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Vancouver cop charged after pedestrian struck in city's Downtown Eastside last year
VANCOUVER - Prosecutors in British Columbia have approved multiple charges against a Vancouver police officer a year after a pedestrian was hit by a police car in the city's Downtown Eastside. Const. ...
Sep 08, 2023
B.C.'s health minister warns high emergency medical care demand may be 'new normal'
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says the province is experiencing unusually high demand for emergency medical services - even before the cold-and-flu season begins - and the...
Sep 08, 2023
Correctional Service reports death of inmate at Victoria-area prison
VICTORIA - The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder has died at the Victoria-area William Head Institution. A statement Friday says inmate Richard ...
Sep 08, 2023
De Grasse claims first medal of Diamond League season with bronze at Brussels
BRUSSELS - Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse claimed his first medal of the Diamond League circuit with a bronze in the men's 200 metres at the Allianz Memorial Van Damme in Brussels, Belgium on Frida...
Sep 08, 2023
Correctional Service reports death of inmate at Victoria-area prison
VICTORIA - The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate serving a sentence for second-degree murder has died at the Victoria-area William Head Institution. A statement Friday says inmate Richard ...
Sep 08, 2023
New outreach centre for youth aims to save lives in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Youth struggling with mental health or addiction will have access to a new outreach centre in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, providing what the government says will be life-saving support....
Sep 08, 2023
Supreme Court is asked to reject limits on a drug used in the most common method of abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is being asked to reverse an appellate ruling that would cut off mail-order access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion in the United States. The ca...
Sep 08, 2023
Blue Jays all-star shortstop Bo Bichette returns from 10-day injured list
TORONTO - Bo Bichette is back. Bichette was reinstated from the Toronto Blue Jays' 10-day injured list. The all-star shortstop has been out since Aug. 27 with a strained right quad. He took batting pr...
Sep 08, 2023
'One Chip Challenge' product pulled from Canadian shelves after U.S. teen's death
The manufacturer of the One Chip Challenge is pulling the product from Canadian and U.S. shelves after a teen's death in Massachusetts. A spokesperson for Texas-based Paqui says the One Chip Challenge...
Sep 08, 2023
Canada's Dabrowski and partner Routliffe advance to doubles final at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe will play for the women's doubles championship at the U.S. Open. The pair advanced to the final with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) semifinal win ov...
Sep 08, 2023