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Avalanche closes stretch of Highway 99 north of Pemberton, B.C., risk remains high
A stretch of highway north of Pemberton, B.C., is closed as crews work to clear avalanche debris from the route, while Avalanche Canada says the risk remains high in many popular backcountry areas thr...
Mar 26, 2025
Peterborough Petes draw first pick in Ontario Hockey League draft
TORONTO - The Ontario Hockey League's oldest continuously operating franchise will pick first overall in this year's draft. The Peterborough Petes won the OHL draft lottery. Peterborough, the Guelph S...
Mar 26, 2025
Extreme heat without AC in Texas prisons is unconstitutionally cruel punishment, judge rules
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday found the extreme heat in Texas prisons is "plainly unconstitutional," but declined to order the state to immediately start installing air conditionin...
Mar 26, 2025
Ex-North Dakota lawmaker gets 10 years for going to Europe with intent to pay for sex with a minor
A once-powerful former North Dakota lawmaker was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Holmberg's attorney, Mark Friese, confir...
Mar 26, 2025
Police dog used to arrest robbery suspect who allegedly caused highway crashes
BURNABY, B.C. - Mounties say they called in police dog services to help arrest a robbery suspect who is alleged to have caused multiple crashes on Highway 1 during the Tuesday afternoon commute in Met...
Mar 26, 2025
Organizers of B.C. trans history conference blame Trump, with attendance set to slump
The chair of transgender studies at the University of Victoria is worried about attendance at this year's Moving Trans History Forward conference, with expectations of a 40 per cent drop in numbers. A...
Mar 26, 2025
American figure skater Alysa Liu takes the lead on the opening night of the world championships
BOSTON (AP) - American figure skater Alysa Liu assumed the lead after the short program on the opening night of the world championships on Wednesday, proving that the Olympian is much farther along in...
Mar 26, 2025
VIU to host 2026 CCAA men's basketball championship
NANAIMO - For the second time in four years the VIU Mariners will host a CCAA basketball national tournament.In 2022 it was the women's nationals that ended with a silver medal finish for the universi...
Mar 26, 2025
Study on B.C. decriminalization's impact on drug crisis not complete: former coroner
VICTORIA - British Columbia's former chief coroner says a new study linking safer supply and decriminalization to a rise in opioid overdose hospitalizations doesn't provide the full picture on the eff...
Mar 26, 2025
Many seniors in B.C. feel 'dismissed and invisible,' seniors' advocate says
VICTORIA - A study and poll from the office of British Columbia's seniors' advocate says ageism is a problem in the province and more than half of those surveyed say they have been victims of age disc...
Mar 26, 2025