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Nanaimo's Matthew Wood highly ranked for this year's NHL Entry Draft
NANAIMO - Arguably the most talent player ever to come out of Nanaimo appears destined to be a first round National Hockey League draft pick in late June.Central Scouting's mid-season NHL Entry Draft ...
Jan 13, 2023
Pierre Poilievre speech to Frontier Centre as part of daylong visit to Winnipeg
WINNIPEG - Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre is defending his decision to speak to a group that has come under fire for comments on residential schools and discrimination. Poilievre spoke tod...
Jan 13, 2023
Historic international curling tour stops in Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - Every five years competitive curlers meeting up for a longstanding tradition between competitors in Canada and Scotland. At stake is the prized 120-year-old Strathcona Cup, the oldest...
Jan 13, 2023
Alberta NDP: 'A lot of lying going on' about premier's role in COVID-19 prosecutions
Alberta's Opposition NDP leader says Premier Danielle Smith has entangled herself in a web of lies and needs to come clean over what she has been saying to prosecutors pursuing COVID-19 health violati...
Jan 13, 2023
Respiratory illnesses leveling off after early season peak
NANAIMO - Following elevated numbers of people sick from seasonal illnesses, the province reported more positive signs following a turbulent early start to flu season.During a Friday, Jan 13 media bri...
Jan 13, 2023
Philadelphia Eagles sign former Calgary Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones
PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Eagles signed former Calgary Stampeder tackle Julian Good-Jones on Friday. Good-Jones had a workout with the Eagles in November. The six-foot-four. 319-pound Good-Jones...
Jan 13, 2023
Brazil prosecutors request Bolsonaro probe for inciting riot
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Brazilian prosecutor-general's office on Friday asked the Supreme Court to include former president Jair Bolsonaro in its investigation into who incited the Jan. 8 riot in th...
Jan 13, 2023
'Unusual' influenza outbreak on decline in B.C., COVID-19 stable despite new variant
VICTORIA - The influenza outbreak that resulted in the deaths of six young people in British Columbia last month is on the decline, but the provincial health officer says the flu season is far from ov...
Jan 13, 2023
Federal committee will take another look at Rogers-Shaw deal
OTTAWA - The House of Commons industry and technology committee is planning to hold another study into the proposed Rogers-Shaw merger. Conservative MP Rick Perkins and New Democrat MP Brian Masse con...
Jan 13, 2023
Canadian defender Yao among fresh faces looking to crack Whitecaps' roster
VANCOUVER - Sporting director Axel Schuster knew heading into the off-season that he had work to do reshaping the Vancouver Whitecaps' roster. Though the club took 39 points from 26 games down the str...
Jan 13, 2023