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Keurig to pay $3 million fine for false, misleading claims on recycling of its K-CUPs
OTTAWA - The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-Cup pods can be recycled. In a statement Thursday the burea...
Jan 06, 2022

Keurig to pay $3 million fine for false, misleading claims on recycling of its K-CUPs
OTTAWA - The Competition Bureau says Keurig Canada will pay a $3 million penalty for making false or misleading claims that its single-use K-Cup pods can be recycled. In a statement Thursday the burea...
Jan 06, 2022

Snowfall causes Canada Post to suspend mail delivery service for Vancouver Island
NANAIMO - Due to remnants from a winter storm impacting large portions of the South Coast, Canada Post announced it suspended mail delivery service on Jan 6.The 'red alert' was issued as the latest du...
Jan 06, 2022

Bucs make it official: terminate Antonio Brown's contract
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers officially severed ties with Antonio Brown, terminating the contract of the mercurial receiver while also contradicting the player's claim that he was fired...
Jan 06, 2022

Bail hearing underway for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard
TORONTO - A bail hearing is underway in Toronto for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard. None of the evidence or reasons presented in court can be disclosed under a publication ban, nor can any inform...
Jan 06, 2022

Vancouver Canucks winger Alex Chiasson tests positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Alex Chiasson is the latest Vancouver Canucks player to test positive for COVID-19. Head coach Bruce Boudreau says the 31-year-old right-winger was held out of practice Thursday due to the...
Jan 06, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Ontarians with COVID-19 symptoms can leave isolation sooner than the required five days if two rapid antigen tests come back negative. Officials say peo...
Jan 06, 2022

Winnipeg Jets add three players, video coach to NHL's COVID-19 protocol
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have placed three players and a video coach to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The team announced Thursday that forward Jansen Harkins, defenceman Dylan DeMelo, goalie Arvid ...
Jan 06, 2022

Atlantic Canada's vaunted COVID-Zero strategy no match for Omicron variant
HALIFAX - Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low - but the arrival of Omicron has upend...
Jan 06, 2022

VIDEO: Clippers add veteran defenceman and still looking upgrade by trade deadline
NANAIMO - In the days leading up to the BCHL trade deadline the Clippers have added one player and hope to bring in some more talent.Alek Sukunda, a 2001 born defenceman, has come to Nanaimo in a trad...
Jan 06, 2022