For the first time ever, the gas tax paid in the Lower Mainland annually will surpass the billion dollar mark.

Canada out Slovakia’s Juraj Mikus, right, and Milan Bartovic celebrate a goal during their IIHF World Hockey Championship quarter-final match against Canada at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday.

“Tom’s done some great things for our hockey club,” general manager Steve Tambellini said in a video statement posted on the Oilers’ website.

Just :05 after the Ducks Ryan Getzlaf took a major kneeing penalty, the Sabres Andrej Sekera ripped a shot that was tipped in by Michal Handzus of the Sharks to lead Slovakia to a huge 4-3 upset of Canada at the World Championships.

Little Diamond Marshall, left, held by her father Lyall Marshall, and little Sienna Wood, after the Hockey Marathon for the Kids in Chestermere, Alberta Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

It started with a Tweet that read: “In Alberta trying to kill a few bruins.” Within hours, the Tweet posted by Vancouver Canucks forward David Booth sparked a flurry of reaction among Twitter… At long last, Edmontonians have a much better idea of what they’re being asked to pay for with the downtown arena project.

For the protection of motorists, a single travel lane in each direction is now closed to motorists around-the-clock on the Horseblock Road Bridge over the Long Island Expressway in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County.

Officials took steps Wednesday to ensure fish can’t leave a pond in Burnaby’s Central Park where a vicious predator snakehead has been spotted.