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Proposed Diver Lake hotel inches closer to reality
NANAIMO - Constructing a nearly 70 room lakefront hotel in Nanaimo is advancing following a required land use designation change for a vacant lot.On Monday, Feb 7 city councillors endorsed converting ...
Feb 08, 2022
College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status
An advocacy group filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, the latest step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive p...
Feb 08, 2022
Roughly 100 kids living in trucks involved in Ottawa convoy protest: police
OTTAWA - Roughly 100 kids are living in the trucks idling on the streets of downtown Ottawa during the cold, noisy and prolonged protest that has grabbed hold of the capital, police say. Police office...
Feb 08, 2022
College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status
An advocacy group filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, the latest step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive p...
Feb 08, 2022
Commons calls for halt to collection of COVID-19 phone data over privacy concerns
OTTAWA - The House of Commons voted today to call on the Public Health Agency of Canada to halt its plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones to help understand travel patterns during the C...
Feb 08, 2022
Shaq, Usher and Drake shows all highlight Super Bowl week
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal will return to the city where he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships. This time, O'Neal - who moonlights as DJ Diesel - will host his car...
Feb 08, 2022
Top 20 most popular television shows for the week
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a list of the 20 most-watched television shows in prime time for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, their networks and viewerships: 1. Winter Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 11 million. 2. Win...
Feb 08, 2022
Canada names final roster for Women's World Cup basketball qualifier in Japan
TORONTO - Olympic veterans Natalie Achonwa, Laeticia Amihere and Bridget Carleton will lead Canada at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament. Canada opens Group C play Thursd...
Feb 08, 2022
Meet Tracker, a handsome boy looking to warm his way into your home
NANAIMO - Tracker is a young fellow looking to charm his way into your heart.The one-year-old German Shepherd Husky mix has only been at the SPCA for a little over a week, but he's quickly become one ...
Feb 08, 2022
Traffic slow through Alberta border crossing after being blocked again by protesters
COUTTS, Alta. - Traffic is flowing slowly through the Coutts border crossing in southern Alberta this morning after protesters against vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions blocked vehicles...
Feb 08, 2022