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Vingegaard seizes Tour lead after 1st big mountain stage
COL DU GRANON, France (AP) - The first big mountain stage shook things up at the Tour de France as defending champion Tadej Pogacar wilted toward the end of Wednesday's 11th stage and lost the yellow ...
Jul 13, 2022
City of Kamloops, B.C., says crews responding to CP Rail train derailment
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The City of Kamloops says crews are investigating a train derailment in the B.C. Interior community. The city says in a tweet that CP Rail has confirmed there were no hazardous goods ...
Jul 13, 2022
Nanaimo NHL'ers swapping jerseys during first day of free agency
NANAIMO - A pair of players with local hockey connections have moved as the NHL opened up its annual free agency period.Dylan Coghlan, who grew up in Nanaimo, was traded from the Vegas Golden Knights ...
Jul 13, 2022
10 unvaccinated Royals players skipping trip to Toronto
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Royals will be without 10 of the 26 players on their active roster for their upcoming trip to Toronto due to Canadian restrictions on travelers who aren't vacci...
Jul 13, 2022
Slightly reduced gas prices across Nanaimo not expected to last
NANAIMO - While the prices at the pumps have slowly dropped since the Canada Day long weekend, don't expect it to last.Prices jumped to around 226.9 cents per litre back in May, with global demand, co...
Jul 13, 2022
Miners say baby woolly mammoth find in Yukon is biggest event in life so far
WHITEHORSE - Travis Delawski went out looking for gold but found something even more precious. The miner for Treadstone Gold got in his excavator on June 21 just before lunch and set out for the river...
Jul 13, 2022
Ex-CIA engineer convicted in massive theft of secret info
NEW YORK (AP) - A former CIA software engineer was convicted Wednesday of federal charges accusing him of the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history. Joshua Schulte, who chose to defen...
Jul 13, 2022
Federal government to provide more than $35 million for supports during papal visit
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide more than $35 million during the papal visit to Canada to support Indigenous communities, organizations and residential schools survivors. Pope Fra...
Jul 13, 2022
Contenders re-sign key players at start of NHL free agency
Recent Stanley Cup winners spent the first day of NHL free agency re-signing key players to long-term contracts. The reigning champion Colorado Avalanche brought back big defender Josh Manson and sign...
Jul 13, 2022
Clear skies over Nanaimo offering perfect conditions for rare 'supermoon'
NANAIMO - It's poised to be a little brighter overnight on Wednesday.The year's brightest and biggest moon is set to illuminate the sky on Wednesday, July 13 with clear skies over the central Island m...
Jul 13, 2022