2 h. ago 'Woah!': Edmonton acquires top Tampa prospect, moving out their own top prospect in return

This in from the Edmonton Oilers, new they’ve made a huge trade, sending the organization’s top major junior prospect Sam O’Reilly in exchange for the U.S. college hockey player of the year Isaac Howard, an attacking forward who had refused to sign in Tampa. There were reports that said the Oilers felt they had a […]

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2 h. ago 'This trade ROCKS': Oil Country lights up as Edmonton acquires top Tampa Bay prospect

This in from the Edmonton Oilers, new they’ve made a huge trade, sending the organization’s top major junior prospect Sam O’Reilly in exchange for the U.S. college hockey player of the year Isaac Howard, an attacking forward who had refused to sign in Tampa. There were reports that said the Oilers felt they had a […]

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2 h. ago A year after B.C. businessman set on fire, suspect charged but still at large

Rahat Rao was doused with accelerant and set on fire at his Whalley business in August 2024. His accused attacker has been charged, but remains at large.

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3 h. ago Advocates, families of victims amplify calls for change after Kelowna woman’s death

"For every woman killed, there are thousands more living in fear," said Angela Marie MacDougall, executive director with Battered Women's Support Services.

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5 h. ago Explosive at B.C. NDP MLA's office ’homemade,’ not intended to hurt anyone: RCMP

North Vancouver RCMP said Tuesday the device was likely a number of bear bangers or fireworks taped together and lit by a fuse

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6 h. ago Edmonton police release enhanced photo of dead woman in hopes of identifying her

EPS says in the release that their Missing Persons Unity has "exhausted traditional investigative methods" but hasn't been able to identify the woman.

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8 h. ago ‘An attack on an entire community’: Regent Park shooters given life sentences

Superior Court Justice Gillian Roberts handed two young men found guilty of the first-degree murder of Regent Park Youth worker Thane Murray the maximum sentence possible.

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14 h. ago Former ’16 and Pregnant’ star charged in man’s overdose death

ROME, Ga. — A woman who appeared on MTV’s “16 and Pregnant” was arrested Monday in Georgia on charges including involuntary manslaughter related to a man’s death by fentanyl poisoning earlier this year. Whitney Purvis, 33, was being held without bond in the Floyd County Jail in Rome, Georgia, about 65 miles (105 kilometres) northwest […]

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14 h. ago 3 men guilty in UK arson attack ordered by Russia’s Wagner mercenaries

Last year's blaze at an industrial estate in east London targeted two units including one for a company which delivered packages to Ukraine.

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15 h. ago New Toronto Maple Leafs player was golfing the moment he learned of trade

For many Toronto Maple Leafs players, they've long been the subject of jokes about hitting the golf course as soon as their season ends.For Matias Maccelli, one of the newest members of the Leafs, that's actually where his time in Toronto started.Maccelli, who was traded from the Utah Mammoth on June 30, was in the midst of an afternoon round when the Leafs decided to make a move for him."I was at the golf course, just trying to make a putt, and then my friend started yelling that I just got traded to Toronto," Maccelli told the media today. "It was a pretty exciting golf round, the rest of that. I was obviously super, super pumped and excited to be part of the Leafs. It was just a super exciting moment."Maccelli, a 24-year-old native of Turku, Finland, is entering his fifth NHL campaign."I've been working a lot this summer on my game, more than maybe the previous years," Maccelli added. " Just have to be comfortable again with the puck...

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22 h. ago 'A hard one for us': Calgary Wild FC battle but fall to Halifax Tides FC

The first match following a two-week combined with a banged-up Calgary roster made it difficult for the Wild Roses to mount an offensive attack.

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28 h. ago Police probe fire that destroyed central Alberta home, displaced neighbours

The fire destroyed one home and caused significant damage to another.

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29 h. ago Calgary man found guilty of 2023 murder, 2nd conviction in 16 years

Christopher Dunlop, 50, was found guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Judy Maerz, 58, on Monday, the second woman he’s killed in the past 16 years. Maerz’s body was found in Deerfoot Athletic Park in 2023, and an autopsy determined she was the victim of a homicide police believed happened within hours of...

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31 h. ago Australian woman convicted of triple murder after serving beef Wellington with poisonous mushrooms

The case turned on the question of whether Erin Patterson meticulously planned a triple murder or accidentally killed three people she loved

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32 h. ago Boy, 14, identified as victim of fatal stabbing near McDonald’s in Beaches area

Abdoul Aziz Sarr, 14, of Toronto, was pronounced dead at hospital after Saturday attack

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32 h. ago Bee attack in southern France leaves 3 hospitalized, 24 injured

People walking in the south-central France town were stung over a period of 30 minutes on July 6. Police had to set up a security perimeter until the bees stopped their attack.

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32 h. ago Buyers now offering way less than asking price for homes in almost all of the GTA

One may wonder how much more doom and gloom the Toronto housing market can handle, as the negative statistics and outlooks keep piling up month after month.The city, having been immensely overvalued and undersupplied for so long, is in a bit of a state of shock now that the market has done a 180, with more homes now up for sale than ever, making for largest gap between supply and demand on record.Even if this is all good for would-be buyers who have been waiting for some semblance of affordability for years, the stagnation has only led to a modest drop in average prices lately, with most owners and developers unwilling or unable to bear the substantial loss of pricing to sell in this current landscape.Still, per the latest numbers from the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB), the cost of the standard residential property in the GTA slid 5.4 per cent in June compared to the same time last year — the most significant year-over-...

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32 h. ago Video shows rescue of woman clinging to tree after dodging fridges, RVs in Texas flood

She survived being dragged by the current over four dams and ended up 20 miles away from her campsite, where she was staying with family

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33 h. ago Calgary woman's slaying by previously convicted killer was first

Previously convicted killer Christopher Ward Dunlop left his Calgary home in the early hours of Feb. 16, 2023, with murder on his mind, a judge ruled Monday. In finding the Calgary man guilty of first-degree murder, Justice Colin Feasby not only ruled the death of sex-trade worker Judy Maerz was a planned and deliberate act, […]

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34 h. ago SIMMONS: Celebrating Larry Tanenbaum, the great Toronto sports owner who wasn’t really the owner

Outgoing chair of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment celebrates his 80th birthday on Tuesday.

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