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Nanaimo residents set for 8% property tax jump as other areas also mull increases
NANAIMO - A sizeable tax increase for residents inside City limits is all but assured.Councillors unanimously approved the first three of four scheduled readings of the 2024-2028 financial plan on Mon...
Dec 19, 2023
Ja Morant's suspension is over, allowing the All-Star to rejoin the Grizzlies on the court
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant's 25-game suspension stemming from his social media antics with handguns ended Tuesday, making him available to play against the Pelicans in New Orl...
Dec 19, 2023
Canadian Matt Campbell scores upset win at world darts championship in London
LONDON - Canadian Matt (The Ginja Ninja) Campbell upset 13th-seeded James (The Machine) Wade of England 3-2 in second-round play Tuesday at the 2.5-million-pound ($4.25 million) Paddy Power World Dart...
Dec 19, 2023
Welding led to deadly explosion at Quebec propane company last January: safety board
JOLIETTE, Que. - Quebec's workplace safety board says a fatal explosion earlier this year at a fuel distributor might have been avoided had proper safety procedures been followed. The board, known as ...
Dec 19, 2023
Ontario man accused of selling deadly substances online due back in court in January
NEWMARKET, ONTARIO - The case of an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances to people who later took their own lives is due back in court next month. Kenneth Law briefly appeared in court by ...
Dec 19, 2023
Woman found dead under 'suspicious circumstance' at Metro Vancouver home
LADNER, B.C. - Police in Delta are calling the death of a woman "suspicious" after her body was found at a home in Metro Vancouver. They say officers were dispatched Monday just after 5 p.m. to a resi...
Dec 19, 2023
Bombardier won't contest Ottawa's sole-source deal on new Boeing military planes
MONTREAL - Bombardier Inc. says it won't contest the federal government's decision to replace the military's aging patrol planes with aircraft from U.S. rival Boeing Co. The government announced last ...
Dec 19, 2023
The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year: from 1946 to 2023
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is The Canadian Press 2023 Newsmaker of the Year. Here is a list of who has had the title in the past, as chosen in an annual survey of senior editors in ...
Dec 19, 2023
NewsAlert: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre voted CP's 2023 Newsmaker of the Year
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been chosen as The Canadian Press Newsmaker of the Year for 2023. Just over one-quarter of the editors who took part in the annual survey picked Poili...
Dec 19, 2023
Canadian freshman signs Generation Adidas deal, touted to go high in MLS draft
Canadian forward Kimani Stewart-Baynes has signed a Generation Adidas contract, meaning he will likely go high in Tuesday's MLS SuperDraft. The University of Maryland freshman was joined by University...
Dec 19, 2023