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'Wake-up call:' Flying objects raise concerns about Arctic security
YELLOWKNIFE - Some politicians and researchers say four flying objects that were discovered, tracked and shot down over U.S. and Canadian airspace in recent weeks highlight the need to improve securit...
Feb 16, 2023
B.C. high court orders three Hells Angels clubhouses forfeited to the province
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Appeal Court has overturned a lower-court ruling and ordered the Hells Angels motorcycle club to surrender three properties under the province's Civil Forfeiture Act. Th...
Feb 16, 2023
B.C. high court orders three Hells Angels clubhouses forfeited to the province
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Appeal Court has overturned a lower-court ruling and ordered the Hells Angels motorcycle club to surrender three properties under the province's Civil Forfeiture Act. Th...
Feb 16, 2023
Biden to speak on unknown aerial objects amid review
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is set to deliver his most substantial account Thursday of U.S. efforts to track, monitor and potentially shoot down unknown aerial objects, following three weeks...
Feb 16, 2023
Nanaimo mother loses $1,800 in WhatsApp messaging scam
NANAIMO - A local woman admits she ignored the warning signs of a scam out of misplaced motherly love.Nanaimo RCMP reports a woman is out $1,800 after falling for a scam on the messaging platform What...
Feb 16, 2023
Teck reviewing alternatives for steelmaking coal business
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. is evaluating alternatives for its steelmaking coal business, including the possible spin-out of an interest in that business to its shareholders. The Vancouver-based c...
Feb 16, 2023
Father of July 4 parade shooting suspect pleads not guilty
CHICAGO (AP) - The father of a man charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago entered a not guilty plea on Thursday to charges that he helped his son obt...
Feb 16, 2023
Einarson chases rare fourth straight title at Canadian women's curling championship
Winning four Canadian women's curling championships in a row was "bloody hard to do in hindsight," says Colleen Jones. Nova Scotia's Jones, Kim Kelly, Nancy Delahunt and Mary-Anne Arsenault comprise t...
Feb 16, 2023
Premiers urge Trudeau to agree to regular health funding reviews
OTTAWA - Canada's premiers have written to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking for regular reviews to be established as part of health-care funding talks. Ottawa has offered more than $46 billion to ...
Feb 16, 2023
Vancouver Whitecaps will sport a new look this MLS season
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will have a new look and a new sponsor when they open the Major League Soccer season later this month. The team unveiled its 2023 "Bloodlines" jersey on Thursday, s...
Feb 16, 2023