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'The need is definitely there:' Nanaimo youth homelessness put into focus through unique overnight event
NANAIMO - It'll be a night out in the cold and a first-hand experience of what over 100 youth go through every single day.Nanaimo Youth Services Association (NYSA) is running their first "Roughing It"...
Aug 28, 2022
What are the five major parties taking part in Quebec's provincial election?
MONTREAL - Quebec's election campaign began on Sunday and Quebecers will go to the polls on Oct. 3; here's a look at the five parties vying to form the province's next government. - Coalition Avenir Q...
Aug 28, 2022
Artemis space mission to moon 'a stepping-stone' to Mars and beyond
The last time humans went to the moon, it was a destination. But when NASA's Artemis 1 mission launches Monday, the moon will be more of a way station. "It's really to learn how we can go further," sa...
Aug 28, 2022
'From leaf to space': N.W.T. youth join NASA flight surveying climate change effects
YELLOWKNIFE - Two Northwest Territories youth joined NASA researchers aboard a Gulfstream III jet earlier this month as it soared above Great Slave Lake and parts of Nunavut and Alberta. "It was reall...
Aug 28, 2022
VIDEO: Mount Benson provides challenging trek with spectacular views
Editor's Note: This is the third in a three-part series from NanaimoNewsNOW reporter Ian Holmes explores local hikes.NANAIMO - Over the course of the next week I'll be on a 135 kilometre hike alongsid...
Aug 28, 2022
Two art heists, 50 years apart: expert says Canada is a 'soft target'
OTTAWA - It's not clear how they did it: was it a clandestine operation, carried out under the cloak of darkness? An elaborate ruse, designed to fool onlookers? Or something else? However it happened,...
Aug 28, 2022
Quebec election campaign to officially kick off today ahead of Oct. 3 vote
QUEBEC - The Quebec provincial election campaign is set to officially begin today, giving party leaders about five weeks to win over voters ahead of the Oct. 3 vote. Outgoing premier Franois Legault a...
Aug 28, 2022
Whitecaps' playoff drive hits big pothole in 3-0 loss to Nashville
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps hit a pothole in their drive to the Major League Soccer playoffs by giving up a pair of first-half goals and losing 3-0 to Nashville SC Saturday night. Defender Jak...
Aug 27, 2022
Ichiro expresses gratitude entering Mariners Hall of Fame
SEATTLE (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame on Saturday night, giving his entire 16-minute speech in English while reflecting on his career. Suzuki became the 10th...
Aug 27, 2022
Insigne, Bernardeschi spark Toronto past Charlotte 2-0
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi scored second-half goals to lead Toronto FC to a 2-0 victory over Charlotte FC on Saturday. Insigne gave Toronto a 1-0 lead in the 49th...
Aug 27, 2022