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China sentences Swedish bookseller to 10 years in prison
BEIJING - A court in eastern China announced Tuesday that it has sentenced Gui Minhai, a naturalized Swedish citizen, to 10 years in prison. The Ningbo Intermediate People's Court convicted the 55-yea...
Feb 24, 2020
Chanting Wet'suwet'en supporters defy injunction; return to B.C. legislature
VICTORIA - Supporters of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and their bid to stop a pipeline across their traditional territories returned to the British Columbia legislature Monday night despite a court ...
Feb 24, 2020
Clippers weekend wrap Feb. 21-23
NANAIMO - The Clippers wrapped up a regular season Island Division title over the weekend.They beat Cowichan Valley 2-1 and took out Alberni Valley 6-1 in the finale of the 2019-20 campaign.The Feb. 2...
Feb 24, 2020 Nanaimo finished the regular season with five consecutive wins to capture the team's first regular season Island Division title since 2016. (Gary Dorland)
Domi scores twice, Price makes 30 saves to lead Canadiens over Senators 3-0
OTTAWA - The Montreal Canadiens know they need a lot more games like Saturday if they have any hope of getting back in the playoff picture. The Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 3-0 thanks to a pair ...
Feb 24, 2020
Bemstrom's OT tally lifts Blue Jackets over Senators 4-3
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Emil Bemstrom scored 4:35 into overtime, and the Columbus Blue Jackets snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Monday. Bemstrom knocked home a r...
Feb 24, 2020
Emergency goalie David Ayres helps Hurricanes pick up improbable win over Leafs
TORONTO - David Ayres was sitting in the stands with his wife at Scotiabank Arena when Hurricanes goalie James Reimer went down with an injury. The emergency netminder for Saturday's game ag...
Feb 24, 2020
2nd person in days killed by Mardi Gras float in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - A man was struck and killed by a Mardi Gras float during a raucous weekend street parade in New Orleans, becoming the second person in days killed along a parade route during this year's...
Feb 24, 2020
South Korea put on high alert, Italy battles virus outbreak
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea's president said Sunday that he was putting his country on its highest alert for infectious diseases, ordering officials to take "unprecedented, powerful" steps...
Feb 24, 2020
China reports 508 more virus cases, South Korea has 60 more
BEIJING - China reported 508 new cases Tuesday in an outbreak of a viral illness that has spread to the Middle East and Europe. Another 71 deaths were reported, 68 of them in the city of Wuhan, where ...
Feb 24, 2020
Improved road access won't come easy for rural Meadowood residents north of Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - Lobbying is intensifying for a second vehicular route for an emerging rural community north of Qualicum Beach, but the province isn't keen on granting that wish.Corcan-Meadowood resid...
Feb 24, 2020 The RDN is looking into how improved vehicular access to the Meadowood area north of Qualicum Beach can be accomplished. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)