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Switzerland beats Canada 3-2 to stay perfect at world hockey championship
RIGA, Latvia - Andres Ambuhl scored the game-winning goal as Switzerland defeated Canada 3-2 on Saturday to stay perfect at the men's world hockey championship. Nico Hischier and Dario Simion also sco...
May 20, 2023
Canadian rugby sevens men score late win to keep World Series hopes alive
LONDON - Brock Webster's late try and conversion lifted Canada to a dramatic 21-19 comeback win over Uruguay on Saturday at the HSBC London 7s, preserving the Canadian men's hopes of escaping relegati...
May 20, 2023
Nanaimo golfer Anjarwalla finishes collegiate career at SFU
NANAIMO - Shirin Anjarwalla has just closed the book an impressive golf career at Simon Fraser University.The 23-year-old started playing with plastic clubs in Nanaimo and eventually chose the path of...
May 20, 2023
‘Looking for Canada’: RCMP’s Musical Ride steeped in tradition as force turns 150
Maxwell Newhouse remembers the earth quivering below his feet when 32 riders wearing bright scarlet jackets, on top of their large black horses, moved across a field in seamless patterns. It was 25 ye...
May 20, 2023
From heartbreak to hope, $35k raised for cuddle cots at Island hospitals
NANAIMO - A local family who experienced a terrible tragedy last year has turned their experience into a positive fundraising effort to help others in the same situation.Last October, Erin Sowerby Gre...
May 20, 2023
Deportation order over bogus college admission letter could set precedent: lawyers
TORONTO - An Edmonton woman is facing deportation from Canada this month after a college admission letter that secured her entry into the country five years ago turned out to be fake. Even though Kara...
May 20, 2023
'Listen to us': LGBTQ activists seek help, prudence in raising human rights abroad
OTTAWA - LGBTQ activists say Canada should ramp up its help in the fight against an organized movement to clamp down on sexual and gender minorities in Africa, while being cautious about when to raise...
May 20, 2023
Radio host jailed for sedition in Hong Kong finds a home and freedom in Canada
VANCOUVER - Edmund Wan, recently released from a Hong Kong prison, says he feels at ease in Vancouver. He described the sense of familiarity that struck him in a Hong Kong-style caf on Vancouver's Cam...
May 20, 2023
Radio host jailed for sedition in Hong Kong finds a home and freedom in Canada
VANCOUVER - Edmund Wan, recently released from a Hong Kong prison, says he feels at ease in Vancouver. He described the sense of familiarity that struck him in a Hong Kong-style caf on Vancouver's Cam...
May 20, 2023
Plane believed to be carrying Ukraine's Zelenskyy lands in Hiroshima for G7 summit
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - A plane believed to be carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in Hiroshima for global diplomatic talks. Leaders of the world's most powerful democracies ha...
May 19, 2023