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'I have to do my part': Canadians across the country walking for a cause and to heal
By putting one foot in front of the other, sometimes slowly and sometimes with quicker strides, Bilal Malik says he desperately hopes the government will listen to what he has to say. The 36-year-old ...
Jul 18, 2021
OPEC, allies raise limits for 5 countries to end oil dispute
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - OPEC and allied nations Sunday agreed to eventually raise the production limits imposed on five countries, ending an earlier dispute sparked by the United Arab Emirates t...
Jul 18, 2021
Nanaimo gymnast earns top ten results at Canadian Championships
NANAIMO - Makayla White has earned her place as one of Canada's top up and coming gymnasts.The 12-year-old finished with an all around ninth place at the 2021 Canadian Championships.Her results includ...
Jul 18, 2021
Harvard student, Queen's prof, collaborating to rapidly identify Lyme-infected ticks
OTTAWA - Harvard University microbiology student Indumathi Prakash was just seven years old when a tick bite near her home in Massachusetts gave her Lyme disease and left her to spend most of her chil...
Jul 18, 2021
Fire experts prescribe Indigenous cultural burns to reduce wildfire risk in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Wildfire experts say British Columbia must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes. "We're not burning...
Jul 18, 2021
Fire experts prescribe Indigenous cultural burns to reduce wildfire risk in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Wildfire experts say British Columbia must spark far more prescribed burns, akin to how Indigenous communities have managed forests, to mitigate the risk of huge blazes. "We're not burning...
Jul 18, 2021
Here they come! California lists recall election candidates
LOS ANGELES - California's next governor could be a retired homicide detective, a marijuana reform advocate or a former mayor. Maybe the job will filled by a social media influencer, a tech executive-...
Jul 17, 2021
Walhachin ordered to evacuate as Tremont Creek wildfire grows
KAMLOOPS - The community of Walhachin, 65 kilometres west of Kamloops, is under an order to evacuate by the Thompson - Nicola Regional District.The order was put in place Saturday evening at 9:14 p.m....
Jul 17, 2021
First positive COVID tests for athletes in Olympic Village
TOKYO (AP) - Two athletes living in the Olympic Village have tested positive for COVID-19, the first to do so with the Tokyo Games opening on Friday. Organizers confirmed the positive tests on Sunday ...
Jul 17, 2021
Caicedo, Dajome score, Whitecaps beat Galaxy 2-1
SANDY, Utah (AP) - Deiber Caicedo and Cristian Dajome scored second-half goals and the Vancouver Whitecaps ended an eight-game winless streak with a 2-1 victory over the LA Galaxy on Saturday night. D...
Jul 17, 2021