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Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid named NHL North Division's top player for January
NEW YORK - Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid is the NHL North Division's star of the month for January.McDavid had an NHL-high 22 points in January and tied for the league lead in goals for the mo...
Feb 02, 2021
Construction on new Nanaimo ICU officially underway
NANAIMO - A brand new, multi-million dollar intensive care unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital is officially under construction.Crews broke ground on Tuesday, Feb. 2 to kickstart the $41.57 mill...
Feb 02, 2021
High demand and higher prices for Vancouver real estate in January: board
VANCOUVER - Homes sales in much of Metro Vancouver in January increased by 52.1 per cent compared with sales from the same time last year. Colette Gerber, chair of the Real Estate Board of Greater Van...
Feb 02, 2021
Refugee pact with U.S. does not violate constitutional guarantees, Canada argues
OTTAWA - The Canadian government is telling the Federal Court of Appeal a judge made serious legal mistakes in striking down a refugee pact between Ottawa and Washington. In a new filing, Canada's law...
Feb 02, 2021
Health Canada says it won't consider animal suffering in strychnine review
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it won't consider cruelty to animals when it reviews whether using poisons such as strychnine to kill predators should be continued. Health Canada says it won't consider th...
Feb 02, 2021
Calgary Stampeders sign Alberta-born long snapper Aaron Crawford
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian long snapper Aaron Crawford. The native of Medicine Hat, Alta., played in 98 games with Hamilton from 2013 to 2019. Crawford has 23 career special...
Feb 02, 2021
Van Isle marmots bundling up for prolonged winter, regular forecaster misses annual assignment
NANAIMO - We're not out of the winter woods yet.The 'official' prediction from Vancouver Island's marmot population is for six more weeks of winter after substitute prognosticators Chopper and Marlu w...
Feb 02, 2021
Trudeau highlights risk of more infectious COVID-19 variants taking root in Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says "rare exceptions" to new travel restrictions will be made on compassionate grounds, but that more contagious COVID-19 variants now taking hold in Canada mea...
Feb 02, 2021
US calls detentions in Myanmar a coup, promises sanctions
The military detention of civilian leaders in Myanmar was a coup, State Department officials said Tuesday, setting the stage for sanctions and other measures targeting what they said was "the very sma...
Feb 02, 2021
Biden moves to provide COVID vaccine to pharmacies
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting...
Feb 02, 2021