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Cameras seen as key deterrent against graffiti & vandalism in Nanaimo schools
NANAIMO - School District 68 is looking to take a more proactive approach towards preventing graffiti and vandalism.Installation of a new surveillance video system is the latest step to deter and, if ...
Feb 10, 2022
Biden dog Commander to make TV debut during 'Puppy Bowl'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's puppy Commander will make his TV debut on Super Bowl Sunday. The German shepherd and Biden's wife, Jill, will appear in a commercial airing before Sunday's broa...
Feb 10, 2022
Commercial flight diverted in high-speed chase in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Police say a man has been charged following a high-speed chase that required the diversion of a commercial airplane and ended with a collision involving a police vehicle in Langley,...
Feb 10, 2022
Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...
Feb 10, 2022
Vancouver Canucks name Hall of Famer Cammi Granato assistant GM
VANCOUVER - Cammi Granato has been watching the Vancouver Canucks for years. As a pro scout for the Seattle Kraken - the first female scout in NHL history - she spent ample time in the press box at Va...
Feb 10, 2022
Montreal police officers handed 30-day suspensions for racial profiling in 2017
MONTREAL - A Black man who was racially profiled by Montreal police during a stop in 2017 says the 30-day suspensions recently imposed by the ethics commission on two officers is significant but not n...
Feb 10, 2022
Invasive moth spray program coming to mid Island
NANAIMO - Parts of the mid-island will be getting a pesticide aerial-spray treatment this spring to deal with an invasive moth species. The caterpillars of the Lymantria moth feed on tree leaves and c...
Feb 10, 2022
Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...
Feb 10, 2022
Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Susannah Goshko, the British High Commissioner to Canad...
Feb 10, 2022
New Argos running back Harris says he's always played with a chip on his shoulder
TORONTO - Andrew Harris has played football with a huge chip on his shoulder for the last 11 seasons and that's not about to change with the Toronto Argonauts. Harris, who turns 35 in April, signed wi...
Feb 10, 2022