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Four defensive TDs highlight last week's CFL regular-season games
The CFL has long been about wide-open play and high-scoring offence but last week defences got into the act. Four defensive touchdowns were scored in the league's four games. That included interceptio...
Oct 18, 2022
Former Nanaimo man accused of driving 270 km/hr in Porsche near Calgary
CALGARY -Police allege a driver was traveling nearly two-and-a-half times the posted speed limit on the Trans Canada Hwy. west of Calgary.Mounties say the Porsche was clocked going 270 kilometers an h...
Oct 18, 2022
Irish republican party Sinn Fein asks Canada to halt trade talks with U.K.
OTTAWA - The Irish political party pushing for unifying the island wants Ottawa to halt trade talks with London. Sinn Fein argues that Britain is violating the Good Friday Agreement, which brokered pe...
Oct 18, 2022
Forge FC's Achinioti-Jonsson up for CPL defender of the year after switching position
TORONTO - Forge FC's Alexander Achinioti-Jonsson, a defensive midfielder who shifted to centre back this season to fill an injury hole, is up for Defender of the Year in the Canadian Premier League. T...
Oct 18, 2022
Mayor of Iqaluit announces immediate resignation on Twitter
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The mayor of Iqaluit says he plans to immediately step down from the job. Kenny Bell announced his resignation as mayor of Nunavut's capital in a statement on Twitter. He didn't ind...
Oct 18, 2022
Health care tops list of complaints to B.C.'s ombudsperson: report
VICTORIA - Complaints about British Columbia's health-care system to the provincial ombudsperson have reached a 10-year high. Jay Chalke's annual report for 2021-2022 says the office received almost 1...
Oct 18, 2022
Police: Man arrested in connection with 4 Oklahoma slayings
OKMULGEE, Okla. (AP) - A man wanted for questioning about the deaths and dismemberment of four men in eastern Oklahoma has been arrested in Florida, police said Tuesday. Joe Kennedy, 67, was arrested ...
Oct 18, 2022
Drought, lack of rain, high temperatures and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead, persistent hot and dry weather has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected with the drought: ...
Oct 18, 2022
Drought, lack of rain, high temperatures and wildfires by the numbers in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia should be well into its rainy season, but instead, persistent hot and dry weather has created drought conditions. Here are some of the numbers connected with the drought: ...
Oct 18, 2022
Pedestrian hit and killed on highway north of Qualicum Beach
QUALICUM BEACH - A man was declared deceased on scene after he was hit by a vehicle on Hwy. 19A south of Baylis Rd.Oceanside RCMP Sgt. Shane Worth said the incident on the evening of Saturday, Oct 15 ...
Oct 18, 2022