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Canada's Dabrowski, Mexico's Olmos win women's doubles title at Madrid
MADRID - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski captured her first doubles title of the season, winning the Madrid Open with Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos on Saturday. The No. 2 seeds defeated third-seeded Demi...
May 07, 2022
Softball & baseball provide world of opportunities for Ladysmith teen
NANAIMO - Brynn Hawes is on the base path to shape her future through the game she loves.The 13-year-old Ladysmith Secondary School student, a softball player since she was four-years-old, doesn't min...
May 07, 2022
Retired general Jonathan Vance loses military honour at his own request
OTTAWA - Retired gen. Jonathan Vance, Canada's former chief of the defence staff, has terminated his appointment to a major Canadian military honour. A notice posted in the Canada Gazette, the federal...
May 07, 2022
Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...
May 07, 2022
South Korea says North Korea fired projectile toward sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea fired at least one unidentified projectile toward its eastern sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, in its second launch this week, apparently continuing ...
May 07, 2022
Air Canada flight makes emergency landing in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - An Air Canada Jazz flight made a successful emergency landing at the Prince George Airport Friday (May 6) evening.In a news release, the Prince George Airport Authority (YXS) says the ...
May 07, 2022
Forced to relocate to a flood plain: Manitoba First Nation says protection is overdue
WINNIPEG - The marshy delta of Manitoba's Fisher River was not the original home of Peguis First Nation. But having been relocated there more than a century ago after an illegal land transfer, and fac...
May 07, 2022
Curious ComicCon giving Nanaimo children's non-profit a superhero boost
NANAIMO - A local charity providing programs and services for children with developmental challenges will be getting a big assist thanks to local comic book enthusiasts. Curious ComiCon 2022, put on b...
May 07, 2022
Five Things To Know about the NHL playoffs
Friday night in the Stanley Cup playoffs saw the Leafs abuse Vasilevskiy again, the Oilers drown the Kings in a deluge of goals once again and a modern NHL legend add to his legacy. Here are five thin...
May 07, 2022
Afghanistan's Taliban order women to wear burqa in public
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights a...
May 07, 2022