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Hwy. 4 Kennedy Hill upgrades near finish line with no further daytime closures planned
NANAIMO - Motorists who travel one of the main mid-Island arteries will now face fewer construction delays.The ministry of transportation and infrastructure have announced, effective Friday, March 11,...
Mar 11, 2022
NDP critics promote members bill on 'health-based' approach to addiction
NANAIMO - Two local Members of Parliament were in Nanaimo Friday, speaking to those on the ground, fighting the city's ongoing toxic drug crisis.Courtenay-Alberni MP and NDP critic for mental health a...
Mar 11, 2022
Cyberspace making Canadian secrets more vulnerable, spy service official warns
OTTAWA - A senior official at Canada's spy service says the expansion of cyberspace is making it easier for foreign adversaries to pilfer secrets. Cherie Henderson, an interim assistant director with ...
Mar 11, 2022
B.C. ski hills, churches, campuses and homes prepare for Ukrainian refugees: premier
VICTORIA - Plans are in the works in British Columbia for the province to accept thousands of Ukrainians fleeing as Russia's invasion pushes further into their country. Premier John Horgan says he has...
Mar 11, 2022
VIDEO: New Fire Rescue trucks to provide response and safety upgrades amid increasing call-outs
NANAIMO - Local fire crews are readying the debut of two new fire engines billed to help response more effectively to emergencies across the city.The vehicles, dubbed the new engines one and two, will...
Mar 11, 2022
Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas abortion providers on Friday conceded a final blow to their best hope of stopping the nation's most restrictive abortion law after a new ruling ended what little path forwar...
Mar 11, 2022
Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville up for sale
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The downtown Nashville, Tennessee record store that was opened by Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947 and has been a landmark in country music for decades will close as the buildin...
Mar 11, 2022
Russians targeting Ukrainian food supply, including grain silos and ports: minister
OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Russian forces are targeting Ukrainians' food supply, including their stores of grain. Bibeau, who today attended an emergency meeting of G7 agri...
Mar 11, 2022
No victims, no foul: Alberta premier files defence in defamation suit
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has filed his defence in a defamation lawsuit brought against him over his remarks on the release of the Inquiry into supposed misinformation about the province...
Mar 11, 2022
Man behind 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia came from dysfunctional family: uncle
HALIFAX - A close relative of the man who disguised himself as a Mountie and fatally shot 22 people in Nova Scotia says the killer was a lifelong scammer and opportunist raised in a deeply dysfunction...
Mar 11, 2022