EDMONTON – The Carolina Hurricanes were pretty quiet during the trade deadline period, but based on the way they’ve been playing of late it could easily be argued they didn’t really need to tinker with the lineup.

Jackson Blake had a pair of goals and K’Andre Miller had three assists as the Eastern Conference-leading Hurricanes registered a 6-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist and Shayne Gostisbehere, Jordan Martinook, and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes (40-16-6), who have won seven of their last eight games and have gone 16-2-3 in their last 21.

“A full team effort,” said Hurricanes defenceman Jalen Chatfield. “I don’t think there was a guy that took a shift off. We knew that was a good team coming in tonight and we had to play together and we needed everybody.”

Frederik Andersen only needed to make 13 stops to earn the win in the Carolina net.

“They’ve obviously got some very good players and we did a really good job of containing them,” said the veteran goalie. “They’ve got a lot of speed when they carry the puck up the middle, the D did a hell of a job containing (Connor) McDavid a lot.”

The only downside to the night was that the team lost Gostisbehere to an undisclosed injury.

“It’s obviously not good, he’s kind of been dealing with stuff, I feel like, all year,” said Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour. “Just when he kind of gets rolling, he keeps getting nicked up. So, I don’t really have an update at this time.”

Brind’Amour was impressed with how the rest of the defence stepped up.

“Those guys really dug in,” he said. “We lose ‘Ghost’ and we’re down to five, and are really playing four for the most part, it’s a lot to ask against that team and thought they did just a great job. They didn’t have a lot of chances and didn’t have a ton of shots, so we were doing a pretty good job.”

The Hurricanes did make one minor deal on trade deadline day, acquiring bruising 35-year-old forward Nicolas Deslauriers from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a conditional seventh-round pick in 2027.

Deslauriers has dressed in 24 games for the Flyers this season, recording one assist and 33 penalty minutes.

Zach Hyman had a pair of goals and Vasily Podkolzin also replied for the Oilers (30-25-8), who have lost six of their last eight. Edmonton has allowed 56 goals in its last 12 games.

Tristan Jarry managed 26 saves in the loss for Edmonton.

“Obviously we need to find it and put together wins,” said Oilers head coach Kris Knoblauch. “We’ve only got 20 games left and we’re on the brink of not making the playoffs. We can’t wait to find our game in the playoffs because we need to ultimately get there. We need to find another gear.”

The Oilers have had 10 home games this season with a save percentage below .840, an NHL high.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2026.

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More than four years after her son’s death, Tracey Savage says the wait for justice continues.

On Sept. 5, 2021, a young man was found critically injured on a field at Penticton Secondary School. He later died in hospital.

Savage says the days before her son was identified were agonizing.

“Each day he didn’t come home, you knew that the chances are it was your son.”

Thirteen days later, the victim was identified as 22-year-old Taig Savage.

In 2024, four people were charged with second-degree murder in connection with his death. Three of the accused were youths at the time of the alleged offence and are expected to stand trial later this year.

The fourth suspect, Isaac Hayes Jack, will be tried separately as an adult.

Savage says the impact on her family has been devastating.

“It’s life changing to say the least. Our family has really struggled with the events.”

Jack’s trial was expected to begin this spring, but Savage says health issues involving the defence lawyer could push proceedings back by another year, the latest in a series of delays.

The trial has also been moved from Penticton to Kelowna, adding roughly two hours of commuting each day for the family to attend court.

“I was kind of working so that I would have enough money to be able to attend every day. And the delay puts an inconvenience on both planning and time constraints,” said Savage.

More than four years after Taig’s death, those accused of killing him remain free while the case moves through the court system.

Helena Konanz, the B.C. Conservative MP for Similkameen–South Okanagan–West Kootenay, says the case highlights broader concerns about delays in the justice system.

“We cannot have people who are accused of murder wandering or living a normal life when someone like Taig’s life was taken away. We need to focus back on the victims,” said Konanz.

