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Oilers' Athanasiou, Flames' Jankowski among players without qualifying offers
The NHL's free agency market grew a bit more crowded Wednesday as the deadline passed for teams to submit qualifying offers to restricted free agents. Several notable names - including Flames centre M...
Oct 07, 2020
Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting
WASHINGTON - The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a Coast Guard ...
Oct 07, 2020
LEADING OFF: Homers fly in playoffs, Atlanta arms dominate
A look at what's happening around the majors on Thursday: OCTOBER OCTANE Maybe it's the Southern California air or the indoors atmosphere in Texas, but the ball is really flying this post-season. With...
Oct 07, 2020
North Vancouver Island bears brunt of new COVID-19 case once again
NANAIMO - One new case of COVID-19 within Island Health was once again reported in the north region of the health authority. There's now two active cases within northern Island Health, after the area ...
Oct 07, 2020
Texas governor gives OK for bars to begin reopening
AUSTIN, Texas - Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday allowed bars to begin reopening in Texas for the first time since June, ending a lockdown that began during a massive coronavirus outbreak that...
Oct 07, 2020
Tech worker pleads guilty in Utah college student's death
SALT LAKE CITY - A tech worker pleaded guilty in the death of a Utah college student Wednesday, more than a year after her disappearance sparked a large-scale search that ended with the discovery of h...
Oct 07, 2020
No new trial for two men convicted in Via Rail terror case: Supreme Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says there should be no new trial for two men convicted of terrorism offences. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found guilty in 2015 of terror-related charges...
Oct 07, 2020
Mid-Island candidates outline plan to make life more affordable for Nanaimo, Parksville residents
NANAIMO - As part of NanaimoNewsNOW's continuing coverage of the 2020 Provincial Election, we reached out to all candidates in the three mid-Island ridings with a series of questions.Each were given u...
Oct 07, 2020
Calls for homeless camp to be shut in Vancouver park as council considers plan
VANCOUVER - Residents of a Vancouver neighbourhood were comfortable with a few people sleeping overnight in a park before moving on, but Kelsey Mulyk says they weren't prepared for homeless campers to...
Oct 07, 2020
Supreme Court affirms constitutionality of change to jury selection procedure
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of a key legislative change to the jury-selection process. In a ruling from the bench today, the high court said scrapping so-call...
Oct 07, 2020