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Nanaimo Minor Hockey, United Soccer alter plans after COVID-19 exposures
NANAIMO - A series of COVID-19 exposures in the region, particularly clusters within the school system, have forced local sports organizations to press pause.Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association said Mond...
Nov 16, 2020
West Ballenas Island preserved, purchased from private owner for $1.7M
NANAIMO - A privately owned island off Nanoose Bay is poised to be preserved as park land thanks to a substantial fundraising campaign.The BC Parks Foundation has secured an agreement to purchase West...
Nov 16, 2020
'No government contracts' for companies that don't manufacture in U.S., Biden vows
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Joe Biden is doubling down on his promise to enforce Buy American policies once he becomes U.S. president in January. Biden says no government contracts will be given to compa...
Nov 16, 2020
Nunavut orders shutdown of non-essential businesses, schools as cases jump to 26
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer has ordered a two-week shutdown, starting Wednesday, of non-essential businesses and schools in the territory due to the spread of COVID-19.Mic...
Nov 16, 2020
Clippers punch ticket to Island Cup finals
NANAIMO - The Clippers had three games in five days to wrap up their Island Cup round robin schedule.They went 2-1 to clinch second place in the standings and a semi final date with Alberni Valley on ...
Nov 16, 2020
AP source: Chris Paul acquired by Phoenix from Oklahoma City
All-Star guard Chris Paul is being traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Phoenix Suns, where he'll play alongside one of the league's most dynamic young scorers in fellow All-Star Devin Booker,...
Nov 16, 2020
Johnson exercises player option with Raptors, first piece of business in busy week
TORONTO - Seldom-used Toronto Raptors forward Stanley Johnson exercised his player option for the 2020-21 season on Monday.Johnson is slated to make just over US$3.8 million next season.The 24-year-ol...
Nov 16, 2020
Former CFL receiver Adarius Bowman pleased to see Canadians excelling in NCAA ranks
When Adarius Bowman first saw Ajou Ajou, he saw plenty of himself. The six-foot-three, 215-pound Ajou, of Brooks, Alta., is a budding star receiver with the fourth-ranked Clemson Tigers. But Ajou was ...
Nov 16, 2020
Trump to order troop reductions in Afghanistan, Iraq
The Trump administration is expected to cut the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan almost in half to 2,500 by Jan. 15, a U.S. official said Monday. The order would stop short of outgoing President D...
Nov 16, 2020
Ottawa launches independent review of Canada's beleaguered military-justice system
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Morris Fish is starting an outside examination of Canada's troubled military courts. The review comes as the military struggles with a variety of challenges to the regim...
Nov 16, 2020