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Nanaimo food bank reports Christmas demand levelling off following post-pandemic surge
NANAIMO - Following a few years of dramatic increases, a local food bank reports only a slight increase in demand in their recent Christmas hamper campaign. Nanaimo Loaves and Fishes Community Food Ba...
Jan 09, 2025
Canada crushes Japan 17-0 in quarterfinal play at U18 women's world hockey playdowns
VANTAA - Canada earned a semifinal berth at the under-18 women's world hockey championship on Thursday with a 17-0 blowout win over Japan at Tikkurila Arena. Chloe Primerano had two goals and three as...
Jan 09, 2025
Saskatchewan Roughriders sign veteran quarterback Jake Maier to contract
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed veteran American quarterback Jake Maier on Thursday. The deal reportedly is for one year. Saskatchewan obtained Maier from the Calgary Stampeders last mont...
Jan 09, 2025
Striking ski patrollers at the biggest US resort return to work claiming victory
Two hundred Utah ski patrollers returned to work Thursday after voting to accept a new labor contract and end a nearly two-week strike that closed many trails and caused long lift lines at the ones th...
Jan 09, 2025
Liberals will remove 'fraudulent' memberships, as some register their pets to vote
OTTAWA - A federal Liberal spokesman says the party can and will remove "fraudulent profiles" from its list of electors eligible to vote for its next leader. Parker Lund's comment comes after multiple...
Jan 09, 2025
'Incalculably small' amount of diesel visible at site of 8,000-litre B.C. spill
Aerial surveillance over an area where thousands of litres of diesel was spilled last month off Vancouver Island shows most of the fuel is no longer visible on the water. An update from officials mana...
Jan 09, 2025
The Biden administration succeeds in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration has succeeded in temporarily blocking a plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed that would spare him the risk of the death penalty for a...
Jan 09, 2025
CRTC to hold hearing on impact of global streamers on Canadian broadcasting
OTTAWA - The CRTC is looking at how the Canadian broadcasting system can survive the shift away from traditional TV to international streamers. The regulator is opening a public consultation on market...
Jan 09, 2025
Judge releases woman who stabbed a classmate to please Slender Man from a psychiatric hospital
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, ...
Jan 09, 2025
Poilievre says the next Canadian election will be about the carbon price
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his focus in the next federal election will be on ending the carbon price, even with the threat of tariffs from the incoming Trump administration. Po...
Jan 09, 2025