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VIDEO: Coldest Night of the Year smashes fundraising records in Nanaimo & Parksville
NANAIMO - Fundraising records were set across the mid-Island in support of vital programming to help those living rough.The annual Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser in Nanaimo, in support of the Is...
Feb 26, 2023
Inuit 15 times more likely to be jailed in Quebec than the provincial average
MONTREAL - Osman Ilgun was arrested in September 2021 and soon transferred to a detention centre 1,500 kilometres away from his home in the Inuit community of Quaqtaq in Quebec's Nunavik region. At th...
Feb 26, 2023
Black activist who became PM of Dominica was target of RCMP dirty tricks: documents
OTTAWA - It has long been known that the RCMP Security Service took a keen interest in Roosevelt "Rosie" Douglas, a Black rights activist who attended school in Canada and would go on to be prime mini...
Feb 26, 2023
Migrant boat breaks apart off Italy; many dead, 58 survivors
ROME (AP) - The Italian coast guard and firefighters have recovered more than 30 bodies after a wooden migrant boat broke apart in rough seas Sunday near the southern coast of Italy's mainland, author...
Feb 26, 2023
Clippers second period let down leads to 4-2 loss in Langley
LANGLEY - The Coastal Division leading Clippers lost 4-2 to the eighth seeded Langley Rivermen.The two teams traded goals late in the first period with Owen Kim giving Langley the lead and Lukas Klemm...
Feb 25, 2023
MacKinnon, Georgiev help Avalanche beat Flames 4-1
DENVER (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon had a goal to extend his points streak to seven games, Alexandar Georgiev stopped 28 shots and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Saturday night for t...
Feb 25, 2023
B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat government has been tackling some of the province's fundamental deficits in recent months by spending billions in surplus dollars, says Premier David Eby. Bu...
Feb 25, 2023
B.C. premier says some deficits require spending as NDP prepares to table budget
VICTORIA - British Columbia's New Democrat government has been tackling some of the province's fundamental deficits in recent months by spending billions in surplus dollars, says Premier David Eby. Bu...
Feb 25, 2023
Real Salt Lake edges Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 in MLS season opener
VANCOUVER - Damir Kreilach scored to complete a 2-1 come-from-behind victory for Real Salt Lake as the club opened the Major League Soccer season against the Whitecaps in Vancouver on Saturday. The Wh...
Feb 25, 2023
Callender has 6 saves, Miami beats Montreal 2-0
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Drake Callender saved all six shots he faced while Sergey Krivtsov scored in his first Major League Soccer appearance as Inter Miami earned a 2-0 win Saturday night over C...
Feb 25, 2023