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Small Yukon First Nation bans sex offender using its COVID emergency law
WHITEHORSE - A First Nation of fewer than 300 people in Yukon's north has used a law it created during the COVID-19 pandemic to bar a convicted sex offender from being sent to its community. The Vuntu...
Oct 11, 2022
Meet the mother/son duo of Nelly and Dwight
NANAIMO - Because two kitties are better than one, this week's Pet Corner features the dynamic mother/son duo of Nelly and Dwight.Nelly is a one-year-old domestic short-hair who is done having kittens...
Oct 11, 2022
Fernandez bounced in opening round at WTA San Diego Open
SAN DIEGO - Daria Kasatkina took less than an hour on Tuesday to end Leylah Fernandez's experience at the WTA San Diego Open. The eighth-seeded Russian bounced the Montreal athlete 6-2, 6-2 in the fir...
Oct 11, 2022
Football, dramas lead Nielsen's weekly top 20 list
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's the Nielsen company's list of the 20 most-watched prime-time television programs for the week of Oct. 3-9: 1. NFL Football: Cincinnati at Baltimore, NBC, 15.88 million. 2. "NFL ...
Oct 11, 2022
Man sentenced in connection to bizarre assault in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - An alarming attack against a man at his home resulted in a sentence of 45 days in jail.Dayton James Anderson, 33, pleaded guilty to assault and was credited for time already served behind ba...
Oct 11, 2022
Hope Solo to object to US Soccer equal pay deal
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A lawyer for Hope Solo filed a notice with a court indicating the former U.S. goalkeeper wants to object to the settlement of the equal pay lawsuit between her former teammates and ...
Oct 11, 2022
Canada and Japan launch formal talks on intelligence-sharing pact
OTTAWA - Canada and Japan have launched talks aimed at sharing military intelligence Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly met today with her Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo. The two ad...
Oct 11, 2022
Raptors coach says Scottie Barnes is playing 'catch-up' after minor ankle injury
TORONTO - Scottie Barnes, last season's NBA rookie of the year, has been slowed by an ankle issue that has affected his conditioning, according to Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse. "Listen, Scottie is...
Oct 11, 2022
Blue Jays GM Atkins says emotions "were difficult" after stunning Game 2 loss
TORONTO - Just a few days after an epic Game 2 collapse knocked his team out of the playoffs, Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said the emotions from the loss "were difficult" for everyone involv...
Oct 11, 2022
Toronto Raptors hope technology off the court leads to success on it
TORONTO - Back in the day, a basketball player might sneak into a gym to work on his shot late at night. Now a Toronto Raptor can do it and have a machine verbally and visually track his shot. And the...
Oct 11, 2022