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The year was 1974, October 6 to be precise, that time of year when preseason games are commonly held. What was different about this one was it marked the first time that teams from the fledgling World Hockey Association met with their counterparts from the National Hockey League -- the very earliest signs of coexistence between the rival leagues even as eventual peace remained five years in the future. Read More

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CALGARY — Levonte Johnson scored twice to help the Vancouver Whitecaps open defence of their Canadian Championship with a 2-1 win over Cavalry FC in the opening leg of their quarterfinal Tuesday. Read More

Can we drop the puck on the Western Conference second round between the Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks already? It's felt like ages since the Oilers dusted off the Los Angeles Kings in the opening round, which ended exactly a week ago Wednesday. Read More

London Drugs says it has reopened all its stores across Western Canada after a cybersecurity breach forced the retailer to close last month. Read More

The San Jose Sharks won the draft lottery on Tuesday and general manager Mike Grier already has an idea of who he'll be selecting with the No. 1 pick: North Vancouver-born centre Macklin Celebrini. Read More

Vancouver Island dance duo Funkanometry are one of this year's Canada's Got Talent finalists. Read More

Vancouver author John Vaillant’s book Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast is named one of two finalists this week for the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction books. The Pulitzer Prize board announces the finalists at the same time as the winner, which is Nathan Thrall for A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. Read More

An otherwise largely routine Delta city council meeting ended with a stunner Monday night, when councillors voted to strip Mayor George Harvie of his role on Metro Vancouver’s board and tighten controls on his office. Read More

Surrey-headquartered forestry company Teal Jones Group has reached an interim financing deal that will allow it to restart operations and continue reorganizing its business under court protection from its creditors, according to documents filed with the B.C. Supreme Court. Read More

Britpop fans get ready for a dynamite double-bill of Mancunian musical legends as Johnny Marr and James are playing the Queen Elizabeth Theatre on Sept. 20. Read More

UBC's new president, Benoit-Antoine Bacon, says B.C.'s largest university has an exciting future, given the city's growing reputation as a biotech hub and new federal funding for life-science research at the university. Read More

Who should be doing more heavy lifting to ensure major carbon capture and storage projects take off in Alberta after one high-profile development failed to launch? Read More

They didn’t move up and they didn’t move down. Read More

A diverse alliance whose members have often been at loggerheads on Tuesday stood united in demanding the Prime Minister keep a promise he made five years ago to end by 2025 open-net fish pens in B.C. Read More

Re: Vancouver's flagship Hudson's Bay store still empty, needs working elevators and escalators Read More

A lawyer for accused killer Richard Reed says a man who met with his client shortly before a 2020 Richmond murder could be the gunman in the targeted execution of an alleged money launderer. Read More

Playing with a top pair of forwards is both easy and hard. Read More

A quick response from the Canadian Coast Guard, Vancouver Port Authority and Seaspan prevented a commercial barge from washing up on the beach of Vancouver's English Bay on Tuesday afternoon. Read More

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has appointed a new committee to look into ways to speed up the reclamation of the large and growing tailings ponds in the province’s oilsands. Read More