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Newly hired Nanaimo NightOwls coach excited to lead hometown team
NANAIMO - Armed with experience as a high-level player and coach, the new man in charge of the Nanaimo NightOwls dugout can't wait to get started. Cody Andreychuk, 32, born and raised in Nanaimo, is t...
Oct 19, 2024
Fearing demolition, Montreal skateboarders rally to protect DIY skatepark from city
MONTREAL - Montreal skateboarders are rallying to protect a Do-It-Yourself skatepark known as Project 45 from what the city has said are plans to redevelop the space but skaters fear are plans to demo...
Oct 19, 2024
Fearing demolition, Montreal skateboarders rally to protect DIY skatepark from city
MONTREAL - Montreal skateboarders are rallying to protect a Do-It-Yourself skatepark known as Project 45 from what the city has said are plans to redevelop the space but skaters fear are plans to demo...
Oct 19, 2024
First atmospheric river of fall season to bring heavy rains on B.C. election day
Environment Canada is ramping up rainfall warnings in British Columbia, where Vancouver Island, metro Vancouver and the coastal regions of the province are bracing for major downpours through the week...
Oct 19, 2024
Hannah Green keeps 2-shot lead after three rounds of the BMW Ladies Championship
PAJU, South Korea (AP) - Hannah Green of Australia shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to hold a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea. Green shot 64 in each of th...
Oct 19, 2024
Election Day: where to vote and our coverage of results across Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - It's general voting day for the 2024 B.C. election.Polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19 with voters encouraged to visit the voting place assigned to them on t...
Oct 19, 2024
Emirates Team New Zealand wins 37th America’s Cup by beating INEOS Britannia 7-2
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Emirates Team New Zealand won the 37th America's Cup by clinching match point for a 7-2 victory over INEOS Britannia on Saturday. New Zealand secured a three-peat after also wi...
Oct 19, 2024
'Hateful and mean': LGBTQ+ advocates slam Sask. Party's proposed change room policy
Blake Tait says he's still healing from being outed by his school's guidance counsellor when he was 14. Feeling safe at his school in Saskatoon, he started telling people he was transgender. But he fe...
Oct 19, 2024
Lawyer for Mozambique's opposition politician is fatally shot following disputed election
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Gunmen chased down the lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their car in the capital, their party s...
Oct 19, 2024
Lawyer for Mozambique's opposition politician is fatally following disputed election
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) - Gunmen chased down the lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their car in the capital, their party s...
Oct 19, 2024