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Pospisil retires with injury, Shapovalov advances at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - A matchup between two Canadians came to a premature end at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Cali., Saturday. Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., advanced to the third ...
Oct 09, 2021
Canadian men eliminated from Rugby World Cup contention after loss in Chile
VALPARAISO, Chile - Canada will miss the Rugby World Cup for the first time ever, knocked out of contention Saturday by Chile in a 33-24 defeat that gave the South Americans a 54-46 aggregate victory ...
Oct 09, 2021
Drugs suspected as contributing factor in early morning crash off Hwy. 19A
NANAIMO - The driver of a pickup truck remains in police custody after an early morning crash adjacent to the Island Hwy.Nanaimo RCMP were called to a scene at the north end of Highland Blvd., near th...
Oct 09, 2021
Up to 15 cm of snow expected on B.C.'s Interior highways Sunday: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada is cautioning people travelling to the province's Interior over Thanksgiving weekend to prepare for winter weather conditions. The agency has issued a special weather re...
Oct 09, 2021
Prime Minister marks start of Thanksgiving holiday by meeting Afghan refugee family
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday by meeting a family of Afghan refugees who recently arrived in the country. Obaidullah Rahimi began working at t...
Oct 09, 2021
Prime Minister marks start of Thanksgiving holiday by meeting Afghan refugee family
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the beginning of the Thanksgiving holiday by meeting a family of Afghan refugees who recently arrived in the country. Obaidullah Rahimi began working at t...
Oct 09, 2021
Kurz to quit as Austrian chancellor amid corruption probe
BERLIN (AP) - Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he plans to step down in an effort to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors' announcement that he is a target of a cor...
Oct 09, 2021
Ruling party narrowly loses Czech vote; PM Babis may be out
PRAGUE (AP) - Prime Minister Andrej Babis' centrist party on Saturday narrowly lost the Czech Republic's parliamentary election, a surprise development that could mean the end of the populist billiona...
Oct 09, 2021
'You can let go of the trauma:' intensely personal experiences drive new book
NANAIMO - The process of writing a new book was a cathartic one for a local author.Local poet, musician and radio host Joanne Dzierza released "The Mountains Mock Our Egos" on Friday, Oct. 1, her seco...
Oct 09, 2021
Banisadr, Iran's first president after 1979 revolution, dies
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Abolhassan Banisadr, Iran's first president after the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution who fled Tehran after being impeached for challenging the growing power of clerics as the na...
Oct 09, 2021