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Canada surprises with bronze medal in mixed team ski jump
BEIJING - Canada won a surprise bronze medal in the mixed team ski jumping competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics. The Canadian team of Alexandria Loutitt, Matthew Soukup, Abigail Strate and Macke...
Feb 07, 2022
'It's a big problem:' Nanaimo principal sounds off on smart phone addiction
NANAIMO - Seeing bleary-eyed, exhausted students in the days following a prolonged winter break only amplified concerns of the principal of Nanaimo District Secondary School (NDSS).Liana Appelt was wo...
Feb 07, 2022
Parrot, McMorris share the podium again, Canada dominates men's snowboard slopestyle
BEIJING - Canada scored another multi-medal day at the Beijing Olympics, and it took just one event to make it happen. Max Parrot won Canada's first gold medal in Beijing with a dominant performance i...
Feb 07, 2022
State of emergency in Ottawa and Canadian gold in Beijing: In The News for Feb. 7
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 07, 2022
Ottawa residents, protesters scheduled to clash in court
OTTAWA - An Ontario court is scheduled to hear arguments in a proposed multi-million-dollar class-action lawsuit by Ottawa residents who want protesters encamped in their downtown to stop honking thei...
Feb 07, 2022
Governments to announce recovery plan for B.C. agriculture industry after floods
VANCOUVER - A recovery package is expected to be announced today for British Columbia's agriculture industry after devastating floods last November. The B.C. and federal agriculture ministers were sch...
Feb 07, 2022
Pandemic highlights problems in access to mental health, psychological services
VANCOUVER - As a registered psychologist who specializes in stress and anxiety, Dr. Melanie Badali says it's been difficult to watch some of her wait lists grow over the course of the COVID-19 pandemi...
Feb 07, 2022
Governments to announce recovery plan for B.C. agriculture industry after floods
VANCOUVER - A recovery package is expected to be announced today for British Columbia's agriculture industry after devastating floods last November. The B.C. and federal agriculture ministers were sch...
Feb 07, 2022
Max Parrot wins gold, Mark McMorris bronze in men's snowboard slopestyle
BEIJING - Canada dominated the men's snowboard slopestyle competition, with Max Parrot winning gold and teammate Mark McMorris claiming bronze. It's the second straight Olympics that Parrot and McMorr...
Feb 06, 2022
Clippers earn a point in 3-2 shootout loss in Surrey
SOUTH SURREY - The Clippers fought through the fatigue of three games in less than 72 hours to get a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Eagles.Surrey's Grayden Slipec had the only goal of the first p...
Feb 06, 2022