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Man injured in avalanche on Vancouver Island, taken by rescue helicopter to hospital
NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. - A man has been seriously injured in an avalanche on Vancouver Island and required the rescue helicopter to fly him directly to hospital for treatment. Metro Vancouver-based Nor...
Feb 04, 2025
Canucks star Hughes to miss second straight game against Avalanche
VANCOUVER - Quinn Hughes is set to miss a second straight game when his Vancouver Canucks host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday. The 25-year-old American defenceman briefly skated with his teammates ...
Feb 04, 2025
Influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour re-signs with CPL's Forge FC
Forge FC got a boost in advance of Wednesday's CONCACAF Champions Cup game against Mexico's CF Monterrey with news that influential midfielder Alessandro Hojabrpour is back in the fold. The 25-year-ol...
Feb 04, 2025
Canada presses on with trade diversification strategy as Trump blusters
OTTAWA - While President Donald Trump is taking up all the space on the main stage by threatening to upend bilateral trade, Canada is busy working on other free trade deals in the background. Trade Mi...
Feb 04, 2025
Calgary Stampeders sign veteran American receiver Dominique Rhymes
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders signed veteran American receiver Dominique Rhymes on Tuesday. The six-foot-four, 215-pound Rhymes was released Saturday by the Ottawa Redblacks. He had 72 receptions f...
Feb 04, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, clears Senate committee
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to be President Donald Trump director of national intelligence cleared a key Senate committee Tuesday despite concerns raised about her past comments sympa...
Feb 04, 2025
Gang leader and another man charged after shooting in Fort Nelson, B.C.
FORT NELSON, B.C. - A man well known to police and identified in the courts as a gang leader faces charges in connection with a shooting in Fort Nelson, B.C. Police say Jarrod Bacon has been charged w...
Feb 04, 2025
Trump envoy calls Gaza rebuilding timeline in Israel-Hamas truce 'preposterous'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy said Tuesday that a three to five year timeline for reconstruction of Gaza, as set out in a temporary truce agreement, is not a viable post...
Feb 04, 2025
'Fentanyl czar' will serve as liaison between U.S. and Canada, minister says
OTTAWA - Federal Public Safety Minister David McGuinty says Canada's new "fentanyl czar" will serve as a liaison between Canada and the U.S. on cross-border efforts to curb fentanyl traffic. McGuinty ...
Feb 04, 2025
Lindsey Vonn's new titanium knee holds up fine in her 1st training run at the skiing worlds
SAALBACH-HINTERGLEMM, Austria (AP) - Big jumps. Lots of terrain. Steep pitches. The downhill course at the Alpine skiing world championships would have been a challenge for Lindsey Vonn's aching legs ...
Feb 04, 2025