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Stampeders president/GM Hufnagel not expecting to be active in CFL free agency
John Hufnagel isn't expecting to be a major player when CFL free agency begins Tuesday. That's not a huge surprise given Calgary's president/GM has spent much of the off-season re-signing many of the ...
Feb 07, 2022
New B.C. Liberal caucus roles unveiled
The B.C. Liberals will keep Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond as the leader of the official opposition, at least until new party leader Kevin Falcon is able to win a seat in the B.C. Legislatur...
Feb 07, 2022
Ukraine crisis talks move to Moscow and Washington
MOSCOW (AP) - International efforts to defuse the standoff over Ukraine intensified Monday, with French President Emmanuel Macron holding talks in Moscow and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Washingto...
Feb 07, 2022
Canadian police forces learn from situation in Ottawa during convoy protests
Police forces across Canada took different approaches to protests against COVID-19 measures over the weekend, learning from the situation in Ottawa, where demonstrators and their trucks have remain en...
Feb 07, 2022
Okanagan man airlifted from crash scene
An Alberta resident was killed while another person from the Okanagan was injured in a two-vehicle crash west of Field B.C. over the weekend.Police, and other emergency crews, attended the scene on Hi...
Feb 07, 2022
New B.C. Liberal leader plans to run for legislature seat in Vancouver
VICTORIA - The new leader of the B.C. Liberal party says his predecessor is resigning his seat in Vancouver to give him a chance to run in a byelection. Kevin Falcon was elected party leader on Saturd...
Feb 07, 2022
StatCan to release COVID-tinged census figure, experts warn against reading too deep
OTTAWA - For the last 40 years, Doug Norris has pored over detailed demographic data gleaned from every census, but even he admits what's coming will be unlike anything he has seen before. Statistics ...
Feb 07, 2022
Only 3 City of Nanaimo employees on unpaid leave due COVID vaccination mandate
NANAIMO - An overwhelming number of City of Nanaimo employees are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.The City's human resources director John Van Horne told NanaimoNewsNOW about three dozen employees h...
Feb 07, 2022
B.C. expected to have more than 1 million job openings in the next decade
VICTORIA - The latest labour market outlook for British Columbia shows nearly 80 per cent of job openings over the next decade will require some level of post-secondary education, reflecting the chang...
Feb 07, 2022
Christine Sinclair to miss tournament in England in wake of mother's death
Canada will be without talismanic captain Christine Sinclair for the inaugural Arnold Clark Cup competition later this month in England. Canada Soccer said the 38-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., is missi...
Feb 07, 2022