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Nanaimo Clipper jersey heading to Hockey Hall of Fame
NANAIMO - A little piece of the Harbour City is set to be enshrined in Toronto.The #29 jersey of Nanaimo Clippers forward Rylan Yates, worn during the team's Remembrance Day game against Alberni Valle...
Dec 03, 2022
Khari Jones joins Redblacks as offensive coordinator and assistant head coach
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks hired Khari Jones as the team's offensive coordinator on Saturday. He'll also serve as an assistant to head coach Bob Dyce, who had the interim tag removed from his title...
Dec 03, 2022
Canadian defender Alistair Johnston moves to Celtic after standout World Cup
Defender Alistair Johnston, one of Canada's standout players at the 2022 World Cup, is headed to Scotland's Glasgow Celtic. CF Montreal confirmed the transfer Saturday, saying it will take effect Jan....
Dec 03, 2022
November unusually chilly and dry across Nanaimo & Oceanside
NANAIMO - Another month of record-setting weather for the mid-Island.While it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who was in Nanaimo in November, it was an unusually dry and cold month, especially ...
Dec 03, 2022
'More American than football': Retired history professor recounts abortion fight
CALGARY - Betsy Jameson found a yellow piece of paper in 2017 when she cleaned out her office after retiring from the history department at the University of Calgary. The paper, faded and slightly sta...
Dec 03, 2022
Investments in Inuit housing inadequate to address human rights violations: watchdog
From a family living for seven years in a condemned home that was meant to be temporary to people with disabilities having to be carried in and out of their bathrooms, Canada's housing advocate says d...
Dec 03, 2022
Barsby Bulldogs look to win AA varsity championship at BC Place
NANAIMO - John Barsby Secondary is looking to finish the high school football season on top.Barsby will face Robert Bateman in the AA Varsity final at BC Place at 4 p.m. on Saturday Dec. 3.Coach Rob S...
Dec 03, 2022
Antisemitic celebrities stoke fears of normalizing hate
(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)U.S. Desk: Please file at 9a EST Saturday. NYSS504-507 are on hold.(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk) A surge of anti-Jewish vitriol, spread by a world-famous rapper, an NBA ...
Dec 03, 2022
Ministers decline request to testify on Afghan aid blockade as desperation grows
OTTAWA - Three Liberal ministers have declined invitations to testify at the Senate as the upper chamber probes why Canada still won't allow humanitarian workers to help in Afghanistan. The Senate's h...
Dec 03, 2022
Clippers stymie Chiefs with 3-1 win
NANAIMO - The Clippers are getting used to thriving in defensive, low scoring games.Nanaimo won 3-1 over the Chiefs in a game that was scoreless well into the second period.There was a Clippers disall...
Dec 02, 2022