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Queen Elizabeth II advised to rest for 2 weeks
LONDON (AP) - Queen Elizabeth II has been advised to rest for at least the next two weeks, accepting doctors' advice to cut back on her busy schedule, Buckingham Palace said Friday. The 95-year-old mo...
Oct 29, 2021
Ship fire out, but search continues for lost containers from vessel off B.C.'s coast
VICTORIA - A fire that burned for nearly a week on the container ship anchored off Victoria's waterfront has been put out. A statement from Danaos Shipping Co., the manager of the MV Zim Kingston, say...
Oct 29, 2021
Ship fire out, but search continues for lost containers from vessel off B.C.'s coast
VICTORIA - A fire that burned for nearly a week on the container ship anchored off Victoria's waterfront has been put out. A statement from Danaos Shipping Co., the manager of the MV Zim Kingston, say...
Oct 29, 2021
TFC expects to rest players on weekend ahead of Canadian Championship semifinal
The normal squad rotation from a midweek to a weekend game will likely be taken up a notch Saturday when Toronto FC visits Atlanta United in the penultimate game of a dismal MLS season. While sixth-pl...
Oct 29, 2021
Nanaimo RCMP investigating hit and run after 18-year-old woman struck
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are looking for more information after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in the parking lot of a Nanaimo shopping complex.An 18-year-old woman was walking in the Brooks Landin...
Oct 29, 2021
Leafs sign defenceman Rielly to eight-year, $60-million extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Morgan Rielly to an eight-year, US$60-million contract extension worth an average annual value of US$7.5 million. The 27-year-old is currently ...
Oct 29, 2021
Environment minister 'cautiously optimistic' about UN climate change conference
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada has two "very heavy weeks" ahead as the government gears up for negotiations at the United Nations COP26 conference. International officials...
Oct 29, 2021
Schools close as thousands of New Brunswick public sector workers launch strike
FREDERICTON - Schools closed across New Brunswick as thousands of public sector workers walked off the job early Friday morning in a bid to secure higher wages. Steve Drost, president of the New Bruns...
Oct 29, 2021
Biden: Pope told him he should 'keep receiving communion'
ROME (AP) - President Joe Biden said the issue of abortion did not come up in his meeting with Pope Francis, but that the pontiff told him he should continue to receive Communion, despite calls from c...
Oct 29, 2021
GOP Trump critic Rep. Adam Kinzinger won't seek reelection
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump who is one of two Republicans on the panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack, announced Friday that ...
Oct 29, 2021