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Tour de Rock rolling into Nanaimo as annual cancer fundraising ride continues
NANAIMO - Drivers on the mid-Island can expect a few delays Sunday, for a good cause.The annual Tour de Rock rolls through Nanaimo on Sunday, Sept. 29, making several stops throughout the city in supp...
Sep 29, 2024
Projection shows far-right Freedom Party leading over governing conservatives in Austrian election
VIENNA (AP) - A projection indicated that the far-right Freedom Party had a lead over the governing conservatives in Austria's national election on Sunday and was well-placed for its first win in a pa...
Sep 29, 2024
Nanaimo powerlifter finishes second at national competition
NANAIMO - Local powerlifter Tyler Ollech is rapidly rising up the ranks in the sport.In early September he finished in second place in his weight class at the Canadian Powerlifting Union National Cham...
Sep 29, 2024
Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out stand...
Sep 29, 2024
Rustad wants B.C. Indigenous rights law repealed. Chief sees that as 40-year setback
British Columbia saw a rare unanimous vote in its legislature in October 2019, when members passed a law adopting the United Nations Declarations on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, setting out stand...
Sep 29, 2024
Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...
Sep 29, 2024
Scott Moe: the conservative who began as a left-winger with a lights-out hockey shot
SHELLBROOK, Sask. - Scott Moe is the conservative premier who began life as a left-winger with a shot so hard, it was lights out - literally. On this recent fall day, Moe stands among the seats at his...
Sep 29, 2024
Carla Beck: Social worker, school trustee seeking job as next Saskatchewan premier
LANG, SASK. - Carla Beck steps out of her SUV with her two dogs and starts walking beside a lake near her hometown, the spot where she learned to feed cows, swing a bat and not keep her mouth shut. Re...
Sep 29, 2024
Labrador residents say "inhumane" food prices force families to go hungry
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A mother in a community where the cost of living is one of the highest in the country says grocery prices are "inhumane" and retailers are putting profits ahead of people's basic hu...
Sep 29, 2024
Bloc pension demands at odds with Liberal political strategy, economic plans
OTTAWA - The government has just weeks to decide if it will meet the $16-billion demand from the Bloc Qubcois to stave off an election for a few more months, but the stipulation may be at odds with th...
Sep 29, 2024