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VICTORIA – Two-time Olympic medallist Ryan Cochrane of Victoria completed an impressive comeback for gold at the Canadian swimming trials on Wednesday.

VANCOUVER – Vancouver-based Goldcorp (TSX:G) is extending its takeover offer for Osisko Mining (TSX:OSK) until 5 p.m. on April 15. The announcement came a day after a rival offer from Toronto-based Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI), which wants to buy a half-share of Osisko’s mining assets with support from Osisko’s board of directors and two of Canada’s largest pension funds. Yamana’s offer values Osisko at about $3.4 billion. Goldcorp says it will continue to examine the rival offer and conduct its due-diligence investigations of Osisko and its main asset, the Canada Malartic gold mine in Quebec.

VANCOUVER – Winnipeg Jets’ forward Evander Kane is being sued in British Columbia over an alleged assault in Vancouver last summer.

VANCOUVER – Canada’s highest court has turned its back on a convicted and disbarred lawyer from Vernon, B.C.

ESQUIMALT, B.C. – A Canadian naval ship deployed to watch for terrorism activities in the Indian Ocean has seized a large shipment heroin.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – A 31-year-old Abbotsford, B.C., man is facing charges in the latest cautionary tale for parents trying to protect their children from online predators.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – A B.C. man will stand trial again for the murders of two sex workers after the Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear an appeal related to the case.

FERNIE, B.C. – A 44-year-old man accused of attacking his estranged wife and setting her Langley, B.C., house on fire has been arrested.

VANCOUVER – An accused Macau triad boss will not get a judicial review of his immigration case, after a Federal Court judge found there is ample evidence of his ties to criminal activity.

VICTORIA – British Columbia’s workers compensation board has imposed more than $1 million in fines and fees against the owners of the Burns Lake sawmill that exploded, killing two workers and injuring 19 others.

VICTORIA – Premier Christy Clark has unveiled a skills-training strategy designed to ensure British Columbia has enough skilled workers for liquefied natural gas projects.

VANCOUVER – Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis wants his team to get back playing the style that got them to within one victory of the Stanley Cup.

VANCOUVER – A First Nations group that claimed development of a massive B.C. ski resort interferes with its religious practices involving the spirit of the grizzly bear has had its claim dismissed in court.

VANCOUVER – Two of British Columbia’s largest aboriginal groups have joined forces to oppose any plans by the federal government for a commercial roe herring fishery this year.

VICTORIA – Olympian Alec Page held off a strong challenge from Luke Reilly to defend his gold in the men’s 400-metre individual medley at the Canadian swimming trials on Thursday.

VANCOUVER – A mother of three is suing her children’s school board looking for reimbursement for the costs of workbooks, school supplies and activities.

VANCOUVER – West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX:WFT) has struck a deal to buy the Bibler Brothers lumber sawmill and manufacturing operations in Arkansas, about 130 kilometres from another operation that the Vancouver-based company recently acquired in Mansfield, Ark. The two Arkansas acquisitions are part of West Fraser’s plans to expand in the U.S. South and Western Canada, where it has its base. Financial details of the Bibler deal haven’t been announced.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Luck has run out for 67 workers at the B.C. Lottery Corporation as it reorganizes following the departure of former CEO Michael Graydon.

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. – A woman and a teenaged boy have been found dead in a home in Prince Rupert, B.C.

VANCOUVER – The lawyer for a Vancouver woman accused of killing her newborn babies told a jury the woman was so terrified during the home births she wasn’t thinking of ending their lives, but how to hide the births from her family.

VANCOUVER – A specialized piece of ski equipment has been stolen in Vancouver and police hope someone can help them reunite it with its owner.