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STV News
2 days ago
- STV News
Family of teen stabbed in park to discuss knife crime with First Minister
The family of a teenager killed in a stabbing at a park in Glasgow is to discuss knife crime with the First Minister. Kory McCrimmon, 16, was stabbed in the heart after a confrontation in Greenfield Park in the city's East End on May 31. The pair had earlier exchanged threats on social media in a dispute over £50. A 14-year-old was sentenced to five years' detention in May after admitting culpable homicide. In the wake of the deaths of teenagers Amen Teklay and Kayden Moy in separate incidents in recent months, the McCrimmon family organised the Parents Against Knives march. Around 200 people participated in the event, which started outside Ibrox Stadium and ended at Celtic Park. At the time, his father, Neil McCrimmon, said: 'This is our children we're talking about, and this is where Mr Swinney needs to make changes.' Police Scotland The family will now meet the First Minister and cabinet secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, Angela Constance, on Wednesday to discuss knife crime, especially among young people, and what preventative measures can be taken. Kate Wallace, chief executive of Victim Support Scotland, said: 'The McCrimmon family is calling for a thoughtful and coordinated response to address the issue of knife crime and prevent it from happening in the first place. Joint action is needed across the board – from Scottish Government, police, social workers, youth services, victim support organisations – with agencies working together to confront the root causes of knife crime. 'We look forward to hearing the First Minister and Cabinet Secretary's responses to the family's questions and urge them to carefully listen to their concerns and suggestions that may help prevent more lives being senselessly lost.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Vancouver Sun
02-07-2025
- Business
- Vancouver Sun
Mitch Marner on joining Vegas Golden Knights: 'You want to be in a place where you want to win'
Family. Winning. Culture. All three have become synonymous with the Vegas Golden Knights through their first eight years in the NHL. They matched the attributes on Mitch Marner's list and why he agreed to a sign-and-trade from Toronto to Vegas, ultimately leaving the organization that drafted him fourth overall in 2015, two years before the Knights entered the league. 'Obviously, the winning regimen they've put up through the last five years, really since they've been in the league,' Marner said during his introductory news conference Tuesday. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. 'The living arrangements from talking to (Max) Pacioretty and Reavo (Ryan Reaves) just through the last couple weeks, it seemed like everything was a pretty good fit for my wife and I and our new son. 'And you know, the great players they have here. It's where we wanted to be.' Of course, a US$96 million contract for a maximum of eight years didn't hurt, either. Both Marner and Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon said it was important to get the deal done before July 1, when Marner would have been eligible to go anywhere else and would have been the most sought-after player beginning at noon EDT. 'This was a spot that was very high on my list,' said Marner, with his wife Stephanie and three-month-old son Miles in the front row, along with his parents, Paul and Bonnie. 'We wanted to come here and went back to my agent and said I'm open to doing this if we can find a way to do it. A couple hours later Kelly called me and said we got a deal going on. 'We thought about going to free agency, but this is the place we want to be. We didn't want to lose that opportunity. And we want to join this hockey team.' Marner joins Vegas' talented and successful core of Mark Stone, Jack Eichel, William Karlsson, Shea Theodore and Adin Hill, which has made the playoffs three years in a row under coach Bruce Cassidy, including winning the Stanley Cup in 2023. 'You want to be in a place where you want to win,' Marner said. 'That's the whole goal of why we do this, you want to hoist that Stanley Cup. This team has shown that they can do it. I'm lucky enough now to hopefully bring another piece in to help bring it back here.' The deal for Marner opened up after Vegas announced veteran defenceman Alex Pietrangelo was stepping away from hockey because his hip injury would require bilateral femur reconstruction that McCrimmon said had 'no guarantee of success.' Pietrangelo going on long-term injured reserve in part paves the way for the Golden Knights to fit Marner in under the salary cap. McCrimmon said Tuesday he doesn't believe Pietrangelo will play hockey again. Marner, however, has plenty to offer the Knights, as the two-time all-star winger leaves the Maple Leafs as their fifth-highest scorer in franchise history at 741 points in the regular season on 221 goals (14th) and 520 assists (fourth). The 28-year-old's 521 assists since his rookie season (2016-17) ranks fifth in the NHL, while he ranks eighth with 741 points. 'We're getting one of the best forwards in the National Hockey League,' said McCrimmon, who also said that conversations about acquiring Marner went back to the trade deadline. 'Elite playmaker, tremendous passer. … Our fans will love this player. He really adds to our team. He adds to our offence. It gives us another F1 star at the forward position, which we really feel is important. I think that it improves our team tremendously. 'When it appeared that Mitch would be going to free agency, he was our target. He was the player that we wanted.' — AP hockey writers Stephen Whyno and John Wawrow contributed to this report.
