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10 year jail sentence for Nanaimo man's sexual abuse & online exploitation of his daughter
Editors note: This story contains details of sexual abuse of a child, which could disturb some readers. Discretion is strongly advised.NANAIMO - Details of repeated sexual assaults by a father against...
Jun 23, 2023
Calgary Flames name Lambert, Savard assistant coaches to Ryan Huska
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have hired Dan Lambert and Marc Savard to be assistants to new head coach Ryan Huska. Lambert spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Nashville Predator...
Jun 23, 2023
Scrutiny rises on Titan sub's unconventional design after deep water disaster
BOSTON (AP) - The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about whether the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for its own disaster because of its unconventional des...
Jun 23, 2023
Titan owner OceanGate will likely seek court protection, and soon: lawyer
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A maritime law professor at Louisiana's Tulane University says the owner of a small submersible that imploded Sunday on its way to the wreck of the Titanic will likely seek court pr...
Jun 23, 2023
Reign of world's largest hockey stick coming to an end as Duncan, B.C., holds survey
The world's largest hockey stick survived Expo '86, a move to Vancouver Island, the wrath of Canadian winters and even woodpeckers, but time is catching up with the monument to Canada's game attached ...
Jun 23, 2023
Minister's Access to Info focus is better service amid calls for legislative overhaul
OTTAWA - The federal minister responsible for the much-criticized access-to-information system says her focus is on improving service amid growing calls to go further and rewrite the transparency law....
Jun 23, 2023
Deguchi beats fellow Canadian Klimkait to win gold at Grand Slam judo event
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - Christa Deguchi clamied the women's under-57 kilogram gold medal at the Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam judo tournament Friday with a win over fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait. Deguchi,...
Jun 23, 2023
Parks Canada says bison herd to remain in backcountry of Banff National Park
BANFF, Alta. - A final report on a five-year project to bring plains bison back to Banff National Park in Alberta says the herd will stay on the mountain landscape. Parks Canada published the report, ...
Jun 23, 2023
Seasonal direct flights linking Nanaimo Airport and Toronto takes off
NANAIMO - Weekly flights between Nanaimo and the country's largest city returned on Friday, June 23 for the summer.Seasonal direct return service on Friday mornings between Nanaimo Airport and Pearson...
Jun 23, 2023
Canadian heavyweight Arjan Bhullar loses One Championship title in first defence
BANGKOK - Unbeaten Russian Anatoly (Sladkiy) Malykhin stopped Canadian Arjan Bhullar in the third round Friday to win the One Championship heavyweight title. The loss, in the main event of the "One Fr...
Jun 23, 2023