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Out-of-province fire crews, armed forces, heading to B.C. to help with wildfires
Firefighting teams from Ontario and New Brunswick are arriving in British Columbia to assist with devastating wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service says the nearly 100 out-of-province members must pass C...
Jul 05, 2021
Significant expansion made to City of Nanaimo's SARC building
NANAIMO - Crews are concluding $660,000 worth of upgrades to the City's downtown Service and Resource Centre, home to roughly 200 civil servants. The City's director of finance Laura Mercer said it be...
Jul 05, 2021
Vatican: Pope alert and well a day after intestinal surgery
ROME (AP) - The Vatican says Pope Francis is "in good condition, alert and breathing on his own," a day after he underwent a three-hour operation, which involved removing half his colon. Vatican spoke...
Jul 05, 2021
Canada to receive 3.7 million more COVID-19 doses this week
OTTAWA - The federal government is expecting to receive 3.7 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, bringing the total of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries above 53.7 million doses. The new deliv...
Jul 05, 2021
Border restrictions to begin easing, slowly, for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers
WASHINGTON - After nearly 16 months of rigid travel restrictions, Canada is finally starting to loosen the rules - but only for a specific few. Effective Monday, fully vaccinated Canadians and permane...
Jul 05, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jul 05, 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps’ own goal in stoppage time lifts FC Dallas to 2-2 tie
FRISCO, Texas (AP) - The Vancouver Whitecaps' Ranko Veselinovic scored an own goal in the 94th minute to give FC Dallas a 2-2 draw Sunday night. Veselinovic and teammate Andy Rose collided as they wen...
Jul 04, 2021
Explosives set off to bring down rest of collapsed condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday to bring down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for vic...
Jul 04, 2021
Explosives set off to bring down rest of collapsed condo
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday to bring down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for vic...
Jul 04, 2021
Depleted Toronto Arrows snap losing streak with 34-28 win over Old Glory DC
MARIETTA, Ga. - Despite missing more than a dozen players through international duty or injury, the Toronto Arrows rallied to snap a five-game losing streak with a 34-28 win over Old Glory DC in Major...
Jul 04, 2021