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Mariners basketball and volleyball teams ranked number one in Canada
NANAIMO - They're simply the best, better than all the rest.All four men's and women's basketball and volleyball squads at Vancouver Island University have held the number one ranking in the nation fo...
Feb 17, 2022
RCMP say Coastal GasLink site in northern B.C. 'attacked,' causing significant damage
HOUSTON, B.C. - Mounties in northern British Columbia are investigating what they say was a violent confrontation between a group of about 20 people and Coastal GasLink employees at a work site for th...
Feb 17, 2022
RCMP say Coastal GasLink site in northern B.C. 'attacked,' causing significant damage
HOUSTON, B.C. - Mounties in northern British Columbia are investigating what they say was a violent confrontation between a group of about 20 people and Coastal GasLink employees at a work site for th...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. health authority issues urgent drug alert to prevent overdose
KELOWNA, B.C. - An urgent drug alert has been issued for the Interior Health region of British Columbia after extreme levels of fentanyl and a benzodiazepine were found in drug samples tested througho...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. eases work-from-home rules as COVID-19 hospitalizations drop
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor has updated her public health orders as more employees return to their workplaces with COVID-19 infections dropping. The Health Ministry says provincial health...
Feb 17, 2022
Sources: 19 Austin police officers indicted in protest probe
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A Texas grand jury has indicted 19 Austin police officers on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for their actions during 2020 protests over racial injustice that s...
Feb 17, 2022
Illegal handgun seized by Oceanside RCMP from unlicensed Parksville man
PARKSVILLE - A weapons investigation has turned up what police say is an illegal firearm.Oceanside RCMP conducted a search warrant on a Parksville-area home on Wednesday, Feb. 16 and uncovered a loade...
Feb 17, 2022
B.C. nation to search for children who didn't come home from Alert Bay school
ALERT BAY, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation located off the coast of northeastern Vancouver Island says it has started an investigation on the grounds of a former residential school, looking for...
Feb 17, 2022
IIHF reschedules world junior event to August 2022
BEIJING - President Luc Tardif of the International Ice Hockey Federation says the 2022 world junior men's tournament will be played this summer in Canada. The tournament began in December in Edmonton...
Feb 17, 2022
California adopts nation's first 'endemic' virus policy
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the first shift by a state to an "endemic" approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes prevention and quick reacti...
Feb 17, 2022