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Correa, Alvarez help Astros take 2-0 lead over Sox in ALDS
HOUSTON (AP) - Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros are relentless at the plate and in the field. That's why they are so tough to beat in the playoffs. Correa hit a two-run double during Houston's fiv...
Oct 08, 2021
Island Health records sharp drop in active COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - The number of active COVID-19 cases in Island Health has dropped 17 per cent.Numbers reported by the health authority on Friday, Oct. 8 show 510 active cases across the north, central and so...
Oct 08, 2021
Metro Vancouver park renamed to reflect Indigenous history
BELCARRA, B.C. - A Metro Vancouver park has been renamed to include the site's Indigenous name, which officials say will better reflect the area's history. Belcarra Regional Park on the Burrard Inlet ...
Oct 08, 2021
COVID-19 death toll tops 2,000 across British Columbia
KAMLOOPS - A grim milestone today in British Columbia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people who have died from the virus has grown to 2001 with five deaths in the last 24 hours.O...
Oct 08, 2021
Riders QB Fajardo says he's on the same page as his receiving corps
REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo believes it's possible for something good to come out of something bad. Following last week's 23-17 loss to the Stampeders in Calgary, Fajard...
Oct 08, 2021
Sports psychologists: Price will help end the stigma around mental health in sports
No pain, no gain. "What a terrible phrase that we've used for many years to describe our athletes," Gordon Bloom says of the saying that's been thrown around the sports world since the 1980s -- and su...
Oct 08, 2021
Texas moves to reinstate nation's toughest abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas on Friday asked a federal appeals court to swiftly reinstate the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., as some abortion clinics in the state resumed normal services for...
Oct 08, 2021
Woman jailed for defrauding $31K from Parksville employer
NANAIMO - A judge sternly rejected a repeat fraudster's bid to avoid jail several years following a brazen and costly workplace scam.Jill Margaret Braun, 57, was sentenced to 22 months in jail and two...
Oct 08, 2021
Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the current spike in oil prices isn't enough reason to require the industry to spend more on cleaning up the tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells ...
Oct 08, 2021
British Royal Navy, Canadian Coast Guard sign deal on Arctic co-operation, training
OTTAWA - The Canadian Coast Guard signed an agreement Friday with Britain's Royal Navy to train its sailors on Arctic icebreakers in Canada's Far North. The memorandum of understanding follows a 2020 ...
Oct 08, 2021