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Time behind the wheel the norm for Canadian angler Jeff Gustafson
Living in Northwest Ontario is an outdoor enthusiast's dream, given its many fabulous fishing and hunting opportunities. But it presents pro bass angler Jeff Gustafson with a huge challenge. Most Elit...
Jan 31, 2023
'The timing is perfect': Trade to Canucks a fresh start for Beauvillier
Joining a new team amid a tidal wave of change doesn't intimidate newly minted Vancouver Canucks forward Anthony Beauvillier. The Canucks capped a whirlwind month with a mammoth trade Monday, dealing ...
Jan 31, 2023
Most fatal year ever: Nanaimo area shatters record for drug toxicity deaths
NANAIMO - More people lost their lives to an increasingly toxic drug supply in the region than any single year in history.Data from the BC Coroners Service showed 74 people died in Nanaimo from illici...
Jan 31, 2023
Yukon Liberals, NDP renew confidence and supply agreement to hold power
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon Liberals and New Democrats have extended a confidence and supply agreement that the party leaders say will improve housing, health care and education, while advancing reconcilia...
Jan 31, 2023
Backlog targeted as Veterans Affairs reports nearly $1B for ex-soldiers was unspent
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing fresh calls to eliminate the backlog of disability claims from ill and injured veterans amid revelations Veterans Affairs Canada failed to spend nearly $1 bil...
Jan 31, 2023
Calgary man searching for group that helped him emigrate to Canada three decades ago
Ivo Ceko was a member of a military police unit that was guarding a hotel in a town in central Bosnia when he met a group of young Canadians and Americans in the summer of 1994. His English wasn't ver...
Jan 31, 2023
Canada's Bianca Andreescu downs Britain's Dart in Thailand Open first round
HUA HIN, Thailand - Top-seed Bianca Andreescu is off to a winning start at the Thailand Open tennis tournament after posting a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Britain's Harriet Dart on Tuesday. Andreescu, from ...
Jan 31, 2023
Pacific FC signs former Canadian youth international attacker Adonijah Reid
LANGFORD, B.C. - Pacific FC has signed winger/forward Adonijah Reid, a former Canadian youth international and FC Dallas draft pick. The 23-year-old from Brampton, Ont., was most recently with Miami F...
Jan 31, 2023
Mi'kmaw Nova Scotia MP says updated electoral map kicks him out of his own riding
OTTAWA - A Mi'kmaw member of Parliament says proposed changes to the boundaries of federal ridings in Nova Scotia would remove him and two Indigenous communities from his riding. Jaime Battiste says a...
Jan 31, 2023
MacLennan, Black and Shewfelt calling for change in leadership at Gymnastics Canada
TORONTO - Three Canadian gymnastics stars have joined the call for the resignation of Ian Moss. In a letter to Gymnastics Canada's board of directors, obtained by the CBC, Rosie MacLennan, Ellie Black...
Jan 31, 2023