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Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...
Dec 20, 2023
Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than ...
Dec 20, 2023
Oregon State, Washington State eye affiliate membership in West Coast Conference, AP sources say
Oregon State and Washington State are working on a deal to become affiliate members of the West Coast Conference for basketball and other Olympic sports for two years, two people with knowledge of the...
Dec 20, 2023
Qapik Attagutsiak, last survivor of Inuit war effort and beloved elder, dies at 103
Qapik Attagutsiak was already a young woman in 1940, a mother at ease on the land and a skilled midwife, when she heard about a conflict occurring among many people in faraway lands. Qapik, who prefer...
Dec 20, 2023
Trinidad winger Tyrese Spicer ready to make jump to Toronto FC first team
TORONTO - Tyrese Spicer remembers the tough times growing up in Trinidad. "Not having enough money to buy sneakers, buy cleats, to go to school. Not having enough money to eat," he recalled. "I had so...
Dec 20, 2023
Keeping account: How NHL teams work to maintain high standards on and off the ice
Brad Marchand doesn't have to say a word when a new player walks into the Boston Bruins' locker room. The standard and expectation was set long ago. It started with former captain Zdeno Chara and cont...
Dec 20, 2023
Homeless people who died on US streets are increasingly remembered at winter solstice gatherings
PHOENIX (AP) - With his gap-tooth smile, hip-hop routines and volunteer work for a food charity, Roosevelt White III was well known in the downtown Phoenix tent city known as "The Zone." But like many...
Dec 20, 2023
Metro accuses Loblaw of falsely implicating it in bread price-fixing scheme
In new court filings, Metro Inc. is accusing Loblaw Cos. Ltd. and its parent company of conspiring to implicate Metro in an alleged bread price-fixing scheme. Metro has submitted a statement of defenc...
Dec 20, 2023
Intelligence watchdog's delayed report says Global Affairs program risks blowback
OTTAWA - Canada's intelligence watchdog says a program that has diplomats collecting sensitive information abroad runs the risk of blowback from foreign states. The National Security and Intelligence ...
Dec 20, 2023
Olympian, philanthropist, head of Canadian Women's Foundation appointed to Senate
OTTAWA - A former Olympian, a philanthropist and the head of the Canadian Women's Foundation have all been newly appointed to the Senate. The appointees include Marnie McBean, who was an Olympic medal...
Dec 20, 2023