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Hillier calls on Ottawa to provide aid to Ukraine, laments waning interest in war
OTTAWA - Retired general Rick Hillier is lamenting what he sees as waning Canadian interest in the war in Ukraine as public and political attention turns increasingly toward the rising rate of inflati...
Jun 24, 2022
Andreescu in Bad Homburg final after Halep withdraws
BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Canada's Bianca Andreescu reached her first final in more than a year after Simona Halep withdrew ahead of their semifinal match at the Bad Homburg Open on Friday with a neck in...
Jun 24, 2022
Nanaimo man convicted in substantial drug raid involving fentanyl, cocaine, meth, cash & weapons
NANAIMO - A BC Supreme Court Justice found a man guilty of shipping notable volumes of hard drugs to local dealers for resale following an undercover police investigation.Chad Michael Kirk, 37, was co...
Jun 24, 2022
Avalanche on the cusp of dethroning Lightning and winning third Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup will be in the building tonight when the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to Denver's Ball Arena for Game 5 of the NHL final. The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven ser...
Jun 24, 2022
Former CFL player Joshua Boden to be sentenced for second-degree murder
VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League wide receiver convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend is expected to be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court today. Joshua Boden was found guilty last fall of s...
Jun 24, 2022
Commonwealth leaders' summit officially opens Friday in Rwanda
KIGALI, Rwanda - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will begin a series of closed-door meetings in Rwanda on Friday to try to bring Commonwealth countries onside with Canada's climate goals and its view of...
Jun 24, 2022
Former CFL player Joshua Boden to be sentenced for second-degree murder
VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League wide receiver convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend is expected to be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court today. Joshua Boden was found guilty last fall of s...
Jun 24, 2022
A timeline of B.C.'s record-setting extreme heat event in June 2021
Environment Canada heat warnings covered most of British Columbia one year ago as a so-called heat dome settled in and became deadly. The weather office described the heat dome as a strong ridge of hi...
Jun 24, 2022
Online streaming bill could make YouTube manipulate its algorithms: CRTC chair
OTTAWA - The chairman of Canada's broadcast regulator says it might ask platforms such as YouTube to "manipulate" their algorithms to make Canadian music easier to find, under powers in the proposed o...
Jun 24, 2022
Trial by fire continues for Lytton, B.C., its residents in limbo, buildings in ruins
LYTTON, B.C. - Denise O'Connor stands on the sidewalk outside her home of 32 years - only the home is gone and so is most of her village and she doesn't live there anymore. "I had a wooden picket fenc...
Jun 24, 2022