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BURNS LAKE, B.C. – Police are asking the public for help in finding a seven-year-old girl missing from her home about 250 kilometres west of Prince George, B.C.

RCMP say Oaklynn Schwedder was last seen outside her home in the small community of Southbank, near Burns Lake, at 6 p.m. on Thursday.

They describe the girl as “on the autism spectrum” and non-verbal.

Police say they have “numerous resources” in the area, including search and rescue crews who are working with the girl’s family in the effort to find her.

The girl was last seen wearing a red and blue plaid dress, leggings with white bow ties and pink socks.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 20, 2024.

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TORONTO – Experts say rising team valuations and the desire to forge a legacyare likely at the heart of what motivated Rogers Communications Inc. executive chair Edward Rogers to bolster the company’s portfolio of Toronto professional sports teams.

The company’s $4.7-billion deal to acquire rival telecom BCE Inc.’s 37.5 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment will give Rogers a majority control of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Argonauts and Toronto FC.

It’s a move that plays into Rogers’ long-standing strategy to build out its sports empire, with the company already owning the Toronto Blue Jays and becoming the national NHL television rights holder a decade ago.

Dave Heger, a senior equity analyst at Edward Jones, says there is probably an “ego benefit” to be realized for Rogers that comes from the status and name recognition associated with owning pro sports teams in a major city.

He says that’s on top of the financial attraction of teams like the Leafs and Raptors continuing to increase in value.

In an interview with Sportsnet on Wednesday, Edward Rogers said his company had spent more than $14.5 billion over the last decade on sports. He described it as a “core business for us” while adding that he recognized that “being involved with these teams is a public trust.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 20, 2024.

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JASPER, ALTA. – CN Rail’s decision to pull operations out of the Rocky Mountain tourist town of Jasper, Alta., will have a devastating impact on local families, says mayor Richard Ireland.

Ireland says CN Rail’s presence in town is a key part of the community’s identity, and he hopes the company will reconsider.

The company announced this week that it aims to transfer its operations from Jasper to Hinton, Alta., about 100 kilometres east, come September 2025.

A company memo sent to the roughly 200 impacted workers on Monday says the change will improve efficiency by reducing stops between Edmonton and Blue River, B.C. on the western side of the Rocky Mountains.

Ireland says the timing of the move only intensifies the harm felt in Jasper after a wildfire destroyed one-third of the town’s homes and businesses in July.

An estimated 2,000 residents were displaced by the fire.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 20, 2024.

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