Author Archives:

Research shows climate change silencing spots once buzzing with bees
OTTAWA - Research measuring the effort of climate change on bees suggests they are only half as likely to be found in areas where they were once common. "Things are just getting way too hot for t...
Feb 06, 2020

AP source: Wolves send Wiggins to Warriors for Russell
MINNEAPOLIS - In a swap of high scorers, the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired D'Angelo Russell on Thursday from the Golden State Warriors for Andrew Wiggins, according to a person with knowledge of the...
Feb 06, 2020

VIDEO: Beloved downtown Nanaimo barbershop reopens thanks to community support
NANAIMO - The doors are open once again at That 50's Barbershop in downtown Nanaimo after a devastating robbery. A GoFundMe raised more than $7,500 in one day for the shop after it was robbed overnigh...
Feb 06, 2020 That 50's Barbershop owner Dave Lawrence with fresh tools he was able to buy with money raised from an overwhelmingly popular GoFundMe. (Spencer Sterritt/NanaimoNewsNOW)

Flames captain Mark Giordano out week-to-week with hamstring injury
Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving says the team "dodged a big bullet" with defenceman Mark Giordano, who will be out week-to-week with right hamstring injury. The Flames captain ...
Feb 06, 2020

Olympic berth on the line for Canadian women as they face Costa Rica in California
CARSON, Calif. - Coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller is throwing out the form chart as eighth-ranked Canada takes on No. 37 Costa Rica in the semifinals of the CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship...
Feb 06, 2020

B.C. father, husband wants government help for his family in Wuhan, China
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man says he's "really hurt" that the Canadian government is not doing more to get permanent residents out of the city at the centre of a new cor...
Feb 06, 2020

Coal sales interrupted by heavy snow, extreme cold, rain, warns Teck Resources
VANCOUVER - Shares in Teck Resources Ltd. fell by as much as 3.2 per cent after it warned sales of steelmaking coal in the current quarter are down due to bad weather in British Columbi...
Feb 06, 2020

AP source: Walmart shooting suspect faces hate crime charges
WASHINGTON - The man accused of killing 22 people and wounding two dozen more in a shooting that targeted Mexicans in the border city of El Paso, Texas, has been charged with federal hate crimes, a pe...
Feb 06, 2020

Green tea party? State licenses Boston's 1st marijuana shop
Boston's first retail pot shop and Massachusetts' first minority-owned marijuana business was approved Thursday, more than a year after the first shops opened elsewhere in the state. The state's Canna...
Feb 06, 2020

Twitter shares jump on rise in user numbers, revenue
Shares in Twitter jumped Thursday after the social media company said revenue and user numbers exceeded forecasts in the latest quarter, though profit fell as expenses rose. The San Francisco-based te...
Feb 06, 2020