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COVID-19 exposure recorded at Nanaimo high school
NANAIMO - The number of schools in Nanaimo confirmed to have a COVID-19 exposure has grown. Island Health and SD68 confirmed on Monday, Dec. 7 there was a COVID-19 exposure at Nanaimo District Seconda...
Dec 07, 2020
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97
Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the "right stuff" when in 1947 he became the first person to fly...
Dec 07, 2020
UK rolling out COVID-19 vaccine to public as world watches
LONDON - U.K. health authorities are rolling out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentu...
Dec 07, 2020
Sister of missing Thai dissident meets with Cambodian judge
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - The sister of an exiled Thai dissident who was reportedly abducted in Cambodia earlier this year appeared before a judge in Cambodia's capital on Tuesday to offer evidence that ...
Dec 07, 2020
BCHL season delayed again until Jan. 8
NANAIMO - Health regulations in the province have once again pushed back the start of the BCHL season.Rules prohibiting travel were extended until Jan. 8 meaning the proposed 32 game schedule won't be...
Dec 07, 2020
'B.A.P.S.' star Natalie Desselle Reid dies at 53
LOS ANGELES - Natalie Desselle Reid, who starred alongside Halle Berry in the 1997 film "B.A.P.S." and on the sitcom "Eve," has died. She was 53. Reid's death on Monday was confirmed by Je'Caryous Joh...
Dec 07, 2020
Meet Striker, a handsome lad who doesn't live up to his name
NANAIMO - The name Striker sounds fearsome but the cat is adorable and cuddly. He's an affectionate one-year-old cat who came to the Nanaimo SPCA with a severe eye injury. He's all better now but beca...
Dec 07, 2020
AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defence
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defence, according to four people familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the...
Dec 07, 2020
Nanaimo council puts off funding for social planning, backs climate sustainability manager
NANAIMO - A manager of social planning isn't currently included in the many management positions being created at Nanaimo City Hall. Nanaimo councillors discussed the option in their Friday, Dec. 4 me...
Dec 07, 2020
Pandemic financial pressures deplete finances, spirits as festive season approaches
TORONTO - Pandemic restrictions and financial strain mean Christmas will look different than past years for Tia Cyr and her family, so she enlisted Santa in breaking the news to her son. The Alberta m...
Dec 07, 2020