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Canucks forward Adam Gaudette leaves practice after testing positive for COVID-19
Vancouver Canucks forward Adam Gaudette was pulled from practice Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19. Coach Travis Green says Gaudette left the ice when the result came back midway through the...
Mar 30, 2021
Lululemon Q4 revenues surge by 24% to reach $1.7 billion on strong sales
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. reports its revenue soared by roughly 24 per cent in its most recent quarter. The Vancouver-based maker of athletic and yoga wear says its revenue amounted to $1.7...
Mar 30, 2021
Mark Messier book on leadership, teamwork coming in October
NEW YORK - Hockey great Mark Messier wants fans to know he had a lot of help on his path to the NHL Hall of Fame. Messier's memoir "No One Wins Alone" will be published in October by Gallery Books, a ...
Mar 30, 2021
Oscars add UK hub for broadcast after concerns about travel
With less than a month until showtime, the 93rd Oscars are taking another pass at the script. Show producers Steven Soderbergh, Jesse Collins and Stacey Sher remain determined to have an in-person cer...
Mar 30, 2021
World's last Blockbuster more popular after Netflix show
BEND, Ore. - The Blockbuster video rental store in Bend, Oregon, soared to international fame when it became the last such franchise on Earth two years ago. Now, a new Netflix documentary called "The ...
Mar 30, 2021
Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5
WASHINGTON - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan's shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. Energy ministers from all three provinces are urgi...
Mar 30, 2021
Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says his department will adopt a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their famili...
Mar 30, 2021
City of Nanaimo applying for $2.5M grant to tackle homelessness
NANAIMO - The City of Nanaimo is putting its hat into the ring for a substantial amount of money to tackle an ongoing problem. City of Nanaimo councillors unanimously approved applying for up to $2.5 ...
Mar 30, 2021
Ottawa pledges $49.5 million in humanitarian aid for Syrians
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will provide $49.5 million in aid for millions of Syrians affected by a decade of conflict. Gould says the additional humanitarian ...
Mar 30, 2021
Harassment and intimidation: Mi'kmaq band files lawsuit over Nova Scotia lobster
HALIFAX - A Mi'kmaq First Nation that encountered violence after launching a self-regulated lobster fishery last fall has filed a lawsuit against non-Indigenous fishers in Nova Scotia, the RCMP and th...
Mar 30, 2021