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Hall of Fame 'keeper Karina LeBlanc endures health scare after giving birth
Karina LeBlanc knew life would change when she became a mother. But the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame goalkeeper did not expect the terrifying roller-coaster that followed the birth of daughter Paris, wi...
May 04, 2020
1 new Vancouver Island COVID-19 case; men revealed as more likely to be hospitalized
NANAIMO - New details were revealed about the COVID-19 pandemic and who is most susceptible. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry revealed on Monday, May 4 women are more likely to get COVID-19,...
May 04, 2020 The black dotted lines indicate when physical distancing measures were put in place and the curve began to flatter. (Gov't of BC)
Quebec police probing 3 cellphone tower fires, possible link to conspiracy theory
MONTREAL - Police in Quebec are investigating whether recent fires at three cellphone towers north of Montreal are connected and if they have anything to do with global conspiracy theories l...
May 04, 2020
Nicolas Cage to star as Joe Exotic in limited TV series
LOS ANGELES - The Joe Exotic phenomenon keeps growing, with Nicolas Cage to star in a TV miniseries about the colorful wild animal owner made famous by the "Tiger King" docuseries. The TV series is th...
May 04, 2020
Iran chief's link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
OTTAWA - A former Canadian justice minister says Canada's quest for compensation from Iran for shooting down a Ukrainian airliner is fraught with obstacles because Tehran's lead investigator is a mass...
May 04, 2020
New this week: A Bieber reality show, comics and their moms
Bored with your surroundings? Justin and Hailey Bieber are showing off their lives in their Toronto home in a new series, while Hulu this week is premiering a documentary looking back at an early 1990...
May 04, 2020
New book aims to portray 'real' Prince Harry and Meghan
LONDON - Freed from the constraints of life as full-time royals - and enmeshed in a feud with Britain's tabloid press - Prince Harry and his wife Meghan plan to tell their story in a book penned by sy...
May 04, 2020
Taika Waititi to direct new 'Star Wars' film
NEW YORK - Taika Waititi, the New Zealand filmmaker of "Jojo Rabbit" and "Thor: Ragnarok," will direct a new "Star Wars" film. Waititi had for months been expected to take the reins of the galaxy far,...
May 04, 2020
Nanaimo RCMP arrest one suspect following Saturday night gas station fire
NANAIMO - Local RCMP have arrested one of the two suspects alleged to have started a fire at a Nanaimo convenience store on Saturday, May 2.The Circle K convenience store at the corner of Departure Ba...
May 04, 2020 Nanaimo RCMP continue to investigate a Saturday evening fire at Circle K convenience store on Departure Bay Rd. after a flare was discharged into the store. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Hanks, who survived COVID-19, calls graduates 'the chosen'
DAYTON, Ohio - Tom Hanks says graduates of an Ohio university that named a film centre after him are "the chosen ones." The Oscar-winning actor delivered a surprise virtual speech Saturday to the grad...
May 04, 2020