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Here's Horton, and he's looking for you!
NANAIMO - Horton hears who? Horton hears you!This one-year-old domestic short-hair kitty is looking for a home that's nice and slow, a place where he can grow.Someone who has all of the snacks, and so...
Nov 07, 2022
Toxic drug deaths trend toward new provincial record, fatalities jump in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - A deadly year during the ever-deepening tainted drug crisis across British Columbia shows no sign of slowing down.New BC Coroners Service (BCCS) data showed 1,644 people died province-wide d...
Nov 07, 2022
Officers cleared in Shuswap fatal crash
RCMP officers have been cleared of wrongdoing after deploying a spike belt that resulted in a fatal crash in the Shuswap.B.C.'s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) was tasked with looking into the...
Nov 07, 2022
Bonds, Clemens, Palmeiro on Hall of Fame committee ballot
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Steroids-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro are on the eight-man ballot for the Hall of Fame's contemporary baseball era committee, which meets Dec. ...
Nov 07, 2022
Canada captain Christine Sinclair challenges Canada Soccer to step up in new memoir
Christine Sinclair reviews her distinguished soccer career and lays down a challenge for the future in her new memoir "Playing the Long Game." The Canada captain says it's high time for Canada Soccer,...
Nov 07, 2022
Another 171 overdose deaths in B.C. for September from toxic drug supply: coroner
VICTORIA - Nearly six people a day are dying of overdoses in British Columbia, a toll the corner says puts the province on track to surpass 2,000 drug deaths for another year. The service says 171 peo...
Nov 07, 2022
Fernandez, Andreescu to lead Canadian squad against Italy and Switzerland at BJK Cup
Armed with a well-rounded lineup that has plenty of star power, Canadian captain Sylvain Bruneau is aiming high at this week's Billie Jean King Cup. "We're capable of everything really," he said Monda...
Nov 07, 2022
Senators ponder loosening French requirements for diplomats as Canada pivots to Asia
OTTAWA - A Senate committee studying the future of Canada's foreign service is pondering whether French needs to be a lower priority for recruiting diplomats. The foreign-affairs committee is looking ...
Nov 07, 2022
Weather cancels multiple sailings between Nanaimo & Vancouver
NANAIMO - Adverse weather conditions wiped out the Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay route on Monday, Nov. 7.BC Ferries cancelled multiple early day sailings aboard the Queen of Cowichan and Queen of Oak Ba...
Nov 07, 2022
Minister links chronic pain with toxic drug overdoses, commits $5M to pain network
VANCOUVER - The federal government is putting $5 million toward chronic pain resources in what Carolyn Bennett, minister of mental health and addictions, says is part of an effort to help stop people ...
Nov 07, 2022