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Mental health/substance use services ramp up in Nanaimo area
NANAIMO - Over the past several months a team of professionals has begun tackling expanding and complex health challenges impacting youth and their families on the mid-Island. Following a B.C. governm...
Sep 16, 2024
In the news today: Parliament resumes under precarious conditions
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... MPs return to Ottawa for what promises to be a boisterous sitting Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa tod...
Sep 16, 2024
B.C. municipal leaders gather to talk infrastructure, addiction, emergency management
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of B.C. Municipalities says communities have billions of dollars worth of infrastructure that will need replacing in the next decade and the province needs to st...
Sep 16, 2024
MPs return to Ottawa for what promises to be a boisterous sitting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa today to begin a busy and potentially precarious sitting for the governing Liberals. The New Democrats broke their political pact with the government,...
Sep 16, 2024
Verdict expected in rape trial for former military leader Haydn Edmundson
OTTAWA - An Ottawa judge is set to deliver a verdict this morning in the sexual assault trial for former vice-admiral Haydn Edmundson. Edmundson was the head of the military's personnel in 2021 when h...
Sep 16, 2024
MPs return to Ottawa for what promises to be a boisterous sitting
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament are back in Ottawa today to begin a busy and potentially precarious sitting for the governing Liberals. The New Democrats broke their political pact with the government,...
Sep 16, 2024
Next phase of federal foreign interference inquiry to begin today in Ottawa
OTTAWA - The latest phase of a federal inquiry into foreign interference is set to kick off today with remarks from commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue. Several weeks of public hearings will focus on the ca...
Sep 16, 2024
Voters head to the polls for byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg
OTTAWA - Canadians in two federal ridings are choosing their next member of Parliament today, and political parties are closely watching the results. Winnipeg's Elmwood -Transcona seat has been vacant...
Sep 16, 2024
Kizzire ends drought with five-stroke win in FedEx Cup Fall opener at Silverado
NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Patton Kizzire ended a long victory drought Sunday in the Procore Championship, closing with a scrambling 2-under 70 for a tournament-record, five-stroke victory in the FedEx Cup F...
Sep 15, 2024
Earthquakes shake deep below northern British Columbia coast
HAIDA GWAII, BRITISH COLUMBIA - The northern British Columbia coast was rattled by two earthquakes below the ocean floor on Sunday. Natural Resources Canada said the first quake hit at 3:20 p.m. and m...
Sep 15, 2024