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New 88-unit apartment complex approved for Nanaimo's Dover neighbourhood
NANAIMO - More residential units are on track for Nanaimo's north end. A development permit for a six-storey building with 88 residential units at 6330 McRobb Ave., near Costco, was approved at May 16...
May 19, 2022
B.C. First Nation to start new radar search near former Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. First Nation whose discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school sparked a national reckoning over Canada's treatment of Indigenous Peoples says ...
May 19, 2022
B.C. First Nation to start new radar search near former Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. First Nation whose discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school sparked a national reckoning over Canada's treatment of Indigenous Peoples says ...
May 19, 2022
540 people in B.C. hospitalized with COVID-19, milder cases among vaccinated
VANCOUVER - The latest figures on COVID-19 show 540 people in British Columbia are currently hospitalized with the virus, 49 of them in critical care. The BC Centre for Disease Control says 59 people ...
May 19, 2022
Timeline of Canada's decision to bar Huawei, ZTE from 5G networks
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Thursday Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE will be prohibited from parts of Canada's telecommunications networks. Here are some key dates to...
May 19, 2022
Rockies TV reporter hit in head by foul ball, is recovering
DENVER (AP) - AT&T Sportsnet reporter Kelsey Wingert says she's recovering after being struck in the head by a line drive during the ninth inning of the Colorado Rockies' game against the San Fran...
May 19, 2022
Abbotsford commercial poultry flock latest to test positive for avian flu in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Avian flu has been found in a commercial flock in the Fraser Valley, the same area where 80 per cent of British Columbia's poultry farms are located. B.C.'s Ministry of Agriculture ...
May 19, 2022
IIO clears Nanaimo RCMP following apparent self-inflicted death
NANAIMO - Local Mounties have been cleared of any wrong doing after the self-inflicted death of a man in early April.Nanaimo RCMP officers conducted a check wellbeing call on a man around 11:30 a.m. o...
May 19, 2022
'Facing Nolan' looks at Ryan's longer-than-expected career
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Nolan Ryan was already striking out plenty of batters with his blazing fastball, and at age 22 pitched the last seven innings in the National League pennant-clinching game for ...
May 19, 2022
'Horrifically, grisly scene': Remains of woman found near Winnipeg apartment block
WINNIPEG - Police say a "horrifically, grisly scene" near an apartment building where the partial remains of a woman were discovered this week has also taken investigators to a landfill. Const. Rob Ca...
May 19, 2022