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White Rock Lake wildfire caused an estimated $77-million in insured damage
The damage caused by the White Rock Lake wildfire this summer is expected to have a price tag of at least $77-million.The insured damage estimate was calculated by Catastrophe Indices and Quantificati...
Sep 23, 2021
House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump advisers, associates
WASHINGTON (AP) - A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed four advisers and associates to former President Donald Trump who were in contact with him ...
Sep 23, 2021
Premiers urge Trudeau to meet with them ASAP on health-care funding
CHILLIWACK - Canada's premiers are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to meet with them at his earliest opportunity to discuss long-term, predictable funding for health care. Premiers from all the p...
Sep 23, 2021
Total COVID-19 cases in Island Health crests 8,000, 69 new
NANAIMO - Island Health passed another milestone in its COVID-19 case counts.The health authority crested the 8,000 total case tally, dating back to the start of the pandemic, now at 8,045. Of the tot...
Sep 23, 2021
Massive B.C. wildfire causes $77 million in insurance damage
VANCOUVER - A wildfire that began on Aug. 2 in British Columbia and grew to more than 833 square kilometres is now estimated to have caused $77 million in insurance damage. The cost estimate from the ...
Sep 23, 2021
Massive B.C. wildfire causes $77 million in insurance damage
VANCOUVER - A wildfire that began on Aug. 2 in British Columbia and grew to more than 833 square kilometres is now estimated to have caused $77 million in insurance damage. The cost estimate from the ...
Sep 23, 2021
Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Sardinia
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained Thursday in Sardinia, Italy, his lawyer said. Lawyer Gonzalo Boye wrote on Twitter that the ex-Catalan regional president, ...
Sep 23, 2021
Captaincy, Gaudreau's contract status the plot lines of Calgary Flames training camp
CALGARY - Replacing the leadership and minutes of departed captain Mark Giordano is a burning issue at Calgary Flames training camp. After eight years wearing the 'C ' and leading the team in ice time...
Sep 23, 2021
Feds to provide Red Cross, Armed Forces help as COVID-19 swamps Alberta's hospitals
EDMONTON - The federal government says it will come to Alberta's aid as the province's hospitals face an overwhelming wave of COVID-19 patients. Bill Blair, the federal minister of public safety and e...
Sep 23, 2021
Premiers push for more unconditional health-care funding from feds
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are pushing the newly re-elected federal government for more unconditional health-care funding as their top priority. The provincial and territorial leaders held a teleconfe...
Sep 23, 2021