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Groups criticize Pacific salmon treaty, urge Alaska to protect B.C.-bound salmon
VANCOUVER - A coalition of Canadian groups is calling on Alaska's governor to stop the state's harvest of Canadian-bound salmon, while it criticizes the international treaty that prevents overfishing ...
Mar 22, 2022
New Brunswick's Pierre Arsenault takes over as U Sports chief executive officer
Pierre Arsenault is taking over as chief executive officer of one of the largest sports leagues in Canada. The 48-year-old from Riverview, N.B. steps to the helm of 14,000 student-athletes playing var...
Mar 22, 2022
Official guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds Jan. 6
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday convicted an elected official from New Mexico of illegally entering restricted US Capitol grounds but acquitted him of engaging in disorderly conduct durin...
Mar 22, 2022
1 killed, 10 injured after tornado hits north Texas county
DALLAS (AP) - One person was killed when a tornado swept through North Texas, officials said Tuesday. Grayson County Office of Emergency Management Director Sarah Somers said a 73-year-old woman died ...
Mar 22, 2022
VIDEO: Clippers graduating players reminisce about their junior careers
NANAIMO - Six graduating Nanaimo Clippers are preparing for their final ever regular season junior hockey game.Sean Donaldson, Tristan Fraser, Keighan Gerrie, Cooper Black, Andrew Noel and Alek Sukund...
Mar 22, 2022
Ottawa Senators will no longer require fans to be masked as of Saturday's home game
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have eliminated their mask mandate for fans beginning Saturday. The move comes amid Ontario's easing of COVID-19 restrictions, and on the heels of Maple Leaf Sports & ...
Mar 22, 2022
Some key details in the "confidence and supply" deal between the Liberals, NDP
OTTAWA - Some key elements of the agreement between the Liberals and NDP that would keep Justin Trudeau's government in power until 2025: The NDP will not move a vote of non-confidence, nor vote for a...
Mar 22, 2022
Jackson faces pointed questions at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faced senators' questions for the first time Tuesday as Democrats push to quickly confirm the only Black female justice in the court's 233...
Mar 22, 2022
Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison by Russian court
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was convicted of fraud and contempt of court and sentenced to nine years in a maximum security prison on Tuesday. A judge also ruled that Navalny...
Mar 22, 2022
New auto service training spaces for EV maintenance opening at VIU
NANAIMO - A rise in popularity of electric vehicles is being met by increased education for mechanics who will service and maintain them.The province recently announced an investment of around $160,00...
Mar 22, 2022