Hamilton Spectator
02-07-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
All-Star winger Mitch Marner looks forward to fitting into family culture of Vegas Golden Knights
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Family. Winning. Culture. All three have become synonymous with the Vegas Golden Knights through their first eight years in the NHL. They matched the attributes on Mitch Marner's list and why he agreed to a sign-and-trade from Toronto to Vegas, ultimately leaving the organization that drafted him fourth overall in 2015, two years before the Knights entered the league. 'Obviously, the winning regimen they've put up through the last five years, really since they've been in the league,' Marner said during his introductory news conference Tuesday. 'The living arrangements from talking to (Max) Pacioretty and Reavo (Ryan Reaves) just through the last couple weeks, it seemed like everything was a pretty good fit for my wife and I and our new son. 'And you know, the great players they have here. It's where we wanted to be.' Of course, a $96 million contract for a maximum of eight years didn't hurt, either. Both Marner and Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon said it was important to get the deal done before July 1, when Marner would have been eligible to go anywhere else and would have been the most sought-after player beginning at noon EDT. 'This was a spot that was very high on my list,' said Marner, with his wife Stephanie and 3-month-old son Miles in the front row, along with his parents, Paul and Bonnie. 'We wanted to come here and went back to my agent and said I'm open to doing this if we can find a way to do it. A couple hours later Kelly called me and said we got a deal going on. 'We thought about going to free agency, but this is the place we want to be. We didn't want to lose that opportunity. And we want to join this hockey team.' Marner joins Vegas' talented and successful core of Mark Stone, Jack Eichel, William Karlsson, Shea Theodore and Adin Hill, which has made the playoffs three years in a row under coach Bruce Cassidy, including winning the Stanley Cup in 2023. 'You want to be in a place where you want to win,' Marner said. 'That's the whole goal of why we do this, you want to hoist that Stanley Cup. This team has shown that they can do it. I'm lucky enough now to hopefully bring another piece in to help bring it back here.' The deal for Marner opened up after Vegas announced veteran defenseman Alex Pietrangelo was stepping away from hockey because his hip injury would require bilateral femur reconstruction that McCrimmon said had 'no guarantee of success.' Pietrangelo going on long-term injured reserve in part paves the way for the Golden Knights to fit Marner in under the salary cap. McCrimmon said Tuesday he doesn't believe Pietrangelo will ever play hockey again. Marner, however, has plenty to offer the Knights, as the two-time All-Star winger leaves the Maple Leafs as their fifth-highest scorer in franchise history at 741 points in the regular season on 221 goals (14th) and 520 assists (fourth). The 28-year-old's 521 assists since his rookie season (2016-17) ranks fifth in the NHL, while he ranks eighth with 741 points. 'We're getting one of the best forwards in the National Hockey League,' said McCrimmon, who also said that conversations about acquiring Marner went back to the trade deadline. 'Elite playmaker, tremendous passer. ... Our fans will love this player. He really adds to our team. He adds to our offense. It gives us another F1 star at the forward position, which we really feel is important. I think that it improves our team tremendously. 'When it appeared that Mitch would be going to free agency, he was our target. He was the player that we wanted.' ___ AP Hockey Writers Stephen Whyno and John Wawrow contributed to this report. ___ AP NHL:
Edmonton Journal
02-07-2025
- Business
- Edmonton Journal
Marner reveals factors for leaving Maple Leafs, signing with Vegas
Article content Mitch Marner on Tuesday night shed some light on his desire to play for the Vegas Golden Knights. In his first news conference as a member of the Western Conference club and clad in his new No. 93 Golden Knights sweater, Marner made it clear Vegas was his first choice. Article content 'We thought about going to free agency, but this is the place we want to be,' Marner said, referring to himself and his wife, Stephanie. 'We don't want to lose that opportunity, and we wanted to join this hockey team.' Article content Marner was joined by his wife, his baby son Miles, and his parents Paul and Bonnie for his first official day with the Golden Knights. In a sign-and-trade, Marner got an eight-year, $96-million US contract carrying an average annual value of $12 million US. The trade, which involved centre Nicolas Roy going to Toronto, officially was announced on Tuesday morning. Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon, who spoke at the podium in Vegas before Marner, said the teams agreed to a trade on Friday night during the first round of the National Hockey League draft. 'We made a trade with Toronto where we traded Nic Roy and for them to sign and trade Marner to Vegas, if we could come to an agreement with his representative (Darren Ferris),' McCrimmon said. 'We were able to do that over the course of a few days. It took a couple of days for the NHL to process the contract and then there were some salary-cap logistics between Toronto and ourselves that delayed the announcement of it a little bit. Article content 'We wanted to do a sign-and-trade with Toronto so we could get the eighth year on the contract. For us, the eighth year really helped us in terms of what the AAV might be.' Had the Golden Knights got Marner on seven years, to get to a total of $96 million, the AAV would have been $13.7 million. 