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Officer convicted in fatal shooting of mentally ill man
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A California police officer has been convicted of assault with a firearm in the 2018 fatal shooting of an unarmed mentally ill man in a wealthy San Francisco suburb. A jury in Con...
Oct 26, 2021
Brazil senators recommend Bolsonaro face charges over COVID
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) - A Brazilian Senate committee recommended on Tuesday that President Jair Bolsonaro face a series of criminal indictments for actions and omissions related to the world's second ...
Oct 26, 2021
Gitxaala First Nation in B.C. goes to court over automatic mineral rights
VANCOUVER - A B.C. First Nation is challenging in court an online registry the province uses to automatically grant mineral rights on its territory. The Gitxaala have filed a petition to the B.C. Supr...
Oct 26, 2021
Two per cent of Island Health care workers on unpaid leave after going unvaccinated
NANAIMO - A key deadline for B.C. healthcare workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 has come and gone.Health minister Adrian Dix reported on Tuesday, Oct. 26, approximately two per cent, or 6...
Oct 26, 2021
Island Health issues overdose advisory for Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Island Health is warning drug users about an increasing number of overdoses in Nanaimo, triggering an advisory.The advisory was issued on Tuesday, Oct. 26 and is scheduled to last for at lea...
Oct 26, 2021
Blackhawks GM resigns, team fined after sexual assault probe
CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks mishandled allegations that an assistant coach sexually assaulted a player during the team's Stanley Cup run in 2010, according to an investigation commissioned by the...
Oct 26, 2021
Team Canada unveils kit from Lululemon for 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
TORONTO - Fitness was in fashion Tuesday as Team Canada took a fresh step forward with new outfitter Lululemon unveiling the 2022 kit for the country's Olympic and Paralympic teams in Beijing. No bere...
Oct 26, 2021
Tickets to 2021 Grey Cup at Tim Hortons Field go on sale to general public Tuesday
TORONTO - The Grey Cup returns in 2021, but attending the contest won't come cheaply. Tickets to the game, which will be held Dec. 12 at Tim Hortons Field, went on sale Tuesday to the general public. ...
Oct 26, 2021
From "Canadian Tuxedos" to cowboys: the hits and misses of Canada's Olympic fashions
Canada's Olympic attire tends to consist of predictably patriotic fare: variations on the same red-and-white, Maple Leaf-adorned uniforms we see year after year. But every now and then, Canada will ma...
Oct 26, 2021
B.C. auditor highlights COVID-19 relief program risks, budget dispute with government
VICTORIA - British Columbia's auditor general says he has a $6-billion difference of opinion with the government on calculating the province's financial bottom line. Michael Pickup says an audit of B....
Oct 26, 2021