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B.C. Liberal party in court as members cast votes for new leader
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a last-minute petition today asking it to delay the release of results for the new leader of the B.C. Liberal party. Seven candidates ...
Feb 04, 2022
Police: Arrest in altercation that badly injured 49ers fan
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend's NFC championship game between the 4...
Feb 04, 2022
Police: Arrest in altercation that badly injured 49ers fan
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A suspect was arrested in an altercation that badly injured a San Francisco 49ers fan in a parking lot outside SoFi Stadium during last weekend's NFC championship game between the 4...
Feb 04, 2022
Ex-Montreal Canadien Chris Nilan says he lost radio job over vaccine refusal
MONTREAL - Former Montreal Canadiens forward turned radio host Chris Nilan says he was fired from TSN 690, a Montreal sports radio station, after he refused to take a COVID-19 vaccine. In a letter pos...
Feb 04, 2022
Minnesota AG to join investigation into Amir Locke shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will join the review of the fatal shooting of a Black man by Minneapolis police, authorities said Friday, shortly after police released body...
Feb 04, 2022
Ottawa police deploy 'surge' in bid to control, end 'increasingly volatile' protest
Ottawa police are deploying a "surge" of about 150 extra police officers to central areas of the city paralyzed by the protest against COVID-19 mandates that has been going on for days. Police Chief P...
Feb 04, 2022
Arbery’s shooter withdraws guilty plea on hate crime charge
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) - The man convicted of murder for shooting Ahmaud Arbery withdrew his guilty plea on a federal hate crime charge Friday, electing to stand trial for a second time in the 2020 killi...
Feb 04, 2022
Curlers right the ship, figure skaters struggle as Canada seeks to defend gold medals
BEIJING - Canada's defence of its Olympic mixed doubles curling gold medal is looking a lot more promising. The path to repeating as figure skating team champions, however, is on perilously thin ice. ...
Feb 04, 2022
Continued spike in overdose fatalities highlighting proper use of life-saving Naloxone
NANAIMO - With over 35,000 overdose and poisoning calls reported in 2021, the drug toxicity crisis in B.C. is continuing to claim an increasing number of lives.Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narc...
Feb 04, 2022
'We hear their frustrations': RCMP unsure when Alberta border protest will end
COUTTS, Alta. - An RCMP spokesman says there's no way to predict when the protest at Alberta's main border crossing will end but he understands the public's growing frustration as it drags on. Demonst...
Feb 04, 2022