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Canada's Aaliyah Edwards has declared for the WNBA Draft. The UConn Huskies senior forward made the announcement Thursday on social media with a video referring to this season's NCAA women's basketball tournament as her "last dance.

Winnipeg's landmark intersection at Portage Avenue and Main Street will be reopening to pedestrian traffic after more than 40 years. Councillors voted 11-3 Thursday to reopen the intersection to pedestrians by the summer of 2025.

A new study led by a B.C. criminology professor says people jailed in the province who have addiction and mental health issues are at high risk of being reincarcerated within a few years of being released.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew formally apologized at the provincial legislature Thursday to two men who were switched at birth in a hospital almost 70 years ago and only late in life discovered their true identities.

Police say they believe a series of shootings and three homicides in the Greater Toronto Area last November are connected and they're asking for the public's help to identify the suspects.

EDMONTON — Gas prices are set to rise in Alberta next month, with the provincial government fully reinstating its fuel tax following a drop in oil prices.

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says an electronic database of records was not compromised in a break-in at the victim services office in Whitehorse, but staff are still completing an inventory of paper records.

MIAMI — Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men's singles at the Miami Open. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-round match Thursday.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed forward James Stefan to a three-year entry level contract Thursday.

Vancouver police say a suspect who was armed with a knife and chased people on a city street had only been released from jail five days before his arrest.