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Man accused of lighting several bush fires along Nanaimo Parkway denied bail
NANAIMO - A provincial court judge ruled the risk is too great to release a man accused of igniting multiple fires in Nanaimo and breaking into a south-end home. Kevin Frank Macey-Girard was enraged a...
Jul 11, 2023
Herdman still hurting at Gold Cup exit but sees positives ahead for Canada team
John Herdman still feels the sting of Sunday's penalty shootout loss to the U.S. at the Gold Cup. But the Canada coach believes the tournament will pay real dividends in the future. The 45th-ranked Ca...
Jul 11, 2023
Military prepares to pull crashed Chinook helicopter from Ottawa River
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says it plans to pull the Chinook helicopter that crashed into the Ottawa River last month out of the water starting today. Four Royal Canadian Air Force members wer...
Jul 11, 2023
Aritzia sees net income fall to $17.5 million in first quarter despite higher revenue
VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says its net income for the first quarter was $17.5 million, almost half of its net income of $33.3 million a year earlier. The Vancouver-based retailer says net revenue for t...
Jul 11, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Montreal police raid illegal magic mushroom store
Montreal police are carrying out an operation targeting a store selling illegal magic mushrooms. The first FunGuyz location in Quebec opened in Montreal today offering pills, dried fungi and chocolate...
Jul 11, 2023
Whitecaps hand out contract extension to Paraguay midfielder
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have given defensive midfielder Andres Cubas a contract extension to the end of the 2026 season. Cubas, 27, arrived from French club Nimes Olympique last year on a ...
Jul 11, 2023
B.C. police warn about 3D-printed guns that look like 'harmless toys'
SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia are raising concerns about the rise of 3D-printed guns and other privately made firearms, saying the risks posed by the weapons that often resemble "harmless ...
Jul 11, 2023
B.C. police warn about 3D-printed guns that look like 'harmless toys'
SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia are raising concerns about the rise of 3D-printed guns and other privately made firearms, saying the risks posed by the weapons that often resemble "harmless ...
Jul 11, 2023
Leslie Van Houten, follower of cult leader Charles Manson, released from California prison
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison Tuesday after serving 53 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders. The Cali...
Jul 11, 2023
Ukraine now has a path to NATO membership, but allies have not set out a timeline
VILNIUS, Lithuania - A stark exhibition of war photographs lines the walls of a tunnel on the way into the NATO leaders' summit. Signs printed on shuttle buses read: "While you're waiting for this bus...
Jul 11, 2023