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Family Day eyed as potential target to lift some COVID-19 restrictions
NANAIMO - B.C.'s provincial health officer is staying true to her word suggesting the province is on the right side of COVID-19's fifth wave.During a media briefing on Friday, Jan. 28, Dr. Bonnie Henr...
Jan 28, 2022
B.C. could lift more COVID restrictions starting on Family Day: top doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings are expected to be gradually lifted next month, starting on Family Day. Dr. Bonnie Henry says that's possible i...
Jan 28, 2022
Source: TFC acquires Mexican defender Carlos Salcedo, transfers Yeferson Soteldo
Toronto FC has acquired Mexican international defender Carlos Salcedo from Mexico's Tigres UANL as a designated player through 2024, with Venezuelan international winger Yeferson Soteldo going the oth...
Jan 28, 2022
Nord Stream 2 pipeline a sanctions option if Russia invades Ukraine: German envoy
OTTAWA - Germany's ambassador to Canada says a controversial gas pipeline that links to Russia beneath the Baltic Sea could be part of a broader package of sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine. Amba...
Jan 28, 2022
N.L.'s Memorial University apologizes for anti-Black racism after slur used in course
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Memorial University's vice-provost of equity, diversity and inclusion says a video that appears to show an instructor at the school use a racial slur during a lecture is a sign that...
Jan 28, 2022
Star linebacker Simoni Lawrence returning to Hamilton for ninth season
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed star linebacker Simoni Lawrence. The 32-year-old was the East Division's nominee for the 2021 CFL outstanding defensive player after posting 73 defens...
Jan 28, 2022
Nanaimo man charged with murdering fellow inmate in Alberta
NANAIMO - A local man behind bars in an Alberta prison is now accused of murder following the death of another inmate.Ashley Laird Baird, 38, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jeffr...
Jan 28, 2022
MétisMétis National Council takes former president, Manitoba Métis to court
The Mtis National Council has filed a lawsuit against its former president and the Manitoba Mtis Federation alleging financial irregularities and questionable contracts. President Cassidy Caron says a...
Jan 28, 2022
Iqaluit lifts precautionary boil-water advisory, bypass system still being used
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's Health Department has lifted a precautionary boil-water advisory for the city of Iqaluit. The capital's 8,000 people had been under the advisory since Jan. 19 when the cit...
Jan 28, 2022
Four deaths in Richmond, B.C., believed to be a murder-suicide, police say
RICHMOND, B.C. - Homicide investigators say they believe the targeted shooting that left four people dead in a Richmond, B.C., home was a murder-suicide. The victims were all members of the same famil...
Jan 28, 2022