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Parole recommended for California follower of Charles Manson
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A California parole panel recommended the release of Patricia Krenwinkel for the first time Thursday, more than five decades after she and other followers of cult leader Char...
May 26, 2022

Scheffler part of crowded Colonial leaderboard after PGA cut
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Scottie Scheffler did something last weekend that he rarely does, watching a golf tournament at home after missing a cut. The world's No. 1 player is back on the course, and t...
May 26, 2022

Fireworks lead to destruction of Brannen Lake boat launch dock
NANAIMO - Fireworks are believed responsible for the destruction of a dock at Brannen Lake.The surface of the dock was melted and the structure partially submerged after a fire just before midnight on...
May 26, 2022

Guilbeault 'optimistic' G7 climate ministers will agree to gradually phase out coal
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday he's "very optimistic" this week's meeting of G7 climate and energy ministers will produce a consensus to gradually phase out th...
May 26, 2022

B.C. financial regulator advises three-day 'cooling-off' period for homebuyers
VANCOUVER - The regulator for British Columbia's real estate sector has recommended that the province adopt a so-called "cooling-off" period of three business days to protect people buying a home, thr...
May 26, 2022

CFL, CFL Players' Association reach another tentative agreement
The CFL and CFL Players' Association have reached another tentative agreement. According to a league source, the two sides hammered out a second agreement in principle Thursday, two days after CFL com...
May 26, 2022

More treatment beds available in Nanaimo for mental health and addictions recovery
NANAIMO - More resources are now available for people battling substance use and mental health challenges.Provincial funding, through Island Health, is making 14 beds available, with eight designated ...
May 26, 2022

Parliamentary committee to start report on expanding eligibility for assisted dying
OTTAWA - A special joint parliamentary committee will now consider its report on current legislation on assisted death and whether to expand who is eligible to opt for it. The committee of MPs and sen...
May 26, 2022

Man convicted of 1st-degree murder in beheading case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A jury on Thursday convicted a New Hampshire man of first-degree murder for killing his wife's coworker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him. ...
May 26, 2022

President: 11 babies killed in fire at Senegalese hospital
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Senegal has killed 11 newborns, President Macky Sall said. Only three infants could be saved. "To their mothers and families, I expre...
May 26, 2022