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Environment Canada forecasts heavy snowfall across much of B.C.
VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says heavy snow is expected across much of British Columbia this weekend as a weather system moves from north to south across the province. The weather office is forecas...
Feb 25, 2023
Canadian Victor Montagliani re-elected as CONCACAF president through 2027
GUATEMALA CITY - Canadian Victor Montagliani has been re-elected as president of CONCACAF, which represents North and Central America and the Caribbean. Montagliani, the only candidate, was unanimousl...
Feb 25, 2023
One dead, two still unaccounted for after house fire in Pikangikum First Nation
A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation lacked the facilities to extinguish a house fire that left one dead and two others unaccounted for, the local chief said as she called for government help in...
Feb 25, 2023
'The kids have already gone through a lot:' NDSS parents voice concerns on school capacity changes
NANAIMO - Uprooting kids to relieve overflowing classrooms is not on the radar for most parents.Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools (SD68) held a virtual open house on Thursday, Feb. 23 to allow for publ...
Feb 25, 2023
Canada's Mikael Kingsbury wins singles moguls title at world championship
BAKURIANI, Georgia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury edged Australia's Matt Graham on Saturday to win gold in singles moguls at the freestyle world ski championships. Kingsbury, from Deux-Montagnes, Que., f...
Feb 25, 2023
Women's World Cup downhill canceled after fog delays
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) - A downhill race in the women's World Cup was canceled Saturday after initially being delayed for two hours because of fog over the course. The downhill is now set for...
Feb 25, 2023
Chelsea manager Potter says he has received death threats
LONDON (AP) - Chelsea manager Graham Potter says he and his family have received death threats in the wake of the team's poor form. Potter said Friday he had been targeted by an anonymous email accoun...
Feb 25, 2023
Climate change could leave Yukon plants with nowhere to go: study
WHITEHORSE - As climate change pushes some plants northward, a new study suggests several unique species in Yukon and Alaska could have nowhere to go. The scientific paper, published late last month i...
Feb 25, 2023
Qualicum Beach Fire Rescue's getting new state-of-the-art digital fire training system
QUALICUM BEACH - A mid-Island fire department is about to update its equipment to the digital age with a cool new way to simulate real-life structure fires.$90,000 was provided to the Qualicum Beach F...
Feb 25, 2023
B.C. First Nation aims to reclaim narrative from shadows of residential school
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - Once it was the site of a building for the former Alberni Indian Residential School, one of the most notorious such institutions in British Columbia and a place linked to sufferin...
Feb 25, 2023