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'If it has to come out of my pocket for them to keep playing, it will:' Nanaimo store owner donates $30k to local youth sports
NANAIMO - Denis Bezeau is a fixture in the Harewood neighbourhood and is devoted to creating a better future one deke or down at a time.The owner of Deni's Dynamite Deals presented a donation of $30,0...
Apr 10, 2022
Over 28,000 BC Hydro customers in Oceanside left without power
NANAIMO - A rare sprinAg snowfall comprising of wet, heavy flakes and subsequent transmission errors are causing numerous power outages.As of mid-morning on Sunday, April 10, over 28,000 BC Hydro cust...
Apr 10, 2022
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc wins Formula 1 Australian GP
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Riding high after a decisive victory for Ferrari in the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, Charles Leclerc's belief in the team's prospects are growing by the race. A grand p...
Apr 10, 2022
Liberals planning national policy convention for May of next year
OTTAWA - Liberals plan to gather for a national convention in Ottawa in the spring of next year. The Liberal Party of Canada says the convention, to take place in the national capital May 4-6, 2023, w...
Apr 10, 2022
US official: Russia appoints new Ukraine war commander
WASHINGTON (AP) - After its striking post-invasion setbacks, Russia has appointed a new Ukraine war commander, a U.S. official said Sunday. Russia has turned to Gen. Alexander Dvornikov, 60, one of Ru...
Apr 10, 2022
'A huge rift:' COVID-19 response strains relationships in northern Alberta county
MACKENZIE COUNTY, ALBERTA - The mayor of High Level, a town in Alberta's far northwest corner, says she has not spoken to the county government for several weeks. "We're not at each other's throats, b...
Apr 10, 2022
'It was the only one right decision:' Canadian recounts time spent with Ukraine army
TORONTO - Just a few weeks ago Maksym Sliepukhov was taking cover in a Ukrainian forest after Russian missiles hit the army base where he and fellow international volunteers had been training for comb...
Apr 10, 2022
'We've never not been able to fund what they want': Nanaimo Hospital Auxiliary steps up again
NANAIMO - Armed with devoted volunteers and a strong business model, the Nanaimo Hospital Auxiliary came through with yet another substantial donation.President Phil Robling recently handed Nanaimo ho...
Apr 10, 2022
What's Canadian? Regulator will define what qualifies as a Canadian film
OTTAWA - Try to guess which of these movies is Canadian: Disney's "Turning Red," which tells the story of growing up as a Chinese-Canadian teen in Toronto and stars Ottawa-born Sandra Oh, or the Oscar...
Apr 10, 2022
As Pope's apology echoes, U.S. Indigenous boarding-school probe follows Canada's lead
WASHINGTON - On the heels of a historic moment of healing for Indigenous Peoples in Canada, their counterparts in the United States are anxiously anticipating a federal report on residential schools -...
Apr 10, 2022