3 h. ago ‘I will die for this exhibition tournament’: The imagined thoughts of a Canadian NHL player

'Canadian sovereignty has been besmirched, and the anthem is now being booed. For that, the shattering of American bones is now like music to me'

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3 h. ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Mother Mother, Paper Birch café launch and Taste of Africa at Arden

Mother Mother: Sister and brother Molly and Ryan Guldemond bring their high-energy electro-folk band from B.C. into a nice week of Canadiana Downtown arena shows where Our Lady Peace just stopped the show Thursday to sing the national anthem after Connor McDavid scored that sweet sudden-death goal. MM’s set list could include Verbatim, Burning Pile, […]

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16 h. ago Man dies after trying to calm fight at southeast Calgary restaurant

Victim was struck in the head during altercation at afterparty, succumbed to injuries in hospital

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17 h. ago Man injured while trying to break up fight dies in Calgary hospital, charges pending

A man who Calgary police said tried to break up a fight at a restaurant in the city's southeast has died in hospital, and now charges are pending in the investigation. 

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20 h. ago ‘STOP BLOWING FISH’: Animal rights activists slam bar for holding goldfish races

Animal rights activists are protesting a California bar that holds weekly goldfish races, which have demonstrators up in arms over their “torture and exploitation.” PB Shore Club in San Diego has held the fish races almost every week since the restaurant opened in 2007, local website SanDiegoVille reported. The races involve competitors using straws to […]

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21 h. ago Voletta Wallace, Notorious B.I.G.’s mother and keeper of his legacy, dies at 78

NEW YORK — Voletta Wallace, the dedicated mother of the late great rapper The Notorious B.I.G., died Friday morning at 78. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac confirmed her death Friday to The Associated Press, saying she died at her home in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, after a stint on hospice care. She died of natural causes. A […]

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22 h. ago Condemned South Carolina killer chooses to be executed by firing squad

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Condemned South Carolina inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die next month by a firing squad. He would be the first U.S. inmate shot to death in an execution in 15 years. Sigmon is scheduled to die March 7. On Friday, he became the first South Carolina inmate to choose the […]

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24 h. ago Quebec girl, 13, dies after she was found buried in snow in Montreal suburb

Police said emergency services were dispatched around Tuesday after the girl was found unresponsive under a collapsed snowbank.

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28 h. ago Netanyahu decries release of wrong body as ceasefire violation

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge Friday for what he described as a “cruel and malicious violation” of the ceasefire agreement after a body that Hamas released as part of the deal was found to not be that of an Israeli mother of two young boys, as the militants had promised. The […]

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29 h. ago Jamie Sarkonak: Carney’s carbon credit plan would be the next Liberal boondoggle

Carbon offsets are hard to quantify and credit markets are notoriously open to fraud

Economics

39 h. ago Child hostages identified but body Hamas released was not their mother, Shiri Bibas: Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early Friday. Hamas militants had turned over four bodies Thursday under the tenuous ceasefire that has paused over 15 months of war. One was that of Oded […]

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47 h. ago Six elephants killed after train collides with herd in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — At least six elephants were killed when a passenger train hit a herd near a wildlife sanctuary in Sri Lanka, an official said on Thursday. Four baby elephants and two adults died in the collision near Minneriya, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the capital, Colombo. The area is renowned for […]

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50 h. ago Israel receives coffins said to belong to mother and two young Bibas children slain by Hamas

Amid an outpouring of solidarity, a French lawmaker in Brussels repeats Hamas claims that Israel killed the mother and two children

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50 h. ago Canucks: How Quinn Hughes played — and ate — his way to a Hart Trophy candidate

Between forever improving skating, dialling in on his diet and learning to lead, Quinn Hughes is in the Hart Trophy discussion.

Culture

50 h. ago Mother leaves disabled son, 81, out of will, B.C.'s public trustee sues to get him a share

A claim says Victor Elchuk, who lives with “significant mental and physical disabilities,” has a monthly income of $800.44 from old age security payments.

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51 h. ago Hamas returns bodies of Israeli hostages, said to include children

Hamas on Thursday released the bodies of four Israeli hostages, said to include a mother and her two children who have long been feared dead.

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51 h. ago Israel grieves as Hamas turns over remains said to be of mother and 2 young children

JERUSALEM — Ariel and Kfir Bibas — two of the youngest hostages held in Gaza — became a symbol for Israelis of the brutality of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack. The return of what are presumed to be their bodies on Thursday dashed hopes they had survived captivity and struck another blow to a nation […]

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53 h. ago SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Morris Kandinov Investigating VG, ADSK, DKS, and IART; Shareholders are Encouraged to Contact the Firm

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — National law firm Morris Kandinov is investigating Venture Global, Inc., Autodesk, Inc., DICK’S Sporting Goods, Inc., and Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation.   If you are a current owner of shares, contact leo@moka.law or call (619) 780-3993.    Venture Global, Inc. (NYSE: VG) Accused of Misleading Investors Morris Kandinov is […]

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53 h. ago DEAR ABBY: Bride wants mother and aunt to walk her down the aisle

DEAR ABBY: My 25-year-old niece is getting married in four months. Five years ago, she lost her father in a tragic accident while her parents were on vacation. Since that time, she has come out as gay and grown closer to me than to her mom (my sister). I was always close to my sister […]

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66 h. ago Man on trial for shooting Black teen who rang a wrong doorbell dies days after guilty plea

Andrew Lester was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in the shooting of then-16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who survived

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