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Homer Happy: Blue Jays go deep three times in 7-3 victory over White Sox
TORONTO - Danny Jansen, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and Santiago Espinal homered as the Toronto Blue Jays extended their winning streak to a season-high seven games with a 7-3 victory over the Chicago Whit...
Jun 01, 2022

15 people charged with criminal contempt over pipeline protest, 10 others await fate
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The British Columbia Prosecution Service says 15 people are being charged with criminal contempt of court following protests last fall over a natural gas pipeline being built nea...
Jun 01, 2022

Tulsa police: 3 killed in shooting at medical building
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) - Three people were killed Wednesday in a shooting at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, a police captain said. Capt. Richard Meulenberg confirmed the number of dead. ...
Jun 01, 2022

Condos, townhouses & higher density needed to combat Nanaimo housing woes: consultant
NANAIMO - According to at least one group, higher density townhouses and multi-storey condo buildings are the path forward for the region's housing challenges.Mark Holland, a planning and development ...
Jun 01, 2022

Very cool, and very wet: spring on the Island brings less than ideal weather conditions
NANAIMO - With intense wind, rain and even snow, spring on Vancouver Island packed a punch.Weather through March, April and May on the mid-Island was a far departure from a near-bone dry season in 202...
Jun 01, 2022

Champions League final averages 2.76 million viewers in US
NEW YORK (AP) - Real Madrid's 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League final set a record for the largest audience to view the final in the U.S. on English-language television. Nielsen ratin...
Jun 01, 2022

Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain will automatically get their federal student loans canceled, the Biden administration announce...
Jun 01, 2022

Man arrested after random gas station attack in Vancouver, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say they're investigating an apparent random attack that left a 67-year-old man with serious stab wounds and others shaken after being chased with a machete. Vancouver police say it...
Jun 01, 2022

Damian Lewis, Ian Rankin honored by queen on her jubilee
LONDON (AP) - Actor Damian Lewis and crime writer Ian Rankin are among hundreds of Britons honored by Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday as she celebrates 70 years on the throne. Lewis, star of TV shows ...
Jun 01, 2022

Names listed for Saudi golf league, battle lines drawn
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - The first Saudi-funded LIV Golf Invitational has Dustin Johnson and 12 other PGA Tour members as part of its 48-man field next week outside London. The next move falls to the PGA T...
Jun 01, 2022