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University of California workers reach deal to end strike
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The University of California reached an agreement Friday with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could p...
Dec 16, 2022
Hermann wins skeleton race, Kelly Curtis wins bronze for US
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Tina Hermann of Germany had the fastest time in both heats to win a women's skeleton race Friday, while Kelly Curtis of the U.S. won a World Cup medal for the first time. Herm...
Dec 16, 2022
Drivers warned as temperatures set to plummet from Vancouver to Yukon
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia is warning drivers to prepare winter survival kits as a blast of frigid cold hits over the next week and the mercury plummets across the province. Temperatures over the...
Dec 16, 2022
'It was a good year:' Parksville business owner gives back with huge donation to local SPCA
PARKSVILLE - A mid-Island business owner delivered an early Christmas present to an invaluable local non-profit organization. Slava Govorov, owner of Rickys All Day Grill in Parksville, presented the ...
Dec 16, 2022
Oldham, Asselin achieve new highs in big air as Canadians take gold and bronze
COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. - Megan Oldham earned the first big air victory of her career and Olivia Asselin had her first-ever World Cup medal as Canada won gold and bronze on Friday. Oldham, from Parry S...
Dec 16, 2022
Jan. 6 panel eyes recommending 3 charges for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is considering recommending the Justice Department pursue three criminal charges against former President Donald T...
Dec 16, 2022
Manitoba to help with feasibility study to possibly search landfill for slain women
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will be joining an Indigenous-led committee tasked with determining whether it's possible to recover the remains of two First Nations women believed to be in a landf...
Dec 16, 2022
B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods
HOPE, B.C. - A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at thr...
Dec 16, 2022
B.C.'s Coquihalla Highway reopens to four lanes as repairs continue after 2021 floods
HOPE, B.C. - A stretch along a key highway that sustained severe damage from landslides and flooding across southwestern British Columbia last year is back to four lanes after temporary repairs at thr...
Dec 16, 2022
Dutch continue speedskating supremacy in Calgary, Canadians earn two bronze medals
CALGARY - The Netherlands continued its torrid medal pace at a speedskating World Cup in Calgary and the host Canadian team picked up a pair of bronze Friday. The Dutch collected a dozen medals, inclu...
Dec 16, 2022