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Canada Selects name training squad for rugby game against Vancouver Highlanders
Peter Nelson and Kainoa Lloyd highlight the 26-man Canada Selects training squad for a June 28 game against the fledgling Vancouver Highlanders at Burnaby Lake Rugby Club. Nelson, Lloyd join Siaki Vik...
Jun 21, 2024
Pedestrian dies after bus carrying elementary school pupils crashes in B.C. Interior
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A pedestrian is dead after a bus carrying elementary school students crashed and ran off a highway in British Columbia's central Interior. Police say the person was struck on Hi...
Jun 21, 2024
Attacker of Nancy Pelosi’s husband also found guilty of kidnapping and could face more prison time
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man who bludgeoned Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer and was sentenced to 30 years in federal court was also convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping by a state court which ...
Jun 21, 2024
‘It just seems reckless and stupid:’ fire damages south Nanaimo campground cafe
NANAIMO - Just in time for the busy season, an apparent case of arson hit a popular cafe at a south Nanaimo campground. The fire was reported early on Friday, June 21 at Living Forest Oceanside Campgr...
Jun 21, 2024
Billionaire businessman James K. Irving dead at 96
ST. JOHN, N.B. - The family of Canadian billionaire businessman James K. Irving has announced his death at the age of 96, just over a month after the death of his younger brother, Arthur. Along with l...
Jun 21, 2024
Canadian Michael Dufort shakes his head after losing split decision at PFL 5
SALT LAKE CITY - Lightweight (The Canadian Badass) Michael Dufort lost a split decision to American Adam (The Bomb) Piccolotti on the PFL 5 undercard Friday. The judges scored it 29-28, 28-29, 29-28 f...
Jun 21, 2024
Judge orders Quebec to pay over $144M to taxi permit holders for abolishing permits
MONTREAL - A Superior Court judge has ordered the Quebec government to pay more than $144 million to several thousand former taxi permit holders in the province. Justice Silvana Conte ruled that the g...
Jun 21, 2024
CFL fines veteran kickers over chipped football controversy
TORONTO - Kickers Sergio Castillo, Brett Lauther, Sean Whyte and Lewis Ward were fined by the CFL on Friday after publicly speaking out on the league's use of chipped footballs on field-goal attempts....
Jun 21, 2024
Mbappé watches from subs' bench as France and Netherlands produce Euro 2024's first 0-0
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) - Kylian Mbapp watched from the substitutes' bench as France and the Netherlands finished 0-0 in a heavyweight European Championship clash on Friday. Antoine Griezmann missed Fra...
Jun 21, 2024
Indigenous leader makes plea for unity among B.C. First Nations to save wild salmon
VICTORIA - Indigenous dancers have circled a fire inside Victoria's Mungo Martin House in a celebration of wild salmon on National Indigenous Peoples Day. Members of the Namgis First Nation from the A...
Jun 21, 2024