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Northern athletes undaunted by their challenges at Canada Games
YELLOWKNIFE - Athletes from across Canada's North will be among those competing at this month's Canada Summer Games, including some in sports rarely seen in their home territories. Nunavut is sending ...
Aug 06, 2022
Hockey Canada's board chair Michael Brind’Amour steps down
CALGARY - The chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors has resigned. Michael Brind'Amour told the board Friday evening he was stepping down immediately, Hockey Canada said Saturday in a statement. ...
Aug 06, 2022
'We are seeing some increases in the levels of the flood waters:' new maps better preparing central Island
NANAIMO - A better and updated look at the region's rivers and flood plains is hoped to better prepare for the effects of climate change.New mapping and studies of the Little Qualicum and Englishman R...
Aug 06, 2022
Minetown Day takes over Lantzville's village core
LANTZVILLE - A large family-friendly event honouring Lantzville's mining roots returns following scaled down offerings the previous two years.The annual Minetown Day celebration on Saturday, Aug 6, ki...
Aug 06, 2022
Artists to cash in when work is resold with update of copyright laws
OTTAWA - Artists are to get paid when their work is resold in a shakeup of copyright laws that would give them a slice of collectors' profits. Painters, sculptors and other visual artists stand to get...
Aug 06, 2022
Pandemic benefits were too generous with businesses, stringent with workers: experts
OTTAWA - Benefits rolled out at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed vulnerable Canadians to stay healthy while maintaining an income, but business supports were excessive and show the outsized ...
Aug 06, 2022
Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm
VANCOUVER - The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests. As authorities aim to educate you...
Aug 06, 2022
Amanda Todd's mother highlights impact of 'sextortion', as jury deliberates
NEW WESTMINSTER - The mother of Amanda Todd hopes her daughter's case brings increased awareness of the devastating impacts of "sextortion", as a jury in the trial of a Dutch man accused of blackmaili...
Aug 06, 2022
Sextortion boom coincides with pandemic's online shift, as experts raise alarm
VANCOUVER - The mass shift online brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic coincided with a boom of so-called "sextortion scams," new data from Statistics Canada suggests. As authorities aim to educate you...
Aug 06, 2022
Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza early Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave killed a...
Aug 05, 2022