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KAMLOOPS, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ - Beau McCue broke a 1-1 tie just 30 seconds into the third period Wednesday as the Tri-City Americans defeated the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League.

VANCOUVER — The officer in charge of a ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Ferries vessel when it struck an island and sank in 2006 has pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal negligence causing death.

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks captain Henrik Sedin says Maple Leafs fans can expect more of the same from Brian Burke's successor Dave Nonis.

VANCOUVER - Two problem gamblers who enrolled in a program that barred them from government-run casinos can go ahead with a class-action lawsuit to try to get their winnings back, says a ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Supreme Court judge.

VANCOUVER - Ignoring a sea of taunts and threats of violence, Victoria Pearson waded into the 2011 Stanley Cup riot and appealed to the conscience of one wild-eyed young man stuffing a handkerchief into the gas tank of a parked car.

VANCOUVER - A government lawyer is attempting to walk back comments from a federal cabinet minister who publicly suggested a mining company may not have followed the rules when it obtained permits to bring 201 Chinese miners to a project in northern

VANCOUVER - A three-person inshore rescue team will be set up at the Canadian Navy auxiliary's base in Stanley Park once the Coast Guard station in Kitsilano is closed later this year, the federal government announced Wednesday.

VANCOUVER - The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered a Coquitlam, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, tour bus company involved in a fatal crash to get off American roads because of its "continuing and flagrant" safety failures and violations.

VICTORIA - The Opposition New Democrats say an NDP government would get rid of the standardized tests that the teachers' union has fought against for years, but the party's education critic says they'll be replaced by some other kind of province-wide

VANCOUVER - Biologists have discovered that a species of fast-flying male wasp uses some smooth moves to build harems of female lovers.