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Kraken take early lead, hold off Oilers for 4-3 victory
SEATTLE (AP) - Colin Blackwell and Alex Wennberg scored less than three minutes apart in the second period, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Friday night. Yanni Gourde and Adam L...
Dec 03, 2021
Vice-skip Darren Moulding leaves Brendan Bottcher's curling rink
Vice-skip Darren Moulding has left the curling rink led by Brendan Bottcher. Team Bottcher announced the lineup change on Friday night in a statement posted to Twitter. The rink said that Moulding is ...
Dec 03, 2021
Scheifele ends seven-game goalless streak, leads Jets to 8-4 win over Devils
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele had a hat trick to snap a personal seven-game goalless skid and lead the Winnipeg Jets to an 8-4 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night. Scheifele completed the h...
Dec 03, 2021
U.S. intelligence finds Russia planning Ukraine offensive
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian planning is underway for a possible military offensive against Ukraine that could begin as soon as early 2022 and would inclu...
Dec 03, 2021
Referees land pro contracts, continue pushing NHL dream
NANAIMO - Two officials with strong Island connections are adamant they've made the right call in their careers.Bobby Jo Love, 26 and Graedy Hamilton, 21, both secured their first pro hockey contracts...
Dec 03, 2021
No solid numbers to gauge flood damage repair costs, says B.C. finance minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia's finance minister says it's still too early to put a price tag on the cleanup and repairs ahead after recent floods and landslides in the southern part of the province. Bu...
Dec 03, 2021
Italy's Sofia Goggia dominates season-opening World Cup downhill in Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Sofia Goggia was in a class by herself in the season-opening women's World Cup downhill Friday. The Italian's winning time in Lake Louise, Alta., was almost a second and a half fa...
Dec 03, 2021
Evidence at Maxwell trial: massage table, unfolded in court
NEW YORK (AP) - A green, folding massage table used by financier Jeffrey Epstein was brought into a Manhattan courtroom and set up in front of a jury on Friday to bolster allegations he teamed up with...
Dec 03, 2021
Struggling Vancouver Canucks look to maintain momentum during six-game homestand
VANCOUVER - With wins in two straight, the struggling Vancouver Canucks have returned home with some much-needed momentum. But whether they'll be able to keep the streak alive against the Pittsburgh P...
Dec 03, 2021
Record fall rains add another chapter to Nanaimo's weather story
NANAIMO -Fresh off the driest spring in Nanaimo's history which then turned into the hottest summer on record, we can now add the wettest fall to the wild weather list of 2021. Environment Canada reco...
Dec 03, 2021
