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'Highest levels in months:' Widespread gas price surge hits Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - Mid-Islander drivers may have noticed another significant jump in prices at the gas pumps this week.As of Wednesday, Jan 15 at 2 p.m., gas prices around much of the mid-Island were sitting a...
Jan 15, 2025
Move over Big Bird. A big hawk is headed to Toronto FC's BMO Field home
TORONTO - Forget Big Bird. Toronto FC has a big hawk. A giant metal statue of a hawk stood outside the front doors of Toronto FC's training centre on Wednesday. The statue, complete with glowing red e...
Jan 15, 2025
Utah forward Jack McBain fired for high-sticking Montreal's Brendan Gallagher
NEW YORK - Utah Hockey Club centre Jack McBain has been fined US$4,166.67 for high-sticking Montreal Canadiens winger Brendan Gallagher, the NHL announced Wednesday. The incident occurred 16 seconds i...
Jan 15, 2025
Quebec sends two more water bombers to fight devastating L.A. wildfires
MONTREAL - Quebec has deployed two more water bombers to California in the battle to contain wildfires that have devastated swaths of the Los Angeles area. The two CL-415 aircraft sent today bring Que...
Jan 15, 2025
Forestry 'transition' sets off review of BC Timber Sales, province says
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The "significant pressures" on British Columbia's forest industry have prompted a review of BC Timber Sales, the organization that manages about 20 per cent of the annual allowab...
Jan 15, 2025
Blue Jays right-hander Hoffman finds 'comfort in the chaos' of ninth-inning spots
Right-hander Jeff Hoffman finds "comfort in the chaos" when he's on the mound with the game on the line. It's a role the new Toronto Blue Jays reliever is the favourite to land this year. Hoffman, who...
Jan 15, 2025
B.C. farmers challenge government order to cull ostrich herd over avian flu outbreak
British Columbia ostrich farmers ordered to cull a herd of 400 due to an avian flu outbreak are holding onto hope that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will change its mind before their kill date i...
Jan 15, 2025
Interim tag removed for Swimming Canada CEO Suzanne Paulins
OTTAWA - Suzanne Paulins has been named chief executive officer of Swimming Canada after serving as interim CEO since last year. Paulins, from Brantford, Ont., took over as acting CEO in May when Ahme...
Jan 15, 2025
Stars' Pete DeBoer reflects on win-filled coaching career: 'Fantastic journey'
Pete DeBoer was the NHL's youngest coach and unsure how long he would last. The Florida Panthers had just hired the 40-year-old from the Ontario Hockey League's Kitchener Rangers in June 2008, passing...
Jan 15, 2025
Caretaker in B.C. woman's starvation death says little support seen from management
BURNABY, B.C. - The caregiver of a woman who starved to death says the homecare organization she worked for provided little support for things such as prescribed pain medication or nutritional support...
Jan 15, 2025