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COVID-19 test positive rate among central Island students high through return to school
NANAIMO - Testing for COVID-19 has spiked upwards of five times among school-aged children since the return to class in September.Data from public health showed an average of 100 school-aged children ...
Sep 28, 2021
Tuesday's Lotto Max prize pool estimated at $83 million
NANAIMO - Someone's got to win it, so it might as well be you.The jackpot for the Tuesday, Sept. 28 Lotto Max draw is will be the maximum $70 million, with an estimated 13 extra $1 million prizes on o...
Sep 28, 2021
Local SPCA branches offering half-price adoptions
NANAIMO - BC SPCA shelters across the province are hoping a reduction in adoption fees will help get more animals into forever homes.Beginning Sept. 27 through Oct. 6, adoption fees for all animals, e...
Sep 28, 2021
Trapped miners rescued, election outcome poll : In The News for Sept. 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 28 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 28, 2021
Senators call for governments to craft a grand post-pandemic plan to grow economy
OTTAWA - A group of senators is calling on the federal government to strike a grand economic plan with provinces, territories, businesses and civil society to drive growth coming out of the pandemic. ...
Sep 28, 2021
Panel finds 80 alleged abuse cases tied to WHO's Congo work
BENI, Congo (AP) - A panel commissioned by the World Health Organization has identified more than 80 alleged cases of sex abuse during the U.N. health agency's response to an Ebola outbreak in Congo, ...
Sep 28, 2021
B.C. announces $29 million in funding for women, minorities in the technology sector
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government is teaming up with community partners, spending millions to get more women and minorities into the technology sector. The government, Crown agency Innovate B.C., the In...
Sep 28, 2021
B.C. Liberal leadership candidates to participate in campaign's first virtual debate
VICTORIA - Six candidates seeking to become the next leader of the British Columbia Liberal Party will face each other tonight in the campaign's first debate. The Liberal members will elect a new lead...
Sep 28, 2021
Canadians not thrilled but not angry either about federal election outcome: Poll
OTTAWA - Canadians may not be thrilled with the outcome of last week's federal election but a new poll suggests few are angry that it produced an almost identical result to the 2019 nation-wide vote. ...
Sep 28, 2021
Apartment block explosion in Sweden injures some 20 people
An explosion in an apartment building in central Gothenburg in Sweden injured up to 20 people on Tuesday, according to the Swedish news agency TT. The explosion took place in the early hours of the mo...
Sep 28, 2021