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The latest news on winter storms complicating holiday travel across Canada
The latest news on storms and other extreme weather shutting down power and creating difficult travel conditions at the peak of the holiday season across Canada: 1:21 p.m. Most of southern British Col...
Dec 24, 2022
Top Stories of 2022: Local performers star on major network TV
NANAIMO - 2022 was a banner year for some local entertainers.Funkanometry, the viral dance duo of Nanaimo's Jacksun Fryer and Duncan's Carlow Rush, wowed audiences with their performances on the hit N...
Dec 24, 2022
Ovechkin, Georgiev, Pettersson named NHL's three stars of the week
Washington Capitals left-winger Alex Ovechkin, Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev and Vancouver Canucks centre Elias Pettersson have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Ovechki...
Dec 24, 2022
Canada's breakout sports stars of 2022 to keep an eye out for in the future
As 2023 approaches, a look back at some of the success stories in Canadian sports warrants recognition for the exciting new stars of the future. The Canadian Press dives into Canada's breakout stars o...
Dec 24, 2022
Trudeau says Canada is fortunate to be a 'country of peace' in Christmas message
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking Canadians to remind themselves how fortunate they are "to live in a country of peace." Trudeau says in his annual Christmas address that it's the seaso...
Dec 24, 2022
Paradox between warming climate and intense snowstorms, say scientists
FREDERICTON - There is a complex, counterintuitive relationship between rising global temperatures and the likelihood of increasingly intense snowstorms across Canada. Winters are becoming on average ...
Dec 24, 2022
Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards put out call for nominations
NANAIMO - Nominations are now underway for the 18th Nanaimo Sport Achievement Awards.Organizers are looking for submissions to spotlight success in sport in the 2022 calendar year.There are a wide ran...
Dec 24, 2022
Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban government in Afghanistan on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups to suspend employing women. The order came in a letter from Economy...
Dec 24, 2022
Kurds, anti-racism groups gather after deadly Paris shooting
PARIS (AP) - Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups demonstrated Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack that prosecutors sa...
Dec 24, 2022
Good riddance: Most Canadians feel 2022 was worse than 2021, poll suggests
OTTAWA - Many Canadians will be saying "good riddance" to 2022 as it draws to a close, a new poll suggests, with more people comparing it unfavourably to 2021 than saying it was a better year. Polling...
Dec 24, 2022