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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Owen Tippett had a goal and three assists as the Mississauga Steelheads beat the Ottawa 67's 6-2 on Friday night in Game 1 of their first round Ontario Hockey League playoff series.

CALGARY — A Calgary man who was found guilty along with his wife of murder in the death of their diabetic teenage son has joined her in filing an appeal of his conviction.

OTTAWA — Kasperi Kapanen and Seth Griffith had goals seven seconds apart as the Toronto Marlies skated past the Binghamton Senators 4-2 on Friday in American Hockey League play.

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Liberal Party says it has found 43 so-called indirect donations worth almost $93,000, which it plans to reimburse. The information comes as the RCMP is already reviewing possible violations of the B.C.

UCLUELET, B.C. — A popular beach along the West Coast of Vancouver Island has been closed as a wolf prowls in the area of the national park.

OTTAWA — Advance voting began Friday in five federal byelections and the prime minister was back on the stump, appearing at an event for the Liberal candidate in an Ottawa-area riding.

OTTAWA — The Liberals checked off many of their remaining promises to veterans in Wednesday's federal budget, but left one big priority marked incomplete: giving injured ex-soldiers pensions for life.

HALIFAX — Veterans advocates in Nova Scotia are blasting the federal government for its inaction on a promise to re-introduce life-long pensions for those injured in uniform, and say the provinces aren't doing enough to fight for needed health care r

CALGARY — The presidential permit for Keystone XL did little to assuage concerns Friday from the investment community that the project, which has stoked controversy since its inception nearly a decade ago, still faces a litany of challenges.

WINNIPEG — A judge says DNA evidence will be allowed at the retrial of a man accused of killing a teenage girl more than three decades ago. Mark Grant is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Candace Derksen.