National News

QUÉBEC — The man who was convicted earlier this year in the first-degree murder of a Quebec junior college student in 2000 has pleaded guilty in a second cold case.

MONTREAL — The Supreme Court of Canada has partly upheld an appeal from the media about a trial held in Quebec behind closed doors involving a police informant, but the high court insists no "secret trial" ever took place.

MONTREAL — Police in Montreal say 15 people have been arrested after a protest was forcefully dispersed at McGill University Thursday.

The Edmonton Oilers are set to face the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup Final beginning Saturday. The Panthers host the first two games in the best-of-seven series in Sunrise, Fla.

EDMONTON — The mayor of Sunrise, Fla., a city near the edge of the Everglades, home to the NHL Panthers and conspicuously named to avoid death, says it's not that different from Edmonton.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — Once tickets in Edmonton officially went on sale Wednesday for fans to watch the Oilers take on the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final, they sold out within minutes.

SQUAMISH, B.C. — Search and rescue teams in Squamish, B.C., temporarily suspended their efforts Thursday to locate three mountaineers missing for nearly a week.

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A Crown prosecutor says two men on trial over the border blockade at Coutts, Alta., conspired to kill police officers and believed they were justified in doing so.

VANCOUVER — Joseph Vogelgesang was a 19-year-old infantryman when he landed on Juno Beach in Normandy, France.

VANCOUVER — A man convicted of murdering a 13-year-old Burnaby, B.C., girl has repeatedly told a pre-sentencing hearing that he didn't kill her, after refusing to listen to his interpreter during an impact statement by the girl's father.