Konanz has raised Savage’s story in Parliament, criticizing the time it has taken for the case to reach trial.

“People start forgetting what a big deal this was, that a young man lost his life,” said Konanz.

Savage says the delays have made an already difficult process even harder for her family.

“There’s no consideration for the family. None, really, in terms of where, when and how this has unfolded,” said Savage.

In a statement, the B.C. Ministry of Attorney General says the province has been pushing the federal government to amend the Criminal Code to help address court delays.

“We are continuing to make system improvements here in British Columbia. Dedicated witness support teams are keeping cases on track by working closely with victims and witnesses to ensure they are prepared to testify,” said the Attorney General’s office.

“Crown counsel and law enforcement are using digital evidence management systems to streamline disclosure, making it faster and easier to share information with defence. Virtual hearings are saving travel time, reducing wait times, and improving the efficient use of court time. In major crime files, strong communication between Crown counsel and police has improved scheduling and time management.

“Work is also underway to expand the use of digital documents in court files, giving judges faster and more streamlined access to key information.”

In the meantime, Savage says she is preparing to spend at least another year in the court system as she continues fighting for justice for her son.

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The mother of a 12-year-old girl critically injured in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., last month says her daughter’s breathing tube has been removed as doctors check to see whether she can breathe on her own.

A post on the Facebook account belonging to Cia Edmonds, mother of Maya Gebala, says the removal was a “terrifying experience” and she held her daughter’s hand as the girl winced.

But Edmonds writes in the post on Friday that her daughter was “doing great” and “looking more like her beautiful self.”

Edmonds and Gebala’s father, David Gebala, have said their daughter was struck in her neck and in the head, just above her left eye, when shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar opened fire at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School on Feb. 10.

Van Rootselaar had gone to the school after killing her mother, Jennifer Strang, and 11-year-old half-brother, Emmett Jacobs, at their family home in the northeastern British Columbia community.

A Facebook post by the Tumbler Ridge Chamber of Commerce says the Strang family has invited family, friends and residents of Tumbler Ridge to join them for a service celebrating the lives of Strang and Jacobs on Saturday.

The chamber and its counterpart in Prince George, B.C., are meanwhile urging the B.C. and federal governments to ban children under 16 from using AI tools and social media.

Jerrilyn Kirk, executive director of the Tumbler Ridge chamber, said last month’s shootings underscore that everybody is “vulnerable to the impacts of online harms.”

She said a growing body of research shows that giving children unregulated access to powerful digital applications contributes to “social instability, mental health pressures and public safety risks.”

The chambers were building their case on research that Australia used to ban social media for children under 16 last year, Kirk added in an interview.

A 2023 peer-reviewed study led by researchers at the University of Ottawa found heavy social media use is associated with higher levels of psychological distress, with younger adolescents being the most vulnerable.

Van Rootselaar, who shot dead eight people before killing herself, had been banned by OpenAI last June after violating its policies on the use of its ChatGPT chatbot.

But the company only told police after her name became public following the shooting.

Neil Godbout, executive director of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce, said healthy communities are “foundational to economic stability and growth.”

The two chambers say in a statement that their joint resolution on the proposed ban now goes to the BC Chamber of Commerce for debate.

If adopted, it would become part of the policies that the provincial chamber will submit to the B.C. government for consideration, they say.

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma said she was aware of the resolution, adding that improving online safety is a top priority as online tools evolve.

“We should not be allowing social media and AI chatbot platforms to experiment, in an unregulated fashion, on the minds of young people,” she said.

Sharma said the federal government must create “meaningful regulations” that strengthen safeguards for youth online.

B.C.’s chief coroner, Dr. Jatinder Baidwan, announced this week that an inquest into the shootings is set to consider the role of artificial intelligence.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Kris Clark said the investigation into the shootings is ongoing and would only conclude once “all investigative avenues have been exhausted.”

