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Amid scandal, Quenneville resigns as Florida Panthers coach
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Joel Quenneville resigned as coach of the Florida Panthers on Thursday, two days after the second-winningest coach in NHL history was among those implicated for not swiftly respon...
Oct 28, 2021
Company hires contractor in effort to recover overboard containers off B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Canadian Coast Guard says the owner of a ship that lost 109 containers overboard in stormy weather last week has hired a contractor to try to recover the bins loaded with cargo. It say...
Oct 28, 2021
Company hires contractor in effort to recover overboard containers off B.C.
VANCOUVER - The Canadian Coast Guard says the owner of a ship that lost 109 containers overboard in stormy weather last week has hired a contractor to try to recover the bins loaded with cargo. It say...
Oct 28, 2021
Helicopter wreckage in B.C. recovered, Transportation Safety Board says
SECHELT, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says it has recovered the wreckage of a helicopter that crashed into the water off the Sunshine Coast, north of Vancouver, in early October. The board s...
Oct 28, 2021
Central Island sees sizeable increase in COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Island Health has seen another larger-than-average spike in COVID-19 cases.The health authority posted 90 new cases on Thursday, Oct. 28 with two-thirds stemming from the central Island regi...
Oct 28, 2021
British Columbia reports 758 new cases of COVID-19, 10 deaths
VICTORIA - British Columbia has reported 758 new cases of COVID-19, as the province inches closer to a 90 per cent vaccination rate for all eligible residents aged 12 and up. The Health Ministry says ...
Oct 28, 2021
Linwood Holton, first GOP Va. governor of 20th century, dies
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Linwood Holton, Virginia's first Republican governor since Reconstruction, died Thursday, his family said in a statement. He was 98. Holton died peacefully Thursday morning at his...
Oct 28, 2021
Alberta jobs minister says he only heard rumours before his chief of staff was fired
EDMONTON - Alberta's jobs minister says he heard rumours about his chief of staff raising a sexual harassment issue which she alleges led to her being fired by the premier's office. "A lot of that inf...
Oct 28, 2021
Toronto FC's Yeferson Soteldo may be sidelined for last few games of season
TORONTO - Injured Toronto FC winger Yeferson Soteldo may be done for the season. While Toronto (6-19-7) only has two regular-season games and at least one Canadian Championship outing remaining, Toron...
Oct 28, 2021
Fox World Series Game 2 viewers up 13% from 2020 record low
ATLANTA (AP) - Houston's 7-2 win over Atlanta in World Series Game 2 drew 10,539,000 viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox streaming apps. The game was seen by an average of 10,280,000 on Fox, up 13% f...
Oct 28, 2021