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B.C. to update emergency program law to improve disaster responses, supports
VICTORIA - Devastating wildfires and floods and the prospect of more to come has caused the B.C. government to look at updating its emergency management law. Public Safety Minister Mike...
Oct 28, 2019
Guinean-Canadians in Montreal protest possible third presidential term
MONTREAL - Alpha Diallo arrived in Canada from Guinea in 2009, a year before that country's president won his first election and raised hopes amid the nation's sole democratic transition of ...
Oct 28, 2019
VIU Mariners women win gold, men earn silver at PACWEST soccer provincials
NANAIMO - Gold and silver medals came back home from the PACWEST soccer provincials for the VIU Mariners.The women won gold with a convincing 6-1 win over Capilano on Saturday, while the men earned a ...
Oct 28, 2019 The VIU Mariners women's soccer team won their second straight provincial championship with a 6-1 win over Capilano Oct. 26. The men earned silver with a 1-0 loss to Douglas in the final. Both teams will advance to the CCAA nationals. (VIU Mariners Instagram)
Banks sets Hamilton reception record as Tiger-Cats down Alouettes 38-26
MONTREAL - They call him Brandon "Speedy" Banks for a reason. Banks caught three touchdowns on 201 yards to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 38-26 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday afte...
Oct 28, 2019
Multiple homicides, shooting ramp up pressure on Winnipeg police resources
WINNIPEG - The police chief in Manitoba's capital says a deadly weekend has strained resources as investigators deal with three homicides and a shooting that left four people, including an infant, in ...
Oct 28, 2019
RCMP, feds pressed to find missing reservist with alleged links to neo-Nazis
OTTAWA - A Manitoba army reservist accused of harbouring ties to neo-Nazis remains unaccounted for two months after he was first reported missing. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews disappeared at t...
Oct 28, 2019
Roughriders, Stampeders still battling for first in West Division standings
They've been a fixture atop the West Division standings since 2010, but the Calgary Stampeders will need help to finish there this season. Calgary (11-6) enters the final weekend of the regular s...
Oct 28, 2019
Man accused in newspaper shooting is changing his plea
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - An attorney for the man accused of killing five Maryland newspaper employees last year told a court Monday that he will plead guilty but not criminally responsible by reason of insani...
Oct 28, 2019
Robert Evans, iconic producer of 'Chinatown,' dies at 89
NEW YORK - Robert Evans, the protean, fast-living Hollywood producer and former Paramount Pictures production chief who backed such seminal 1970s films as "Chinatown," ''The Godfather" and "Harold and...
Oct 28, 2019
Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires
SAN FRANCISCO - The Pacific Gas & Electric Co. utility says its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. The company reported the incidents near t...
Oct 28, 2019