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One month out: advanced voting days for 2022 Municipal Election
NANAIMO - There is exactly one month until the next municipal election.Voters will head to the polls to elect new Mayor's, city or town councillors, Regional District directors and School Board truste...
Sep 15, 2022
Former CFL head coach Dave Ritchie appreciative of Hall of Fame selection
HAMILTON - Dave Ritchie will forever be a part of CFL history. Ritchie was the head coach of the B.C. Lions when they defeated the Baltimore Stallions 26-23 in the '94 Grey Cup on Lui Passaglia's game...
Sep 15, 2022
Veteran quarterback Dane Evans set to return to Ticats lineup versus Blue Bombers
HAMILTON - Dane Evans is returning to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' lineup. Head coach Orlondo Steinauer said Thursday that Evans will dress Saturday when Hamilton (3-9) hosts the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (12...
Sep 15, 2022
N.S. mass shooting inquiry hears that killer exchanged denture work for sex
HALIFAX - A report submitted to the inquiry investigating the April 2020 mass shooting in rural Nova Scotia says the gunman who killed 22 people was known to exchange denture work for sex and to explo...
Sep 15, 2022
Lululemon founder Chip Wilson gifts $100M to help preserve B.C.'s nature
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. founder and billionaire Chip Wilson is donating $100 million to the B.C. Parks Foundation to help protect and enhance the province's nature. The donation, which wa...
Sep 15, 2022
Former Tory MP Tony Clement named director of Conservative fundraising board: sources
OTTAWA - Sources say Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has appointed former member of Parliament Tony Clement to serve on the board of the federal party's main fundraising arm. Multiple sources con...
Sep 15, 2022
Bouchard, Dabroswki into Chennai doubles semis; Zhao loses to Gracheva
CHENNAI, India - Canadians Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski and their partners are through to the doubles semifinals of the Chennai Open tennis tournament. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., teame...
Sep 15, 2022
B.C. Liberal leader says more supply is answer to housing affordability crisis
WHISTLER, B.C. - British Columbia's Liberal leader says more supply is the answer to the province's housing affordability crisis, while one local leader says urgent action is also needed. Opposition l...
Sep 15, 2022
Green leadership contender Elizabeth May says she never threatened to quit party
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says she never threatened to quit the Green Party and an email suggesting as much was a "mischaracterization" by a well-meaning staffer that has since been corrected. According ...
Sep 15, 2022
Weeks-long boil water notice lifted in Mississippi capital
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A boil-water notice was lifted Thursday in Mississippi's capital city after nearly seven weeks, Gov. Tate Reeves and Jackson officials said. "We have restored clean water," Reeve...
Sep 15, 2022