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New COVID-19 exposures at five Nanaimo schools, multiple cluster sites
NANAIMO - Island Health has confirmed more exposure events at five local schools.A late-night tweet from School District 68 said new cases were confirmed at Bayview, Brechin and Rock City elementary s...
Feb 04, 2021
Winnipeg Jets score three second-period goals en route to 4-1 win over Calgary Flames
WINNIPEG - Mason Appleton score twice to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday night. Winnipeg (7-3-1) earned a second straight win over Calgary (4-5-1). Appleton's s...
Feb 04, 2021
Canadian tennis star Andreescu says she's physically and mentally ready to return
Canada's Bianca Andreescu says she is physically and mentally ready to return to competitive play for the first time in 15 months. The 20-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., met with reporters in Melbour...
Feb 04, 2021
Stutzle sensational as Sens snap losing skid with 3-2 win over Canadiens
MONTREAL - The Ottawa Senators snapped a nine-game losing skid Thursday, upsetting the Montreal Canadiens 3-2. Rookie Tim Stutzle put up a goal and two assists for the Senators (2-8-1), who had not wo...
Feb 04, 2021
Spezza turns back the clock with his eighth career hat trick as Leafs hammer Canucks
TORONTO - Jason Spezza recorded the eighth hat trick of his career - and first in nearly five years - as the Toronto Maple Leafs dismantled the Vancouver Canucks 7-3 on Thursday night. Auston Matthews...
Feb 04, 2021
Biden halts Trump-ordered US troops cuts in Germany
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has formally stopped the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Germany that was ordered last year by the Trump administration but had never actually begun. Speaking a...
Feb 04, 2021
Nanaimo RCMP arrest man in connection with stolen truck, wood splitter
NANAIMO - Police have a man in custody after an early morning robbery of a local nursery.RCMP said thieves climbed the fence at Green Thumb Nursery on Hammond Bay Rd. around 4:40 a.m. on Thursday, Feb...
Feb 04, 2021
A glance at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's incendiary words
WASHINGTON - Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, was stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority Thursday over racist remarks, her embrace of conspir...
Feb 04, 2021
B.C. officials urge 'safe choices' on Super Bowl Sunday amid COVID-19 variants
VICTORIA - The COVID-19 curve is slowly bending downward in British Columbia but health officials are urging caution for those making weekend plans given the presence of new variants. The province con...
Feb 04, 2021
Shooting in Surrey, B.C., that left woman dead was not random, police say
SURREY, B.C. - A woman is dead and a man has been injured in a shooting in Surrey, B.C., in what police say was not a random act. Police were called Thursday morning to a home after reports of gunshot...
Feb 04, 2021