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Parksville-Qualicum incumbent outspends NDP winner 9/1 in 2020 provincial election
PARKSVILLE - New financial documents show the BC Liberals outspent the winner of the Parksville-Qualicum riding by a substantial margin to earn only 35 per cent of the vote. Elections BC documents sho...
Feb 01, 2021
British Columbia has 18 cases of U.K., South African COVID-19 variants
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has 18 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 variants that originated in South Africa and the United Kingdom, with seven of those emerging over the weekend. Provincial health of...
Feb 01, 2021
Canadian Bianca Andreescu withdraws from Australian Open tune-up tournament
Canadian Bianca Andreescu will skip this week's Grampians Trophy and instead return to action at the Australian Open. Andreescu was scheduled to return to the court for the first time in 15 months at ...
Feb 01, 2021
Tripping hazard: Protest penguins destroyed at Alberta legislature grounds
EDMONTON - A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message. But before student union representatives from Edmonton's two universities could ...
Feb 01, 2021
Meet Scout, a boisterous boy eager to please
NANAIMO - Scout loves to play and explore. This eight-month-old pit bull-terrier cross is a bundle of energy who can play all day before curling up beside you for belly rubs. Scout is still learning b...
Feb 01, 2021
Province on alert as COVID-19 vaccination campaign changes infection trends
NANAIMO - The province continues to monitor two, new strains of COVID-19 cropping up in British Columbia.Dr. Bonnie Henry, provincial health officer, said cases of both the South African and United Ki...
Feb 01, 2021
Global pandemic creating no shortage of challenges for CFL teams entering free agency
The harsh reality of CFL economics helped John Hufnagel pull the trigger. On Saturday, the Calgary Stampeders president/GM dealt receiver Eric Rogers, defensive end Cordarro Law and defensive back Rob...
Feb 01, 2021
Trudeau, U.S. vice-president Kamala Harris talk COVID-19, Buy American and Montreal
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone today with U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris, her first call with a foreign leader since taking office. The Prime Minister's Office says the t...
Feb 01, 2021
Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson faces Miranda Maverick at UFC 258
TORONTO - Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson will look to bounce back from a December loss when she takes on American Miranda (Fear The) Maverick at UFC 258 on Feb. 13 in Las Vegas.The ...
Feb 01, 2021
Q&A: Rebecca Hall makes her directing dreams come true
Rebecca Hall came across Nella Larsen's novel "Passing" at a time when she was grappling with her own family history. She'd become aware that her maternal grandfather was "white passing," and it might...
Feb 01, 2021