“It’s impossible to provide a specific or detailed timeline, as it is subject to the gathering of all digital and physical evidence and any analysis,” he said in a statement.

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EDMONTON – Jackson Blake had a pair of goals and K’Andre Miller had three assists as the Eastern Conference-leading Carolina Hurricanes came away with a 6-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday.

Nikolaj Ehlers had a goal and an assist and Shayne Gostisbehere, Jordan Martinook and Jordan Staal also scored for the Hurricanes (40-16-6), who have won seven of their last eight games and have gone 16-2-3 in their last 21 contests.

Zach Hyman had a pair of goals and Vasily Podkolzin also replied for the Oilers (30-25-8), who have lost six of their last eight. Edmonton has allowed 56 goals in its last 12 games.

Frederik Andersen made 13 stops to earn the win in the Carolina net, while Tristan Jarry made 26 saves for Edmonton.

TAKEAWAYS

Hurricanes: Ehlers has now scored five goals in his last three games, hitting the 20-goal mark on Friday for the ninth time in his 11 NHL campaigns.

Oilers: Connor McDavid picked up an assist to extend his points streak to six games, during which time he has picked up 11 points. In his last 11 games, McDavid has recorded 21 points.

KEY MOMENT

Carolina scored a pair of goals just 46 seconds apart, both coming off Edmonton miscues. Just 37 seconds after the Oilers opened the scoring 10:43 into the first, Seth Jarvis passed it across to Gostisbehere and he ripped a one-timer into a wide-open net for his 11th. The Canes then took a 2-1 lead when Ehlers sent a long shot off the bar and in for his 20th.

KEY STAT

Three Oilers acquired in a pair of separate deals with Chicago — defenceman Connor Murphy and forwards Jason Dickinson and Colton Dach — made their debuts in the game. Not counting season-opening games, it was the fifth time in the last 30 years that three players all debuted at once. Edmonton did not make a Deadline Day trade for the fourth straight year.

UP NEXT

Hurricanes: Visit the Calgary Flames on Saturday.

Oilers: Visit the Vegas Golden Knights on Sunday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 6, 2026.

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Braiden Clark and Cohen Bidgood each recorded hat tricks as the London Knights defeated the Erie Otters 10-2 on March 6 at Canada Life Place in the first of back-to-back games between the teams.

Henry Brzustewicz had four assists for the Knights and Braidy Wassilyn had three.

London had two goals before the Erie Otters had recorded their first shot of the game.

Cohen Bidgood and Braiden Clark scored 27 seconds apart at 13:55 and 14:22 of the opening period.

Knights goaltender Seb Gatto was not called on to make his first save until the 15:10 mark and that was the only save Gatto had to make in the first 20 minutes.

Ryan Brown scored his second goal in two games and 21st of the year with 1:03 remaining on the clock and London took a 3-0 lead to the dressing room.

Bidgood’s second of the game came on a power play at 1:30 of the second period and was followed by Evan Van Gorp’s third goal in three games at the 8:00 mark, extending the Knights lead to 5-0.

Tyler Cooper of the Otters managed to steal a puck deep in the London end and scored for the Otters at 11:26. However, that goal seemed to spark London as Jaxon Cover fed Bidgood to complete his hat trick and Braiden Clark wired in his 19th goal of the season.

The Knights led 7-1 through two periods and had held Erie to only seven shots to that point in the game.

London added three more goals in the third period as Clark completed his hat trick on a breakaway and Brody Cook scored short-handed on another breakaway.

Evan Headrick of the Otters scored a power play goal at 9:07 of the third period and Max Crete finished the scoring and brought the Knights to double-digits for the second time in 2025-26.

Alex Campeau and Cooper McAslan each earned their first OHL points with assists in the game.

The pair was taken in the first and second rounds respectively in the 2025 OHL Priority Selection.

Sixteen of the 18 London skaters recorded at least one point.

The Knights were 1-for-3 on the power play.