'That impacts our ability to take the player onto our team,' McCrimmon said. The interest in Marner from McCrimmon and Vegas isn't new. The team has liked the 28-year-old for a while and tried to acquire Marner at the trade deadline in March in a three-team deal that involved the Carolina Hurricanes and would have brought Mikko Rantanen to Toronto. Instead, Rantanen was traded to Dallas by Carolina. Marner said he didn't waive his no-trade clause because his wife was 'seven, eight months' pregnant and they didn't want to go anywhere on a short stint. 'And I was still very committed to playing in Toronto, and wanted to focus on being there and finishing a job there,' Marner said. Article content That didn't happen, as the Leafs lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers in seven games in the second round. Once Ferris told Marner that Vegas had recently renewed its interest, the decision among the Marners was made to work toward a deal with the Golden Knights. Marner also talked to (now former) Leafs teammates Ryan Reaves and Max Pacioretty (both former Golden Knights) about the lifestyle in Vegas and what to expect with the team. 'The winning regimen they've put up through the last five years (including a Cup win in 2023), really, since they've been in the league, they have such a competitive team every year,' Marner said. 'It seemed like everything was a pretty good fit for my wife and our new son. 'The winning aspect of this team really helped. Lucky enough, it all worked out. This is where we wanted to be.' For Marner, it sounded like a shift in thinking started to germinate in the past couple of years. Maybe he wasn't going to spend his entire NHL career with his hometown Leafs. Article content 'My mindset the whole time I was in Toronto, was that it was really tough to leave Toronto,' Marner said. 'To be honest, I didn't ever think it would maybe come to that day. 'Last year, or two years ago, we didn't win. We didn't do what we wanted to do. Stuff started kind of going a little north, little south. We didn't know what was going to happen. There were a lot of trade rumours all last summer. We didn't know what was going to happen in that regard either. 'As soon as the year started, we were ready to commit and play hockey and see what would happen, but at the same time, we were willing to take it to the distance and told (the Leafs) that was our plan. I was so grateful to play there for nine years.' Latest National Stories
Winnipeg Free Press
02-07-2025
- Business
- Winnipeg Free Press
All-Star winger Mitch Marner looks forward to fitting into family culture of Vegas Golden Knights
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Family. Winning. Culture. All three have become synonymous with the Vegas Golden Knights through their first eight years in the NHL. They matched the attributes on Mitch Marner's list and why he agreed to a sign-and-trade from Toronto to Vegas, ultimately leaving the organization that drafted him fourth overall in 2015, two years before the Knights entered the league. 'Obviously, the winning regimen they've put up through the last five years, really since they've been in the league,' Marner said during his introductory news conference Tuesday. 'The living arrangements from talking to (Max) Pacioretty and Reavo (Ryan Reaves) just through the last couple weeks, it seemed like everything was a pretty good fit for my wife and I and our new son. 'And you know, the great players they have here. It's where we wanted to be.' Of course, a $96 million contract for a maximum of eight years didn't hurt, either. Both Marner and Vegas general manager Kelly McCrimmon said it was important to get the deal done before July 1, when Marner would have been eligible to go anywhere else and would have been the most sought-after player beginning at noon EDT. 'This was a spot that was very high on my list,' said Marner, with his wife Stephanie and 3-month-old son Miles in the front row, along with his parents, Paul and Bonnie. 'We wanted to come here and went back to my agent and said I'm open to doing this if we can find a way to do it. A couple hours later Kelly called me and said we got a deal going on. 'We thought about going to free agency, but this is the place we want to be. We didn't want to lose that opportunity. And we want to join this hockey team.' Marner joins Vegas' talented and successful core of Mark Stone, Jack Eichel, William Karlsson, Shea Theodore and Adin Hill, which has made the playoffs three years in a row under coach Bruce Cassidy, including winning the Stanley Cup in 2023. 'You want to be in a place where you want to win,' Marner said. 'That's the whole goal of why we do this, you want to hoist that Stanley Cup. This team has shown that they can do it. I'm lucky enough now to hopefully bring another piece in to help bring it back here.' The deal for Marner opened up after Vegas announced veteran defenseman Alex Pietrangelo was stepping away from hockey because his hip injury would require bilateral femur reconstruction that McCrimmon said had 'no guarantee of success.' Pietrangelo going on long-term injured reserve in part paves the way for the Golden Knights to fit Marner in under the salary cap. McCrimmon said Tuesday he doesn't believe Pietrangelo will ever play hockey again. Marner, however, has plenty to offer the Knights, as the two-time All-Star winger leaves the Maple Leafs as their fifth-highest scorer in franchise history at 741 points in the regular season on 221 goals (14th) and 520 assists (fourth). The 28-year-old's 521 assists since his rookie season (2016-17) ranks fifth in the NHL, while he ranks eighth with 741 points. 'We're getting one of the best forwards in the National Hockey League,' said McCrimmon, who also said that conversations about acquiring Marner went back to the trade deadline. 'Elite playmaker, tremendous passer. … Our fans will love this player. He really adds to our team. He adds to our offense. It gives us another F1 star at the forward position, which we really feel is important. I think that it improves our team tremendously. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. 'When it appeared that Mitch would be going to free agency, he was our target. He was the player that we wanted.' ___ AP Hockey Writers Stephen Whyno and John Wawrow contributed to this report. ___ AP NHL:
