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History repeating on Canadian men's downhill ski team
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Canadians climbing the men's downhill racing ladder as a group and challenging European domination is a familiar script. Canada is coming off a season in which three men reached t...
Nov 24, 2022
Moonlight Madness holiday kickoff takes over downtown Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - An annual tradition to provide a holiday season boost to Qualicum Beach businesses returns to full strength.Moonlight Madness, featuring a Christmas tree light-up, entertainment, late...
Nov 24, 2022
Crying Neymar injures ankle during Brazil's World Cup win
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) - Brazil forward Neymar had ice taped to his ankle and was crying on the bench after being substituted in the team's 2-0 win over Serbia at the World Cup on Thursday. Neymar injured...
Nov 24, 2022
B.C. has plan to cancel surgeries to make room for flu cases in overcrowded hospitals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has plans in place to cancel hospital surgeries to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses, but it hasn't yet reached that point. Health Minister A...
Nov 24, 2022
Preserving a 'dark past': University makes 3D virtual replicas of residential schools
CALGARY - A new project from the University of Calgary's Taylor Family Digital Library is creating 3D digital records of some Alberta residential schools. In consultation with Indigenous communities, ...
Nov 24, 2022
B.C. has plan to cancel surgeries to make room for flu cases in overcrowded hospitals
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has plans in place to cancel hospital surgeries to make room for patients with respiratory illnesses, but it hasn't yet reached that point. Health Minister A...
Nov 24, 2022
Crying Neymar injures ankle during Brazil's World Cup win
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) - Brazil forward Neymar had ice taped to his ankle and was crying on the bench after being substituted in the team's 2-0 win over Serbia at the World Cup on Thursday. Neymar's injur...
Nov 24, 2022
Canada-Belgium World Cup game attracts much Proline interest
TORONTO - The Canada-Belgium World Cup soccer game garnered plenty of attention on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s Proline betting service. The OLG said Thursday the World Cup contest was Proli...
Nov 24, 2022
O'Shea focused on exit interviews as contract on Bombers nears end
WINNIPEG - Mike O'Shea doesn't have a pen in hand poised to sign a new contract as head coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. That doesn't mean, though, that a deal isn't in the works. At a press confer...
Nov 24, 2022
Britain takes gold, Canada finishes sixth as skeleton World Cup returns to Whistler
WHISTLER, B.C. - Great Britain's Marcus Wyatt earned his first skeleton World Cup gold medal Thursday - and set a record in the process. The 31-year-old finished the two-heat race with a time of one m...
Nov 24, 2022