Erie was 1-for-1 on the man advantage.

London outshot the Otters 37-18.

Movement at the NHL trade deadline

Several former London Knights changed teams at this year’s NHL trade deadline.

After Michael McCarron went from Nashville to Minnesota and Olli Maatta ended up in Calgary after a deal between the Flames and the Utah Mammoth on March 4 and 5, respectively, more ex-Knights were given new addresses.

In a stunner, John Carlson went to bed as a member of the Washington Capitals and woke up on the Anaheim Ducks.

Jackson Edward was traded from Boston to the Philadelphia Flyers. Londoner Brett Harrison also went to Philadelphia in that deal.

Corey Perry also went back to the Tampa Bay Lightning from the L.A. Kings. Perry went to the Stanley Cup final with the Lightning in 2022.

Nazem Kadri won the Stanley Cup with Colorado that year and Kadri was traded back to the Avalanche right before the deadline arrived.

Up next

The Knights and Otters will meet again on March 7 in the second of their home-and-home series in a game that will complete their season series against one another.

Coverage will start at 6:30 on 980 CFPL, at www.980cfpl.ca and on the iHeart Radio and Radioplayer Canada apps.

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An Edmonton-area family has finally been reunited with their dog. The pup got spooked months ago, and the family thought they might never see her again.

Chilli has been a huge part of Jody Toope’s family for the past three years, but the Calmar family recently went nearly three months without her.

“Chilli is wonderful, she steals everybody’s heart,” said Jody Toope, Chilli’s owner.

The six-year-old German Shepherd-cross got spooked when she was out with one of her owners in Brazeau County near Drayton Valley, southwest of Edmonton, in December and ran off into the woods.

“She didn’t come back, he stayed out there till 10 that night, looking for her, calling for her,” said Toope.

“We were doing all the things we thought were right, and we just couldn’t get her.”

Toope’s family and friends spent all their free time searching for Chilli. Each time people would spot the dog, they would send over photos and videos.

But they just couldn’t track her down, until this week, when they called in some help.

The Scent Rescue Team is based in British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and help reunite people with their missing animals.

Stephanie and Nicole Tolea drove up to the Drayton Valley area, setting up trail cameras and leaving out food.

Less than 48 hours later, they found Chilli.

“We just slowly pulled up into where our trap was, and Nicole was like, ‘I can hear barking,'” said Stephanie Tolea, co-founder of the Scent Rescue Team.

“I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s either in the trap or she’s barking somewhere off in the distance.’ As soon as we pulled up there she was in the trap.”

Toope got the call early Thursday, around 5 a.m.

“She said, ‘Jody, we got her,’ and I said ‘Shut up!’ She said ‘No seriously, we have her.'”

When reunited with Chilli, Toope went up to the dog in the back of Tolea’s van, which was a very emotional moment.

“There were so many times I wanted to give up, there were so many times because I was just exhausted, and I was just tired, and I was just losing hope,” said Toope.

Chilli was found about two kilometres from where she originally ran off. Despite being out in the woods for three months in the dead of winter, she is healthy — albeit at half of her previous body weight.

Toope says Chilli is already acting like her old self and is grateful she’s by her side once again.

“I still can’t believe it, I’m just so happy.

“I don’t think she would’ve lasted much longer out there; I don’t think she had much more time, this needed to happen.”

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For four decades, Sandy and Muriel Bacsu have lived with a painful question no parent should have to endure: What happened to their daughter?

“She was just a beautiful little girl… and someone took her away from us,” Muriel said, struggling to form words as raw emotion etched his face, as if no time had passed since his daughter vanished.

“It’s beyond words. I am not as strong as my wife… but we need her home.”

Shelley-Anne Bacsu was just 16 years old when she went missing on May 3, 1983, in a western Alberta community at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.

She was headed home from a babysitting job in the town of Hinton — a  seven-kilometre walk she’d done many times before.

