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Fri, 25 Jun 2021 20:15:51 -0700Vasilevskiy shines again, Lightning blank Islanders 1-0
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of their NHL playoff semifinal series on Friday night.The defending champions a...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 19:21:09 -0700Changes to medical marijuana law approved by Legislature
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pandemic-era regulations that let medical marijuana dispensaries serve patients at curbside and dispense three months' worth of the drug at a time were memorialized into law by the Legislature Friday, and the governor's offic...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 18:37:16 -070015,000 plants seized in raid on illegal California pot farm
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities raided an illegal marijuana farm in northern San Diego County on Friday, seizing 15,000 plants and 9 1/2 pounds of pot products with an estimated street value of more than $7.5 million, authorities said.Detectives also ...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:54:43 -0700UBC faculty of medicine apologizes for harms to Indigenous Peoples
VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia's faculty of medicine formally apologized Friday for its role in past and present harms to Indigenous Peoples and committed to expand its response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to ...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:51:28 -0700Police: Man who shot Colorado gunman was killed by officer
DENVER (AP) — Johnny Hurley was hailed by police as a hero for shooting and killing a gunman they say had killed one officer and expressed hatred for police in a Denver suburb. But when another officer rushed in to respond and saw Hurley holding th...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:39:00 -0700Purchase from back of a van turns out to be ... a scam
An individual who purchased a home-theatre projection unit from the back of a van on Saanich Road on Wednesday learned a life lesson: Avoid buying electronics from the back of a van.
The unit was packaged in what seemed to be original condition, ...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:37:00 -0700Body found in Kemp Lake near Sooke
The body of a 49-year-old man was recovered Friday from Kemp Lake, near Sooke.
The man is believed to have drowned and no foul play is suspected.
Sooke RCMP were called just after 7 a.m. by the people who discovered the body.
“Our members i...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:31:37 -0700Officer suspended for inappropriate relationship dropped as Sajjan's assistant
OTTAWA — A reserve military officer who was ordered suspended from the Vancouver police three years ago for an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate is no longer working for Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan.Department spokesman Dan Le Bouthil...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:26:48 -0700Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to ban depositions from trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Two 2016 depositions of Ghislaine Maxwell in a civil case in which she was repeatedly questioned about financier Jeffrey Epstein's sexual activities can be used at her criminal trial this year over the objections of her lawyers, a j...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:17:33 -0700At least four Canadians 'may be affected' by Miami building collapse: Global Affairs
OTTAWA — Global Affairs Canada says it has received preliminary reports of at least four Canadian citizens who "may be affected" by the collapse of a seaside condominium tower in Miami.The department says Canadian consular officials in Miami are in...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:10:44 -0700B.C. reports 72 new COVID-19 cases, as pop-up clinics move indoors due to heat
VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials are urging residents to prepare for high temperatures if they attend vaccination clinics this weekend.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say in a joint statement th...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:34:24 -0700Public concerns about COVID-19 services, policies highlight B.C. ombudsperson report
VICTORIA — Public concerns about government policies and services on COVID-19 are highlighted in the annual report released Friday by the office of British Columbia's ombudsperson. Of the more than 7,700 enquiries and complaints received by the ind...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 15:17:10 -0700Fully vaccinated against COVID-19? Here's five things health officials say you can do
OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada released guidelines Friday on what people can do if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says people are safe to do most activities, but those who are im...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:57:18 -0700High times: Pocono set for first CBD-sponsored NASCAR race
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Let’s nip this in the bud: No, Pocono never considered asking for 95 more miles added to the length of Saturday’s NASCAR Cup race so the first CBD-sponsored event could be called the Pocono Organics 420.On the farm and the...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:34:22 -0700News hound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief Jill St. Louis dies at 66
VANCOUVER — Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle with metastatic lung cancer. She was 66.St. Louis...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:22:23 -0700'Staying alive is an obsession:' Family of survivors reflect on residential schools
The weeds of residential schools are tangled throughout the family tree of Clayton Episkenew and many other Indigenous people in Canada."I have come a long way but at times feel guilty that I am here and others did not make it," Episkenew said in a w...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:51:29 -0700Four tornadoes touched down in Quebec on Monday: Environment Canada
MONTREAL — Environment Canada says Quebec was hit by four tornadoes on Monday afternoon, including a fatal twister that left a man dead north of Montreal.The agency said today in its weather summary the first tornado, a zero on the Enhanced Fujita ...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:40:18 -0700Graffiti on Saskatoon Catholic cathedral after unmarked graves found
SASKATOON — The front of a Saskatoon cathedral was tagged with graffiti Thursday following the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at a former residential school site in Saskatchewan. Red handprints and the words "we were children" were painte...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:56:46 -0700Quebec father blames anti-Muslim prejudice, language barriers after baby taken away
MONTREAL — A Quebec man says he believes child protection authorities apprehended his three-day-old baby because his wife wears a hijab and doesn't speak French.The father, whom The Canadian Press is not naming to protect the identity of the child,...
Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:48:46 -0700Iqaluit mayor wants land tax exemption on churches removed over residential schools
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Iqaluit's mayor says he plans to make a motion to remove a land tax exemption for churches in Nunavut's capital city.Kenny Bell says he decided to do so after the Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan announced Thursday that 751...