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Gift card scams latest holiday threat for gift-givers
NANAIMO - Christmas time is the busiest time of year for a lot of people, and scammers are no different.The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is warning people about the rise in gift card scams, and what c...
Dec 15, 2022
Union critical of Ottawa's plan to buy back Pacific salmon licences
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - The union representing British Columbia fishermen says a plan by the federal government to buy back commercial salmon fishing licences is underfunded, lacks transparency and doe...
Dec 15, 2022
Trudeau's call-out yields questions on everything from mermaid sex to dog pants
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may not have started the day thinking about whether mermaids reproduce like fish or like humans, but that's what one person is asking him to consider. In a tweet...
Dec 15, 2022
Ex-Canucks head coach Travis Green to lead Canada at Spengler Cup
CALGARY - Travis Green is getting back behind the bench. The former Vancouver Canucks head coach has been tabbed to lead Canada's entry at the annual Spengler Cup tournament later this month. Green wi...
Dec 15, 2022
No guarantees, but expert says search of landfill for women's remains may succeed
WINNIPEG - In 2002, investigators started a massive search of Robert Pickton's pig farm in British Columbia and eventually found the remains of several women. Twenty years later, the lead forensic ant...
Dec 15, 2022
Arrest prompts Vancouver police to warn about package theft by 'porch pirates'
Vancouver police say they've recovered everything from Nike runners to golf clubs in a months-long investigation into so-called porch pirates. Police say officers used a warrant to search a home last ...
Dec 15, 2022
Respiratory illnesses surge beyond pre-pandemic numbers in Nunavut
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut health officials say there has been a surge of respiratory illnesses across the territory this year. Dr. Sean Watchel, the territory's chief public health officer, says case...
Dec 15, 2022
Violent offender wanted by Nanaimo & Port Alberni RCMP
NANAIMO - Local Mounties are on the lookout for a man with a violent criminal history.Peter Anthony Alexander, 38-years-old, is the subject to multiple police investigations in both Nanaimo and Port A...
Dec 15, 2022
Unified MMA closes in on half-century of shows with three fight cards in 15 days
TORONTO - Sunny Sareen is a busy man these days. The Unified MMA president is in the midst of putting on three fight cards in 15 days, a run that started Dec. 2 with Unified MMA 47 in Calgary. "An amb...
Dec 15, 2022
Liberal government seeking delay to expanding medically assisted dying program
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is seeking to delay the expansion of Canada's assisted-dying regime to include people whose sole underlying conditions are mental disorders. Justice Minister David Lame...
Dec 15, 2022