Shelley-Anne called her mom Sandy before heading out. It was the last time they ever spoke.

“I just keep wanting to hear the sound of her voice and it’s fading… and I don’t like it,” Sandy said.

Shelley-Anne would now be 58. The years since her disappearance have been agony for the Bacsus, whose son has also since passed away.

“I have my son’s ashes by my bed. I need to have my daughter’s, too, so I can say goodnight,” Sandy said.

The couple feels feel frozen in time, unable to move forward.

“You think of what could have been, what might be — it’s torture. There’s no other word for it, it’s totally torture,” Sandy said.

The pain of all the memories she never got to make with her daughter weighs on Sandy.

“I see other girls out with their mothers shopping or having lunch and thinking, ‘I didn’t get that opportunity and why?’ It was taken from me.”

Shelley-Anne’s body was never found but police found some of her belongings along the Athabasca River near Hinton and believe she was a victim of foul play.

Among them: A tiny grey jacket, obviously dated; dirt caked around its edges, blue pen marks, rips and tears and most notably, a red evidence tag on its zipper.

Inside the pocket was a library card that helped police identify its owner back in 1983.

More than four decades later, the Bacsu family and the police are still looking for answers.

Now, a large cash reward is being offered in hopes of changing that. About six months ago, businessman Todd Beasley provided $50,000 but so far, it has not generated any tips.

On Friday, they laid the sum out in cash in front of the media, hoping the visual would help.

“That’s what $50,000 looks like — help bring Shelly-Anne home,” Beasley said.

Bacsu’s case is one of hundreds of unsolved murders in Alberta and police said such rewards can make a difference.

Detectives in the RCMP Historical Homicide Unit have a difficult job. Once RCMP Major Crimes Unit has exhausted all efforts in the search for suspects in homicide cases, they are turned over to the eight-man unit. The HHU scours through the evidence again looking for new information.

As technology advances, they audit the evidence, like in Bascu’s case.

The unit works closely with forensic laboratories to ensure any advancement means a re-evaluation of what they already have collected, like fingerprints, shoe prints or tire prints from a scene.

But so far, that hasn’t lead to a break in the cast. Investigators say time also plays a role in when witnesses may come forward — sometimes, the passage of time can weigh on a person.

“Either they were there and did it themselves, either they were there and saw someone do it, or someone told they did it and they believed them,” said RCMP Historical Homicide Unit Staff Sgt. Travis Mckenzie.

“That is what we need to further this investigation forward.”

The Historical Homicide Unit doesn’t do its work alone. Its members work alongside forensic laboratories, local RCMP detachments and victim’s services.

Officers try to keep in contact with families of victims at least once a year. Unfortunately, the message is usually the same: there’s no new information.

At 76 and 82 themselves, Sandy and Muriel know the clock is ticking in finding answers — but they hold out hope, however painful it may be.

“Help us get peace in our life,” Muriel said.

“Bring Shelley-Anne home.”

Anyone with information is encouraged to reach out to the Alberta RCMP Historical Homicide Unit via email RCMP.KHHU-KHHU.GRC@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or call 587-336-6589.

If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or online.

–with files from Quinn Ohler, Global News

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday he believes Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the line of succession to the British throne for his “deplorable” actions, but noted he would respect the process currently playing out in the country.

“Personally I do, yes,” Carney told reporters in Tokyo when asked about the former prince Andrew.

“There is a process (underway) to define that process, but I certainly think his actions, which are deplorable and have caused him to be stripped of his royal title, certainly merit, if that’s the word — necessitate is a better word — his removal from the line of succession. Even though he is well down the line of succession, I think the point, the principle, stands.”

The comments were notable coming from the leader of a member of the Commonwealth, all 14 of which would need to approve a change to the line of succession.

Mountbatten-Windsor was stripped of his royal status last year over his close links with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. However, he remains eighth in line to become monarch as the younger brother of King Charles III.

