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Popular City of Nanaimo tree program approaches 4,000 vouchers
NANAIMO - A program providing steeply discounted trees appears to be a good fit for people in Nanaimo.The City's five-year-old Tree Voucher Program resulted in more than 3,500 vouchers issued, accordi...
Nov 6, 2022
It's the democracy, stupid: midterm stakes for Canadians are much the same as in U.S.
WASHINGTON - It's not every day that a Canadian prime minister gets name-checked in a political debate in the United States. But in a hyper-polarized midterm election season, it's not surprising it wo...
Nov 6, 2022
Mystery flag to mark 80th anniversary of disastrous Dieppe raid on Remembrance Day
OTTAWA - Legend has that when Canadian troops stormed ashore under a hail of German gunfire at the French port of Dieppe in August 1942, one of the hundreds who eventually died in the attack was carry...
Nov 6, 2022
Monitors say 6 killed in Syria's shelling of tent settlement
IDLIB, Syria (AP) - Syrian government forces shelled tent settlements housing families displaced by the country's conflict in the rebel-held northwest early Sunday, killing at least six people and wou...
Nov 6, 2022
Tanzania: Small passenger plane crashes into Lake Victoria
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A small passenger plane crashed Sunday morning into Lake Victoria on approach to an airport in Tanzania. Local authorities said 26 of the 43 people on board the Precision Air fli...
Nov 6, 2022
Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world
VANCOUVER - The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficie...
Nov 6, 2022
B.C. diver shakes a leg with giant Pacific octopus, in 'mind-blowing' encounter
CAMPBELL RIVER - British Columbia scuba diver Andrea Humphreys' new acquaintance greeted her more like a long-lost friend, with extended arms, then a full-body hug, and finally a kiss, lip to tentacle...
Nov 6, 2022
Doctors, nurses call for action on crumbling care, health ministers meet in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A family doctor who works in British Columbia and Alberta says patients who don't get the care they need before ending up in overburdened emergency rooms should be a focus for quick action...
Nov 6, 2022
Climate Changed: How homebuilders and residents are adapting to a warming world
VANCOUVER - The two-storey family home with a classic design and wooden cladding blends in with its neighbours, but its thick, insulated walls, airtightness, solar panels, heat pump and highly efficie...
Nov 6, 2022
Doctors, nurses call for action on crumbling care, health ministers meet in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - A family doctor who works in British Columbia and Alberta says patients who don't get the care they need before ending up in overburdened emergency rooms should be a focus for quick action...
Nov 6, 2022