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Blue Bombers look to avenge lone loss as Stampeders roll into Winnipeg
Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers get another shot at the Calgary Stampeders. Two weeks ago, Calgary handed Winnipeg its first loss of the season, 37-16 in the inaugural Stampede Bowl. On Fr...
Jul 16, 2025
Air-traffic conversation suggests suspected B.C. hijacking was 'some type of protest'
VANCOUVER - A conversation involving a Vancouver International Airport air traffic controller suggests the alleged hijacking of a small aircraft that temporarily stopped landings on Tuesday may have b...
Jul 16, 2025
Nanaimo singer dazzles at MLB All-Star Game
NANAIMO - Add another accolade for a local singer in her growing career.Lauren Spencer-Smith, who was born in Port Alberni but spent much of her formative years in Nanaimo, performed 'O'Canada' at the...
Jul 16, 2025
Surveyor working east of Mission, B.C., hit and killed by dump truck
HATZIC - Police in Mission, B.C., say a 48-year-old Abbotsford man has been killed after being hit by a "fully loaded" dump truck while doing surveying work east of the city. RCMP the man was working ...
Jul 16, 2025
Carney confirms possibility of lumber quotas in trade deal with the United States
HAMILTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says any future trade deal with the United States could include "some element of managed trade," including quotas, on softwood lumber exports. Carney's comments c...
Jul 16, 2025
Former world No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard to retire from tennis at her hometown tournament
MONTREAL - Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard, who reached No. 5 in the WTA rankings in a breakout 2014 season, is retiring from tennis at this year's National Bank Open in Montreal. Tennis Canad...
Jul 16, 2025
B.C. First Nation says plan to move Tex the grizzly was underway before it was killed
TEXADA ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says it is "deeply saddened" by the shooting death of a grizzly bear on Texada Island this week. The Tla'amin Firs...
Jul 16, 2025
From rivalries rekindled to superstars returning, five highlights from NHL schedule
From the renewal of intense rivalries to superstars returning to their former home bases, the release of a new NHL regular-season schedule always foreshadows some of the upcoming campaign's spiciest s...
Jul 16, 2025
CFL lifts Shawn Lemon’s gambling suspension; veteran spotted at Alouettes facility
TORONTO - Shawn Lemon can resume his CFL career, and a return to the Montreal Alouettes appears imminent. The CFL reinstated the veteran defensive lineman with conditions Wednesday. Lemon, 36, was sus...
Jul 16, 2025
New execution date set for Texas man Robert Roberson in shaken baby syndrome case
HOUSTON (AP) - A judge on Wednesday set a new execution date for Robert Roberson, a Texas man who won a last-minute reprieve last year and could become the first person in the U.S. to be put to death ...
Jul 16, 2025