The British government confirmed last month it was “not ruling out action” to change that after Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following the release of millions of pages of files last month related to Epstein by the U.S. Justice Department.

Those documents led to accusations that the former prince was sharing confidential trade information with the disgraced financier when he served as U.K. trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.

Mountbatten-Windsor was released without charge after spending about 11 hours in custody, but he remains under investigation.

“The government is clear that we are not ruling out action in respect of the line of succession at this stage, and we will consider whether any further steps are required in due course,” Darren Jones, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief secretary, told lawmakers after the arrest.

Removing someone from the line of succession would require an act of Parliament, which needs lawmakers’ approval.

Under the current line of royal succession, Charles’ son Prince William is heir to the throne and his three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — are next. Prince Harry is fifth, while his two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, are sixth and seventh in line.

Mountbatten-Windsor — who was second in line to the throne at his birth — currently follows them in eighth position. His daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, are at ninth and 12th places, respectively.

Australia and New Zealand have said they would support any U.K. government plan to exclude Mountbatten-Windsor.

“These are grave allegations and Australians take them seriously,” Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wrote in a letter to Starmer last month.

“I agree with His Majesty that the law must now take its full course and there must be a full, fair and proper investigation.”

—with files from the Associated Press

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Kelowna, B.C., is still in the off-season but this year the tourism season is expected to get an earlier start.

“We think we’re in for a very, very good and early tourism season,” said Ellen Walker-Matthews, president and CEO of the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association (TOTA).

The city is hosting several major events this spring and summer starting with the Memorial Cup in May.

That will be followed by the CFL’s Touchdown Kelowna games in June and the B.C. Summer Games in July.

But TOTA officials also say the 2026 FIFA World Cup, taking place in Vancouver starting June 11, will likely also benefit the Okanagan’s tourism industry.

“If they’re at FIFA and want to try something else while they’re here or if they’re not at FIFA and, you know, Vancouverites may be wanting to leave town during the excitement,” said Walker-Matthews. “Or others that don’t go to FIFA that want to come to this location on their way.”

Those visitors may have more accommodation options for the first time in two years.

The province is considering a fast-tracked exemption on short-term rental restrictions after an official request from the City of Kelowna.

While no decision has been made, strata corporations are already lining up to re-open their buildings to short-term rentals.

“We took forward 16 properties on Monday. There are another three that have submitted applications,” said Nola Kilmartin, the city’s development planning department manager.

Fourteen of the buildings historically operated as short-term rental complexes until the restrictions went into effect in May 2024.

Two are newly built but were approved and marketed as short-term rental buildings.

If approved, an exemption could add hundreds of units to the short-term rental pool.

With the city’s vacancy rate above three per cent for two consecutive years, the city is eligible for an exemption.

However, if approved, it wouldn’t be effective until November, which is why the city wants the province to speed it up.

“They are aware it’s important to us to give as much notice as possible, so that we can hit some of those big events that are coming up at the end of May and in June and July,” Kilmartin said.

But the minister responsible said the city’s request is still under review.

“Our staff are working on trying to find a path forward that provides a good solution,” said Christine Boyle, B.C.’s housing minister. “Kelowna has been a really good partner putting forward very practical proposals on this front and there’s good work happening.

“I look forward to having something to announce in the coming weeks.”

However, as a number of big events and the summer season approach, some argue time is critical.

“People are well into their making plans. They start making their plans for this region very early,”  said Walker-Matthews. “But we’re definitely seeing the bookings have been starting as early as January this year into our spring and summer.”

Kilmartin said the city is not able to adopt rezoning for the buildings until provincial approval. However, individual owners interested in renting out their units are being encouraged to apply for a business licence now.

“The next step is the province and it will be at the ministry’s decision and authorization for us,” Kilmartin said.

“We are accepting business licence applications for hosts for the 16 properties that went to council already, and the hope is that we can support a really strong summer and spring tourism.”

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