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Libyan interim PM submits bid for presidential elections
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) - Libya's interim prime minister filed a request Sunday to run for president despite being technically barred from the upcoming elections. Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah is mea...
Nov 21, 2021
Water Cooler: Highway access through Nanaimo & wait times at BC Ferries terminals
NANAIMO - The Water Cooler is NanaimoNewsNOW's letters to the editor-style segment, featuring conversations about the news in Nanaimo and Oceanside.This week's feature discusses this week's shutdown o...
Nov 21, 2021
A sign for '22: Zverev dominates to claim ATP Finals trophy
TURIN, Italy (AP) - If Alexander Zverev's performance this weekend is any indication, a lot can be expected from the third-ranked German in 2022. Zverev beat the top two players in consecutive matches...
Nov 21, 2021
Tory vaccination status in spotlight after MP tests positive on eve of new Parliament
OTTAWA - A new session of Parliament opens Monday with questions continuing to swirl over the vaccination status of Conservative MPs. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has said he and all his 118 MPs w...
Nov 21, 2021
Germany sweeps World Cup bobsled gold, Canadian women take bronze
IGLS, Austria (AP) - Germany swept a pair of World Cup bobsled races Sunday, with Francesco Friedrich winning in the four-man race and Laura Nolte driving to the victory in the women's event. Canada's...
Nov 21, 2021
Top Ukrainian official says more support needed as Russia masses troops near border
HALIFAX - A senior Ukrainian government official is urging Canada to bolster its support for the eastern European country as it faces a renewed threat from Russian forces along its border. Oleksiy Dan...
Nov 21, 2021
Annual hospital Light The Trees campaign raising money for essential needs
NANAIMO - It's been getting a little brighter at NRGH lately.An annual fundraiser put on by the Hospital Foundation is collecting donations in exchange for extra lights on trees at Nanaimo hospital.Ja...
Nov 21, 2021
Sudan military leaders reinstate deposed prime minister
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's military and civilian leaders reached a deal to reinstate Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, who was deposed in a coup last month. According to the deal, signed Sunday, the military w...
Nov 21, 2021
'We lost everything': Many residents in Princeton, B.C. still digging out from flood
PRINCETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mario Loutef had little sleep the four days leading up to Saturday, when he piled his ruined belongings in the street outside his home in Princeton, B.C. A vast swath of ...
Nov 21, 2021
Belarus pro-democracy advocate praises Canada's anti-authoritarian stand
OTTAWA - From the safe confines of Washington, D.C. and his comfortable World Bank job, Valery Kavaleuski was powerless to resist the riptide of democratic reform washing over his homeland of Belarus ...
Nov 21, 2021