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Arsonists target four Nanaimo portable toilets
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are investigating after a string of fires were apparently deliberately set inside public portable toilets throughout the city.Nanaimo Fire Rescue crews were called out to four...
Jan 25, 2022
Nunavut community locks down due to COVID-19 cases, Iqaluit jail faces outbreak
IQALUIT, Nunavut - One Nunavut community is under a strict lockdown as COVID-19 spreads rapidly among households. All offices and schools in the Baffin Island community of Igloolik, where about 1,600 ...
Jan 25, 2022
Calgary Stampeders re-sign five-time all-star kicker Rene Paredes
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have re-signed five-time CFL all-star kicker Rene Paredes. Paredes was set to become a free agent next month, but instead is returning to the team he has spent 10 seas...
Jan 25, 2022
Donaldson eyes down BCHL goal scoring lead & special milestone
NANAIMO - As the Clippers battle for first place in the Coastal Division, one of their top forwards in chasing some individual accolades.After 32 games, Sean Donaldson is tied for first in league goal...
Jan 25, 2022
'It's solvable': Banff RCMP hoping to identify man's remains recovered decades ago
BANFF, Alta. - RCMP are hoping to solve the mystery of remains found more than two decades ago in Alberta's Banff National Park. The skeleton of a Caucasian man between the age of 19 and 35 was discov...
Jan 25, 2022
B.C. First Nation releasing results of investigation at site of former residential school
WILLIAMS LAKE - A First Nation in British Columbia is expected to release preliminary results today of a geophysical examination at the site of a former residential school.Chief Willie Sellars of the ...
Jan 25, 2022
Herdman draws on players from clubs in 11 countries for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
Coach John Herdman has drawn on players from clubs in 11 different countries for three crucial World Cup qualifiers. While some players were still in transit after weekend club matches, the Canadian m...
Jan 25, 2022
Only 51 per cent of children aged 5 to 11 have had at least one vaccine dose
As the Omicron variant continues to strain Canadian hospitals, a vaccine hesitancy expert is voicing concern about the slow vaccination rate of children between the ages of five and 11. In the two mon...
Jan 25, 2022
Liberal MP George Chahal fined $500 for taking Tory election leaflet from front door
OTTAWA - MP George Chahal says he has paid a $500 fine after taking an opponent's pamphlet from a front door and replacing it with his own during last year's election. The Liberal MP for Calgary Skyvi...
Jan 25, 2022
Defender Lukas MacNaughton joins Toronto FC after CPL title run with Pacific FC
Toronto FC continued to rebuild its roster Tuesday, acquiring defender Lukas MacNaughton from Canadian Premier League champion Pacific FC for an undisclosed transfer fee. MacNaughton, who joined TFC a...
Jan 25, 2022