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White Rock Lake wildfire pushes toward Okanagan Lake in B.C. Interior: Fire service
VERNON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says an aggressive fire that's forced thousands out of their homes around a stretch of now-closed Highway 97 in the southern Interior has grown to an...
Aug 07, 2021
Local basketball program helps student athletes excel on the court
NANAIMO - The Believe Basketball Academy is looking to fill a void for school age kids who want more individual coaching and training. Many of the programs offer skill development opportunities for pr...
Aug 07, 2021
'I'm pretty proud of the work we put in:' local high jumper reflects on unique Olympic experience
NANAIMO - It may have ended a little earlier than he'd hoped, but a Nanoose high jumper is relishing his fourth Olympic experience.Michael Mason cleared 2.25 metres in the qualification round, but fel...
Aug 07, 2021
Overnight rain, para-attack crew halts growth on Holyoak Creek fire
NANAIMO - Fire crews have managed to halt the spread of Vancouver Island's largest wildfire so far this season. Dorthe Jakobsen, fire information officer with the Coastal Fire Centre, told NanaimoNews...
Aug 07, 2021
Canadians Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime get first-round byes at National Bank Open
TORONTO - Canada's Denis Shapovalov says he's feeling confident heading into next week's National Bank Open in Toronto. The 22-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., comes into the tournament as the No. 5...
Aug 07, 2021
With 23 in Tokyo, Canada has its highest medal tally in non-boycotted Summer Games
TOKYO - The hot and muggy weather in Tokyo that wreaked havoc on athletes throughout the Games could not slow down or cool off Canada on the final full day of competition. But the inadvertent dip into...
Aug 07, 2021
Nanaimo Airport records first rainfall in over 50 days
NANAIMO - The streak is over.After a bone dry stretch of 52 days without measurable precipitation at Nanaimo Airport's monitoring station, showers moving across the region on Friday, Aug. 6 finally st...
Aug 07, 2021
Feds reach tentative deal with striking border guards days before restrictions ease
WASHINGTON - Canada's border agents reached a new tentative agreement with the federal government late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign left long lines of semi-trailers and passenger vehic...
Aug 07, 2021
With 23 in Tokyo, Canada has its highest medal tally in non-boycotted Summer Games
TOKYO - The hot and muggy weather in Tokyo that wreaked havoc on athletes throughout the Games could not slow down or cool off Canada on the final full day of competition. But the inadvertent dip into...
Aug 07, 2021
Male southern resident killer whale possibly dead from cancer, says expert
VANCOUVER - The endangered southern resident killer whale population may have suffered more loss with one of the orcas presumed dead, says an expert. The orca, K-21, was seen in the last week of July ...
Aug 07, 2021