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Ribbon cutting caps eight year, $570k project to improve safety in downtown Lantzville
LANTZVILLE - It ended with the single snip of scissors, but the process to improve safety and beautify a stretch of Lantzville Rd. was anything but quick.Mayor Mark Swain officially opened the recentl...
Aug 18, 2021
Eight-lane tunnel under Fraser River to replace aging crossing in Metro Vancouver
RICHMOND, B.C. - An eight-lane tunnel under the Fraser River will replace an obsolete crossing that has frustrated Metro Vancouver drivers for decades. The B.C. government announced the new tunnel con...
Aug 18, 2021
Eight-lane tunnel under Fraser River to replace aging crossing in Metro Vancouver
RICHMOND, B.C. - An eight-lane tunnel under the Fraser River will replace an obsolete crossing that has frustrated Metro Vancouver drivers for decades. The B.C. government announced the new tunnel con...
Aug 18, 2021
Arbuckle to start Argos home opener versus Bombers
Nick Arbuckle will finally make his first start for the Toronto Argonauts. Head coach Ryan Dinwiddie announced Wednesday that Arbuckle will start the Argos' home opener Saturday afternoon against Winn...
Aug 18, 2021
Auger-Aliassime advances at Cincinnati Masters, Andreescu eliminated
CINCINNATI - Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the third round of men's singles competition at the Western & Southern Open on Wednesday, while fellow Canadian Bianca Andreescu fell in the second r...
Aug 18, 2021
Arrest warrant out after suspect in attack on Muslim women no show in Edmonton court
EDMONTON - A judge has issued an arrest warrant for a man who failed to appear in court Wednesday on charges related to an attack on two Muslim women in an Edmonton parking lot. Richard Bradley Steven...
Aug 18, 2021
'No hope left': Afghans in Canada who lived under Taliban say regime can't be trusted
MONTREAL - Quebecer Fakhria Rezaie was seven years old when her family fled Afghanistan and says her memories from life under the Taliban are horrific. Rezaie, 29, says the Taliban's takeover of Mazar...
Aug 18, 2021
Women's world hockey championship revived in Calgary after pandemic hiatus
CALGARY - The puck drops Friday on a women's world hockey championship 859 days after the last one. Who's counting? American forward Kendall Coyne Schofield is, for one. "The pinnacle of women's hocke...
Aug 18, 2021
Quebec police officer shot during traffic stop in Beauce region, suspect at large
MONTREAL - A Quebec provincial police officer was shot during a traffic stop south of Quebec City this morning and the suspect remains at large. Provincial police spokeswoman Hlne Nepton says the fema...
Aug 18, 2021
Some evacuation orders downgraded as cooler weather brings wildfire reprieve to B.C.
Several days of showers and cooler weather have dramatically cut the wildfire danger in British Columbia, especially in the hard-hit southern Interior, but drought conditions are expected to return wh...
Aug 18, 2021