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Dua Lipa blasts group that condemned her for Mideast stance
NEW YORK (AP) - Singer Dua Lipa is blasting an organization that paid for a full-page ad in The New York Times that called her antisemitic for her support of Palestinians, saying it used her name "sha...
May 22, 2021
Volcano erupts near Congolese city of Goma; residents flee
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Mount Nyiragongo erupted for the first time in nearly two decades Saturday, turning the night sky a fiery red and sending lava onto a major highway as panicked residents tri...
May 22, 2021
Man found dead after becoming separated from friend during North Vancouver hike
VANCOUVER - Police say a hiker has died after becoming separated from a friend during a hike in North Vancouver. North Vancouver RCMP say two friends were hiking in the area of Mt. Fromme on Friday wh...
May 22, 2021
Cloistered nuns get vaccinated to do their 'duty as citizens' and neighbours
MONTREAL - Cloistered nuns in Montreal's Carmelite monastery lined up to complete their COVID-19 vaccinations yesterday. Inside a 125-year-old convent in the city's Plateau neighbourhood, 11 sisters -...
May 22, 2021
SD68 school trustee secures Nanaimo-Ladysmith NDP nomination
NANAIMO - There's a new face representing the NDP in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith riding. Lisa Marie Barron is the new NDP candidate for the next federal election. Nominee voting began on Thursday and her vi...
May 22, 2021
More than half of Canadians have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose
MONTREAL - More than 50 per cent of Canadians have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Data compiled from provincial and territorial health authorities shows that more than 20.6 mill...
May 22, 2021
Canada's Shapovalov loses to Ruud of Norway in Geneva Open final
GENEVA - Denis Shapovalov might have lost final of the Geneva Open, but the Canadian said his solid week set him up nicely for the red clay courts of the French Open in less than two weeks. The No. 2 ...
May 22, 2021
Officials declare COVID-19 outbreak at Richmond, B.C. hospital
VANCOUVER - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared on an acute care unit at Richmond Hospital. The Vancouver Coastal Health authority says seven patients on the acute care for the elderly unit tested p...
May 22, 2021
Canada's 50 per cent vaccine milestone a psychological boost to keep going: experts
Raywat Deonandan is feeling more hopeful these days, and he's noticed a renewed optimism in many of his epidemiology and infectious disease colleagues. After months of observing negative COVID-19 tren...
May 22, 2021
Local athletes among Indigenous Youth Excellence award winners
NANAIMO - Six Vancouver Island athletes were honoured recently with the regional Premier's Award for Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport.15-year-old Tristan Thomas of the Snuneymuxw First Nation and ...
May 22, 2021