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Former Lethbridge Hurricanes players respond to abuse allegations in CHL lawsuit
Members of the 2008-09 Lethbridge Hurricanes say their "team became an extended family" over the course of that season despite abuse allegations made by a former teammate. Twenty-s...
Jun 24, 2020
More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings found dead in B.C.
VANCOUVER - More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings were found dead this week after a tree with several nests fell in the Greater Vancouver area. A news release from the Wild...
Jun 24, 2020
More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings found dead in B.C.
VANCOUVER - More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings were found dead this week after a tree with several nests fell in the Greater Vancouver area. A news release from the Wild...
Jun 24, 2020
Mongolian People's Party retains strong parliament majority
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - The Mongolian People's Party retained a strong parliamentary majority, preliminary election results showed Thursday, as the U.S.-allied nation sandwiched between Russia and Chi...
Jun 24, 2020
Canadians exempt from new U.S. visa rules, immigration lawyers' group says
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of American immigration lawyers says the U.S. government has told it that new restrictions on work visas there don't apply to Canadians. A "practice alert"...
Jun 24, 2020
B.C. allows more openings, but 'we are not leaving COVID-19 behind,' Horgan
VICTORIA - British Columbia is further easing restrictions that are in place because of COVID-19, allowing hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels and RV parks to resume operating. Premier John Ho...
Jun 24, 2020
B.C. allows more openings, but 'we are not leaving COVID-19 behind,' Horgan
VICTORIA - British Columbia is further easing restrictions that are in place because of COVID-19, allowing hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels and RV parks to resume operating. Premier John Ho...
Jun 24, 2020
Boaters help nab Nanaimo suspect who tried to swim from police
NANAIMO - A wanted offender was 'hooked' into police custody with the help of several boaters.It happened Monday, June 22 at 2 p.m. when police said the 25-year-old suspect blatantly used street drugs...
Jun 24, 2020
California voters to decide fate of affirmative action ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's 1996 ban on affirmative action policies will be tested at ballot box in November as voters will decide whether governments and public colleges and universities can co...
Jun 24, 2020
Twins with a twist born in Victoria after mom has many miscarriages
VICTORIA - Margo and Ian Sheldon tried to have a baby for six years, enduring the pain of multiple miscarriages and a full-term still birth. Last week, four days apart, their two babies arrived. The n...
Jun 24, 2020