Massachusetts woman's diamond wedding ring, a family heirloom, is back on her finger after a man with a metal detector responded to her social media plea for help and found it a...
Aug 20, 2022
Ireland's Bennett wins second Vuelta stage, Teunissen grabs overall lead
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) - Dutch fans got a surprise treat as Mike Teunissen grabbed the overall leader's red jersey in the Spanish Vuelta, and Sam Bennett of Ireland won the sprint finish in the sec...
Aug 20, 2022
Canada's Poulin, Fillier each score four goals in world warmup win over Denmark
HERNING, Denmark - Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin and Sarah Fillier each scored four goals in a 14-1 win over Denmark in an international women's hockey exhibition game Saturday. The first meeting of th...
Aug 20, 2022
B.C. Lions taking more time to evaluate quarterback Nathan Rourke's injured foot
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions had little to say Saturday regarding the status of quarterback Nathan Rourke. The 24-year-old from Victoria, who leads the CFL in passing yards (3,281) and touchdowns (25), ...
Aug 20, 2022
MLA John Rustad says he has "no animosity" toward BC Liberal Party after ouster
VICTORIA - A British Columbia MLA says he holds no animosity toward the BC Liberal Party or its leader after being ousted from its caucus earlier this week. John Rustad, who represents Nechako Lakes i...
Aug 20, 2022
CFL star returner DeVonte Dedmon returns to Redblacks after NFL stint
OTTAWA - CFL all-star DeVonte Dedmon has returned to the Ottawa Redblacks following his release from the NFL's Miami Dolphins. The 26-year-old from Williamsburg, Va., was named the CFL's most outstand...
Aug 20, 2022
Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with the security forces that left at least 20 people dead, according ...
Aug 20, 2022
B.C. First Nation arrives in Scotland, asks museum to return totem pole taken in 1929
VANCOUVER - Delegates from the Nisga'a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss repatriating a memorial totem pole it says was stolen nearly a century ago. Seven members, including Nisga'a Na...
Aug 20, 2022
B.C. First Nation arrives in Scotland, asks museum to return totem pole taken in 1929
VANCOUVER - Delegates from the Nisga'a First Nation are in Scotland this week to discuss repatriating a memorial totem pole it says was stolen nearly a century ago. Seven members, including Nisga'a Na...
Aug 20, 2022
