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Generosity fuels Great Nanaimo Toy Drive
NANAIMO - The annual Great Nanaimo Toy Drive hit a new high in 2020. Carolyn Iles with the event said families responded like never before to the call for donated gifts and cash to help those struggli...
Jan 03, 2021
3rd body found after landslide in Norway; 7 still missing
HELSINKI - Rescue teams searching for survivors four days after a landslide carried away homes in a Norwegian village found no signs of life Saturday amid the ruined buildings and debris. Three bodies...
Jan 03, 2021
Canada reaches semifinal of world junior tournament with 3-0 win over Czechs
EDMONTON - Canada advanced to the semifinals of the world junior men's hockey championship with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday. Goaltender Devon Levi posted a 29-save shutout and Dylan ...
Jan 03, 2021
Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier
LOWER POST, B.C. - A building where locals pick up their mail, look for work and seek government help is a place of pain and fear for those who remember it as a residential school. Some of the 175 or ...
Jan 03, 2021
Gunmen kill 11 minority Shiite coal miners in SW Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan - Gunmen opened fire on a group of minority Shiite Hazara coal miners after abducting them, killing 11 in southwestern Baluchistan province early Sunday, a Pakistani official said. Mo...
Jan 03, 2021
Asia Today: Australian states reimpose travel restrictions
SYDNEY, Australia - More Australian states and territories are reimposing travel restrictions to prevent the spreading of the coronavirus from new outbreaks in New South Wales and Victoria states. The...
Jan 03, 2021
Rally in Baghdad marks 1 year since Iran general's slaying
BAGHDAD - Thousands of Iraqis converged on a landmark central square in Baghdad on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of a powerful Iranian general and top Iraqi militia leader in a ...
Jan 03, 2021
Tibetans in exile vote in India for their political leader
DHARMSALA, India - Hundreds of Tibetans in exile braved the rain and cold Sunday in India's northern city of Dharmsala, where the exiled government is based, and voted for their new political leader a...
Jan 03, 2021
Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier
LOWER POST, B.C. - A building where locals pick up their mail, look for work and seek government help is a place of pain and fear for those who remember it as a residential school. Some of the 175 or ...
Jan 03, 2021
Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier
LOWER POST, B.C. - A building where locals pick up their mail, look for work and seek government help is a place of pain and fear for those who remember it as a residential school. Some of the 175 or ...
Jan 03, 2021