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Missiles cause multiple explosions in western Ukrainian city
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Witnesses say multiple explosions believed to be caused by missiles struck the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early Monday. Lviv and the rest of western Ukraine have been less aff...
Apr 18, 2022
Israel says it intercepted rocket fired from Gaza
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military says it intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. It was the first time in months that a rocket has been fired into Israel from the b...
Apr 18, 2022
Windy weather & Easter travellers hamper Nanaimo-Lower Mainland crossings
NANAIMO - A pair of cancelled sailings due to weather has added to an already hectic travel day on the Salish Sea.BC Ferries cancelled the first two round trips between Nanaimo's Departure Bay and Hor...
Apr 18, 2022
Manitoba Métis delegation heads to Rome for meeting with Pope Francis
WINNIPEG - A Mtis group from Manitoba is flying to Rome today ahead of a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thursday. The delegation from the Manitoba Mtis Federation will be the first to mee...
Apr 18, 2022
Kenyan Evans Chebet wins Boston Marathon in return to spring
BOSTON (AP) - Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon on Monday as the race returned to its traditional Patriots' Day spot in the schedule for the first time since the start of the coronavirus p...
Apr 18, 2022
Kenyan Evans Chebet wins Boston Marathon in return to spring
BOSTON (AP) - Evans Chebet of Kenya won the Boston Marathon on Monday as the race returned to its traditional Patriots' Day spot in the schedule for the first time since the start of the coronavirus p...
Apr 18, 2022
'It's just a disaster:' army of volunteers out on annual cull of invasive Scotch Broom
NANAIMO - It's invasive, it's destructive and a passionate group of volunteers are suiting up for their annual war to destroy it.Broombusters have begun their annual cull of the invasive Scotch Broom ...
Apr 18, 2022
Man United star Fernandes involved in car crash, nobody hurt
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes was involved in a car crash on Monday. Nobody involved in the incident has sustained serious injuries, Britain's PA news agency ...
Apr 18, 2022
ATCO Electric agrees to $31 million penalty following regulator's investigation
EDMONTON - Regulated utility ATCO Electric has agreed to pay a $31 million administrative penalty after an Alberta Utilities Commission investigation found it deliberately overpaid a First Nation grou...
Apr 18, 2022
Albatross came back to Vancouver Island to feed over hundreds of generations: study
VANCOUVER - The short-tailed albatross were creatures of habit, according to a new study that found they returned to Vancouver Island to feed for generations over a 4,200-year period before being driv...
Apr 18, 2022