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Despite 'really quiet' start to season, mid-Islanders asked to be bear aware
NANAIMO - Following consistent reports this time last year, conflicts between humans and bears have evidently dropped substantially in the region this year.Caitlin Bickford, conservation officer BC Co...
Apr 25, 2023
Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans...
Apr 25, 2023
BC Hydro's Peak Saver program cuts consumption, reduces bills
NANAIMO - A BC Hydro promotion offering monetary incentives for people who reduced their electricity usage has finished its first province-wide run with positive results.BC Hydro's Peak Saver program ...
Apr 25, 2023
Joly 'concerned' as Azerbaijan escalates Nagorno-Karabakh dispute with Armenia
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says she's "deeply concerned" about Azerbaijan escalating a long-running dispute with Armenia over a breakaway province by blocking its main access road. ...
Apr 25, 2023
Jury to deliberate in major Jan. 6 case against Proud Boys
WASHINGTON (AP) - The seditious conspiracy case against former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and four lieutenants went to the jury on Tuesday after dozens of witnesses over more than three months i...
Apr 25, 2023
Yosemite closes over flooding threat as huge snowpack melts
LEMOORE, Calif. (AP) - Park officials are temporarily closing much of the famed Yosemite Valley due to a forecast of flooding as rising temperatures are expected to melt the massive snowpack accumulat...
Apr 25, 2023
Denmark's Holger Rune joining Team Europe for Laver Cup in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Denmark's Holger Rune is joining Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Andrey Rublev of Russia on captain Bjorn Borg's Team Europe for this year's Laver Cup in Vancouver. Rune, a 19-year-old wh...
Apr 25, 2023
Injury-riddled Winnipeg Jets 'hopeful' Scheifele plays crucial Game 5 in Vegas
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele brought some hope with him when he arrived with the Jets at the Winnipeg airport for their Tuesday flight to Las Vegas. But the team's top goal-scorer, who left Monday's 4-2 ...
Apr 25, 2023
Flames forward Magiapane undergoes shoulder surgery, will be ready for training camp
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames announced Tuesday that forward Andrew Mangiapane underwent shoulder surgery. The Flames say Mangiapane will be ready for training camp before next season begins. Mangiapan...
Apr 25, 2023
Court approves sex-abuse settlement against Quebec clerics after lawyers lower fees
MONTREAL - Quebec's Court of Appeal has approved a $28-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Clerics of Saint-Viateur of Canada by sexual-assault victims. A deal was reached i...
Apr 25, 2023