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Convoy organizer Tamara Lich to appeal bail conditions: lawyers
OTTAWA - Tamara Lich is appealing her bail conditions as she awaits trial on charges related to her role in organizing a protest that created gridlock in downtown Ottawa for several weeks. Diane Magas...
Mar 25, 2022
Woman attacked during attempted abduction in Lantzville
NANAIMO - A young woman fought off a stranger who assaulted her and then tried to force her into his vehicle on Dickinson Road.Nanaimo RCMP said the incident occurred on Thursday, March 24 at about 7 ...
Mar 25, 2022
Herdman says Canadian men hungry to to seal World Cup qualification against Jamaica
TORONTO - Even in defeat, Canada impressed. And Sunday, John Herdman's team can turn the disappointment of Thursday's 1-0 loss in Costa Rica into celebration by dispatching Jamaica to secure World Cup...
Mar 25, 2022
Canadian Olympic champ Mac Neil will swim for University of California next season
Canadian Olympic swimming champion Maggie Mac Neil is using her fifth and final year of collegiate eligibility to compete for the University of California. The London, Ont., native had previously swam...
Mar 25, 2022
Canada's Kerri Einarson beats Germany 8-5, claims women's world curling playoff berth
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Canada's Kerri Einarson clinched a playoff spot at the women's world curling championship Friday with an 8-5 win over Germany. Einarson improved to 8-3 with one game remaining in...
Mar 25, 2022
CP NewsAlert: Feds commit another $2B to cut health backlogs caused by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will commit another $2 billion as a one-time top-up to help provincial health systems work through their surgical and diagnostic b...
Mar 25, 2022
B.C. drivers getting one-time rebate to help with rising fuel prices
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will get a one-time relief rebate to help deal with the cost of rising gas prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Horgan says th...
Mar 25, 2022
Environmental group gives guarded support for company's old-growth forest plan
VANCOUVER - An environmental organization is offering cautious support for an announcement by the largest private landowner in British Columbia that will defer logging in 400 square kilometres of old-...
Mar 25, 2022
B.C. drivers getting one-time rebate to help with rising fuel prices
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will get a one-time relief rebate to help deal with the cost of rising gas prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Horgan says th...
Mar 25, 2022
After not playing in 2021, Tyrell Richards treating CFL combine as a 'job interview'
TORONTO - Tyrell Richards has a lot riding on the 2022 CFL combine. There certainly will be the weight of expectation on the former Syracuse linebacker, who was No. 4 in the CFL Scouting Bureau's Janu...
Mar 25, 2022