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Double trouble with Bear and Ruby
NANAIMO - Ruby is an 11-month-old Rottweiler/ Shar-Pei mix with two different coloured eyes and a beautiful white coat with a signature black marking around one eye. Bear is a 2-year-old Fox Terrier/R...
Jan 3, 2023
B.C. government increases homeowner grant limit as home values rise by 12 per cent
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is boosting the homeowner grant threshold to $2.125 million for this year as average property values increase by 12 per cent. The government says in a statem...
Jan 3, 2023
B.C. becomes first province to require 3-day contract waiting period for homebuyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to require a three-day waiting period for buyers after they've signed an agreement to purchase a home. The new homebuyer protection...
Jan 3, 2023
Redblacks sign receiver/returner DeVonte Dedmon to two-year extension
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have signed receiver and return specialist DeVonte Dedmon to a two-year contract extension. The 26-year-old rejoined the Redblacks during the 2022 season after pursuing a...
Jan 3, 2023
B.C. becomes first province to require 3-day contract waiting period for homebuyers
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to require a three-day waiting period for buyers after they've signed an agreement to purchase a home. The new homebuyer protection...
Jan 3, 2023
Slumping Toronto Raptors hope upcoming six-game homestand can turn season around
TORONTO - A day after Precious Achiuwa returned from injury, he lamented a couple of alley-oops thrown to him from Scottie Barnes. Achiuwa had 11 points and three blocks in an energetic 12 minutes in ...
Jan 3, 2023
Wear something that shows who you are, says girl behind National Ribbon Skirt Day
OTTAWA - For Isabella Kulak, marking National Ribbon Skirt Day means wearing clothing that represents who you are. Her decision to do so a little more than two years ago led Parliament to designate Ja...
Jan 3, 2023
Idaho slayings suspect waives right to fight extradition
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) - A criminology graduate student charged in the November slayings of four University of Idaho students waived his right to an extradition hearing in a Pennsylvania court on Tuesd...
Jan 3, 2023
Home assessments increase average of 12% in Nanaimo as real estate market cooled
NANAIMO - Property valuations ticked upward once again locally and across the province, however the data likely doesn't reflect today's reality.Recently released data from BC Assessment showed many re...
Jan 3, 2023
'Prophet of Doom' pleads guilty in Brooklyn subway attack
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who opened fire on a Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a rush-hour attack that shocked New York City, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal terrorism charges...
Jan 3, 2023