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Parksville Beach Festival & sand sculpting competition attendance tops 115,000
PARKSVILLE - People clearly had a strong appetite to view world-class sand sculptures following a two year absence of the Parksville Beach Festival.Strong attendance totals of 115,217 people were reco...
Aug 22, 2022
At least 40 people displaced by explosion and fire in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Dozens of people have been left without a home after an apparent explosion sparked a fire between two buildings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Assistant Fire Chief Pierre Morin with Van...
Aug 22, 2022
Mid Island Pirates finish third at Baseball Canada U18 nationals
FORT McMURRAY - The Mid Island Pirates took home the bronze medal at the Baseball Canada U18 nationals.The BC representatives beat Saskatchewan 5-4 in extra innings on Aug. 21 to capture third place. ...
Aug 22, 2022
Bob Baffert among those to congratulate Attard following Queen's Plate win
TORONTO - Bob Baffert provided a storybook ending to trainer Kevin Attard's first $1-million Queen's Plate victory. Shortly after filly Moira's record-setting win Sunday in the opening leg of the OLG ...
Aug 22, 2022
Ontario, Maritimes premiers meet to talk health care but offer no details, solutions
MONCTON, N.B. - The premiers of the Maritimes and of Ontario say they need a "Team Canada" approach to fixing the country's health-care problems, but none of the leaders is offering any specifics or s...
Aug 22, 2022
Nanaimo RCMP seek man accused of taking voyeuristic picture of unsuspecting woman
NANAIMO - RCMP hope the public can help identify a man who they say pointed his phone up the skirt of a woman at the Dollarama location on Bruce Ave.Nanaimo RCMP Res. Cst. Gary O'Brien said the incide...
Aug 22, 2022
Ethics board: SD Gov. Noem may have 'engaged in misconduct’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota ethics board on Monday said it found sufficient information that Gov. Kristi Noem may have "engaged in misconduct" when she intervened in her daughter's applica...
Aug 22, 2022
Authorities believe body found in reservoir is missing teen
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities believe that a body found in a Northern California reservoir is that of 16-year-old Kiely Rodni, who went missing after attending a large party at a Sierra Nevada ca...
Aug 22, 2022
Islanders sign defencemen Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) - The New York Islanders have signed defencemen Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov to three-year contracts. The Islanders also announced Monday the signing of forward Kieffer Bel...
Aug 22, 2022
Nova Scotia RCMP 'dysfunctions,' labour shortages predated 2020 mass shootings
HALIFAX - Most of Nova Scotia's senior RCMP staff believed there were "dysfunctions" at their division prior to the 2020 mass shootings and felt abandoned by their superiors in the aftermath, accordin...
Aug 22, 2022