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City requests funding to help create plan for north Nanaimo urban centre
NANAIMO - City officials hope to nab a significant discount while forming more detailed land use planning for the gateway to north Nanaimo.City councillors voted during this week's council meeting to ...
Jun 8, 2023
Toronto Argonauts players, coaches and staff receive their '22 Grey Cup rings
TORONTO - The mystery, anticipation and then celebration never get old for Mike (Pinball) Clemons. The Toronto Argonauts received their 2022 Grey Cup rings Thursday night during a private dinner. For ...
Jun 8, 2023
Fire on bus carrying school children cuts road and power in Chilliwack, B.C.
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A bus carrying elementary school students on a field trip has caught fire on a road in Chilliwack, B.C., spreading to a nearby structure and cutting power to the area before being e...
Jun 8, 2023
Canada's Drew Nesbitt back where he belongs after taking golf hiatus
TORONTO - Drew Nesbitt was getting tired of swinging a hammer. After some time away, he's back doing what he loves - swinging a golf club. The 28-year-old local product qualified for the RBC Canadian ...
Jun 8, 2023
Defrocked priest facing new sexual assault charges in Igloolik, Nunavut
IQALUIT - Court records show defrocked Oblate priest Eric Dejaeger is facing six charges of indecent assault and two charges of sexual assault for crimes he allegedly committed in Nunavut between 1978...
Jun 8, 2023
"He was a character," Canada's Bret (Hitman) Hart remembers the late Iron Sheik
Bret Hart's longtime connection with the late Iron Sheik was first made in the early 1970s when an Iranian amateur wrestler - real name Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri - came to Calgary to learn from promo...
Jun 8, 2023
Elevated walkway collapses in Texas beach city, injuring dozens
SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas (AP) - Nearly two dozen teenagers from a summer camp were injured when an elevated walkway collapsed Thursday in a beachside city in Texas, with five flown to the hospital by hel...
Jun 8, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Wildfire triggers evacuation order for Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
VANCOUVER - An immediate evacuation order has been issued for residents of the British Columbia District of Tumbler Ridge, a community of 2,400 people in northeastern B.C, due to the threat posed by a...
Jun 8, 2023
BC Ferries submits application to streamline boarding process at major terminals
NANAIMO - BC Ferries are hoping to transform some of their major terminals to streamline the check-in and boarding process. In an application sent to the British Columbia Ferries Commissioner, BC Ferr...
Jun 8, 2023
Why is the federal government looking to create a national emergency agency?
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at creating some kind of national disaster response agency in the face of an unusually intense and destructive start to the wildfire season across the countr...
Jun 8, 2023