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Two B.C. Mounties charged with manslaughter, three others face obstruction charge
VICTORIA - British Columbia's prosecution service says two RCMP officers are accused of manslaughter in the death of a suspect in July 2017 in Prince George. The service says three other Mounties from...
Feb 01, 2023
'It's really people deciding they're going to travel again:' Nanaimo Airport nearly doubles passenger counts
NANAIMO - Travellers are returning to the skies through YCD.New data from the Nanaimo Airport shows passenger volumes effectively doubled to around 340,000 people through 2022, representing a big incr...
Feb 01, 2023
Thousands of Helly Hansen sweaters recalled in Canada due to 'flammability hazard'
Health Canada says consumers should stop wearing certain Helly Hansen sweatshirts, sweaters and hoodies because they may be a "flammability hazard." It says 128,680 of the affected items have been sol...
Feb 01, 2023
Police: Oregon kidnap suspect killed 2 men before cornered
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - The suspect in a violent kidnapping in Oregon - a man who spent little time behind bars for a similar crime in Nevada - killed two men before being cornered by officers and fatally ...
Feb 01, 2023
Former Alberta premier Jason Kenney accepts role in Calgary advising law firm
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney, more than three months after stepping down as Alberta's premier, has landed a new role as a Calgary-based adviser in law firm Bennett Jones. Kenney, who is also a former feder...
Feb 01, 2023
Veteran 'keeper Sean Johnson happy to land in Toronto — and break bread with Drake
TORONTO - Sean Johnson has yet to start a game for Toronto FC, but he has already got a taste of the city's star power. In wooing the free agent goalkeeper, the MLS club took Johnson, his girlfriend M...
Feb 01, 2023
Wilkinson says 'just transition' bill for energy workers isn't expected for months
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says legislation to oversee the government's plan to protect jobs during the clean-energy transition is still months away. The minister had indic...
Feb 01, 2023
Chandler Worthy signs contract extension with the Montreal Alouettes
American receiver/returner Chandler Worthy signed a two-year contract extension with the Montreal Alouettes on Wednesday. Worthy was scheduled to become a free agent Feb. 14. The five-foot-eight, 177-...
Feb 01, 2023
'Dances with Wolves' actor to be charged in U.S. may have victims in Canada: police
CALGARY - Police in southern Alberta say they have been working with authorities in the United States in a sexual assault investigation involving a former actor in "Dances With Wolves." Nathan Lee Cha...
Feb 01, 2023
Pelletier: Solving safe-sport crisis requires buy-in from all levels
TORONTO - Sports are rife with stories of coaches facing allegations of maltreatment from a club or provincial organization, who, under the cover of jurisdictional borders, move to another club, provi...
Feb 01, 2023