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Nanaimo athletes earn podium finishes at BC Winter Games
NANAIMO - A host of hardware has returned to the central Island following the BC Winter Games in Vernon.Around 30 athletes representing communities between Ladysmith and Qualicum Beach were among thos...
Mar 27, 2023
Walmart Canada CEO says retailer not trying to profit from inflation
OTTAWA - The president and CEO of Walmart Canada says the retail giant is not attempting to profit from soaring food inflation. Gonzalo Gebara spoke before a parliamentary committee studying food infl...
Mar 27, 2023
Athlete tells parliamentary committee Gymnastics Canada's handling of abuse broke him
A gymnast says he was abused in his sport and then broken by a Canadian system that failed to address that abuse. Ryan Sheehan spoke Monday in Ottawa to a parliamentary committee on safe sport. The 29...
Mar 27, 2023
Ottawa eyeing U.S.-made surveillance planes for Canadian Armed Forces
OTTAWA - Canada is looking at buying a fleet of military surveillance aircraft from U.S. aerospace giant Boeing without a competition. The federal Procurement Department says Canada has submitted a le...
Mar 27, 2023
Herdman laments labour dispute between national teams and Canada Soccer
TORONTO - Canada coach John Herdman paused when the issue of the men's and women's teams' ongoing labour dispute with Canada Soccer came up in his pre-game availability Monday ahead of a CONCACAF Nati...
Mar 27, 2023
A look at some of the seven victims who perished in Old Montreal fire
Montreal police said seven people perished in a fire that swept through an Old Montreal building on the morning of March 16. Victims are from Ontario, Quebec and the United States. After discovering t...
Mar 27, 2023
Canada extends, shrinks anti-ISIL 'Operation Impact' mission in the Middle East
OTTAWA - Canada is extending a scaled-down version of its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East for another two years. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the extension Monday afternoon, bef...
Mar 27, 2023
Cerundolo upsets Canada's Auger-Aliassime in Miami Open third round
MIAMI - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Miami Open after being upset 6-2, 7-5 in a third-round match with Argentina's Francisco Cerundolo. Cerundolo, ranked 25th in Miami, scored a cruc...
Mar 27, 2023
B.C. plans family law changes to decide who gets the pets when couples split
VICTORIA - The important role pets play in families who are separating is being addressed in proposed amendments to British Columbia's Family Law Act. Attorney General Niki Sharma says amendments she ...
Mar 27, 2023
B.C. plans family law changes to decide who gets the pets when couples split
VICTORIA - The important role pets play in families who are separating is being addressed in proposed amendments to British Columbia's Family Law Act. Attorney General Niki Sharma says amendments she ...
Mar 27, 2023