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2 days ago | timminstoday.com | Joshua Clipperton

EDMONTON — Zach Hyman knew something wasn't right. The Edmonton Oilers winger had just released the puck crossing his blue line in Game 4 of the Western Conference final when Dallas Stars forward Mason Marchment caught him with a glancing blow in the neutral zone. Hyman dropped his stick and immediately skated off, favouring his right arm before heading straight to the locker room.

2 days ago | timminstoday.com | Chuck Chiang

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's power utility wants to boost the province's baseload electricity generation capacity in a bid to meet the province's growing demand from residents and industries. Baseload capacity refers to constant and stable power sources, with Energy Minister Adrian Dix announcing BC Hydro's request for expression of interest from companies to provide geothermal or hydroelectric projects to expand long-term power capacity and meet peak demand.

4 days ago | timminstoday.com | Vanessa Gera

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that Poland's parliament will hold a confidence vote on his government on June 11, as the country faces a “new political reality.” He called for the vote after his political ally, the liberal Warsaw mayor, lost Poland’s weekend presidential election to conservative Karol Nawrocki. “We are starting the session in a new political reality,” Tusk said at the start of a Cabinet meeting in Warsaw.

5 days ago | timminstoday.com | Heidi Ulrichsen

As a teen, Sudbury poet laureate Alex Tétreault went to an underage dance with his first boyfriend at the local gay bar, Zigs. He said he never snuck back to the iconic bar afterward with fake ID or anything, but he did show up on his 19th birthday, when he reached the legal drinking age. “I was buried by the rules,” Tétreault said. “So I waited until I was 19, and I went there, like on the day of my birthday.

1 week ago | timminstoday.com | James Hopkin

SAULT STE. MARIE - An organization advocating for journalists across Canada has bestowed a rather tongue-in-cheek award upon the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service.   On Wednesday, the Canadian Association of Journalists announced that Sault Police was selected as this year’s recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy, in the law enforcement category, for beefing up its service fees to access documents and records.   The Sault Ste.