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Block this: Canucks getting almost entire bench blocking shots against Vegas
EDMONTON - To gauge the Vancouver Canucks' chances of taking the series lead against the Vegas Golden Knights, just trace your finger down the list of blocked shots. On Tuesday, for the firs...
Aug 26, 2020
'I thought I did something wrong:' Video shows Mountie entering home with axe
STANLEY MISSION, Sask. - The RCMP in Saskatchewan is reviewing the behaviour of an officer captured on video yelling, swearing and carrying an axe into a home where a man inside had self-harmed. Jonas...
Aug 26, 2020
Plans announced to avoid student congestion and prevent COVID-19 transmission in Nanaimo-Ladysmith schools
NANAIMO - Plans are in place to ensure all students in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith district are as safe as possible during the fulltime return to the classroom next month.The school district announced their...
Aug 26, 2020
Kanye West sues Ohio election chief over petition denial
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Rapper Kanye West sued Ohio's election chief Wednesday in an effort to be placed on the November presidential ballot after the Secretary of State deemed him unqualified as an independ...
Aug 26, 2020
'I'm angry': some parents, teachers anxious as Quebec schoolkids head back to class
MONTREAL - Olga Maria Ruiz is reluctantly sending her 11-year-old daughter back to school in Montreal this year, armed with a few extra masks and reminders not to hug her classmates and teachers. As m...
Aug 26, 2020
Bucks players don't take the court for NBA playoff game
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor for their playoff game against the Orlando Mag...
Aug 26, 2020
Bucks players don't take the court for NBA playoff game
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor for their playoff game against the Orlando Mag...
Aug 26, 2020
Nanaimo firefighters tackle grass fire along E&N Rail line
NANAIMO - A sizeable grass fire kept firefighters busy along the Island Hwy. Wednesday afternoon.Reports came in around 1 p.m of smoke along the E&N Rail line, parallel to the highway.Three engine...
Aug 26, 2020
US officials: No signs of foreign targeting of mail-in vote
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said Wednesday there has been no intelligence to suggest that foreign countries are working to undermine mail-in voting and no signs of any co-ordinated effort to commit wi...
Aug 26, 2020
Man in custody after allegedly trying to run over Nanaimo Mountie
NANAIMO - Tips from the public were "instrumental" in arresting a man who refused to pull over for police in south Nanaimo. RCMP staff sgt. John Blaise said the incident started Wednesday morning when...
Aug 26, 2020