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Local bosses prepare for daring drop over Nanaimo River to raise money for brain injury survivors
NANAIMO - For those registered to jump at Toss the Boss in mid-October, here are two pieces of advice: don't think, and don't look down.Over 30 teams are registered for the third annual fundraiser for...
Oct 02, 2023
Playoff-bound Blue Jays persevered after a wobbly September, next up is the Twins
TORONTO - Things looked bleak for the Toronto Blue Jays a few weeks ago when they were swept in emphatic fashion by the visiting Texas Rangers. The four-game losing skid dropped Toronto below the wild...
Oct 02, 2023
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Katalin Karik is a professor at Saga...
Oct 02, 2023
Winners of recent Manitoba elections have seen sizable majority governments
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba election is scheduled for Tuesday. Here is a look at Manitoba elections and governments over the past 20 years: New Democrats, 2003 The NDP under then premier Gary Doer wins a se...
Oct 02, 2023
CAQ looks to hang on to hotly contested Jean-Talon riding in Quebec byelection today
QUEBEC - Residents of the hotly contested Quebec City riding of Jean-Talon are voting in a byelection today. Coalition Avenir Qubec's Joelle Boutin triggered the byelection when she quit politics this...
Oct 02, 2023
Imperial, Alberta regulator knew for years about tailings seepage at mine: documents
EDMONTON - Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated f...
Oct 02, 2023
Who will become Manitoba's next premier? A look at party leaders vying for the job
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's provincial election is to take place Tuesday. Here's a look at the leaders of the province's three parties that have seats in the legislature. Heather Stefanson, Progressive Cons...
Oct 02, 2023
WHL roundup: Giants come up big, beat visiting Wild 6-2
LANGLEY, B.C. - Kyren Gronick and Tyler Thorpe scored twice and Jaden Lipinski, Ty Halaburda and Julian Cull each added two assists as the Vancouver Giants defeated the visiting Wenatchee Wild 6-2 in ...
Oct 01, 2023
Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce's Chiefs take on the Jets at MetLife Stadium
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Taylor Swift couldn't just shake off another chance to watch Travis Kelce on the football field. The 12-time Grammy Award winner arrived at MetLife Stadium about 40 minute...
Oct 01, 2023
California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the ...
Oct 01, 2023