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Huge land acquisition formally connects Mount Benson with Westwood Lake
NANAIMO - Hikers can now easily, and legally, make the long track between two favourite outdoor recreation spots.The City and Regional District of Nanaimo combined for a $4.21 million purchase of 99.1...
Aug 12, 2022
Restrictions may be gone, but 2022 world juniors feels like 'bubble' tournament
EDMONTON - Fans are welcome. Players are free to leave their hotels and the arena to walk the streets. But to United States coach Nate Leaman, this year's world junior hockey championships feels like ...
Aug 12, 2022
Local hammer thrower brings home silver medal from Commonwealth Games
NANAIMO - Breaking his own personal best record, a local athlete proudly medalled at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England. Ethan Katzberg of Nanaimo earned silver in the hammer throw event with a th...
Aug 12, 2022
International partners had concern about Canada's 'ability to handle' convoy protests
OTTAWA - Two days before the Emergencies Act was invoked last February to quell anti-government convoy protests, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned ministers that international partners were concern...
Aug 12, 2022
Dispute over athlete agreement has bobsled pilot without funding for four months
Chris Spring is a four-time Olympian who's competed for Canada in bobsled for close to a decade. But for the past four months, he's received no federal funding due to a dispute over his athlete's agre...
Aug 12, 2022
Toronto FC looks to put an end to Portland Timbers' 10-game unbeaten streak
Toronto FC's new high-flying offence and somewhat improved defence gets a test Saturday in the form of the visiting Portland Timbers. The Timbers (7-6-12) are unbeaten in their last 10 league games (4...
Aug 12, 2022
Ruud Awakening: Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Norwegian at National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the National Bank Open after dropping a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Norway's Casper Ruud in quarterfinal play Friday at IGA Stadium. The Montrealer was the...
Aug 12, 2022
Canada considered jobs, inflation in decision to return Russian turbine: documents
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show that Ottawa considered the impact on Canadian jobs and global inflation in its decision to return a turbine being repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant....
Aug 12, 2022
MP warns of repeating AIDS stigma with monkeypox, as Feds announce funding
Vancouver Centre member of Parliament Hedy Fry has warned about stigmatization in the battle against monkeypox, recalling the fear surrounding HIV-AIDS when she was a physician in the '80s. Fry says m...
Aug 12, 2022
City of Iqaluit declares emergency due to water shortage
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit has declared a state of emergency due to a water shortage. The Nunavut capital says there has been a lack of precipitation this summer and flows in the Apex Rive...
Aug 12, 2022