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Day 3 of Pope visit includes public mass and visit to Alberta pilgrimage site
EDMONTON - Tens of thousands of people are expected to fill Edmonton's football stadium today to take part in a public mass with Pope Francis. The pontiff is set to address Indigenous groups, resident...
Jul 26, 2022
B.C. residents 'fearful' after latest 'unsettling' shooting: minister
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's public safety minister says the latest round of shootings in public spaces has been "unsettling" for residents. Mike Farnworth called yesterday's shooting deaths of ...
Jul 26, 2022
Griner's drawn-out drug trial in Russia resumes
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) - American basketball star Brittney Griner returns Tuesday to a Russian courtroom for her drawn-out trial on drug charges that could bring her 10 years in prison if convicted. The ...
Jul 26, 2022
Griner's drawn-out drug trial in Russia resumes
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) - American basketball star Brittney Griner returns Tuesday to a Russian courtroom for her drawn-out trial on drug charges that could bring her 10 years in prison if convicted. The ...
Jul 26, 2022
Former Conservative PM Stephen Harper endorses Pierre Poilievre for party leader
OTTAWA - Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper has endorsed Pierre Poilievre to be the party's next leader. In a rare public return to party politics, Harper, who didn't wade into the Tori...
Jul 25, 2022
Prayers and tears: Scenes from the Pope's apology for residential schools
MASKWACIS - For minutes Pope Francis sat in his wheelchair, staring at hand-painted crosses marking graves. A helicopter whirled in the grey sky in the distance. Camera shutters clicked. Otherwise, th...
Jul 25, 2022
Meet Winnie and her five incredible kitties
NANAIMO - Meet Winnie and her five super kitties, Walley, Whisper, Willow, Winter and Whitney.Winnie is a one-year-old domestic short hair momma who is looking for a comfortable home for herself along...
Jul 25, 2022
Central Island athletes haul major medals from BC Summer Games
NANAIMO - Athletes from across the mid-Island have returned home with heavy hardware from the recent BC Summer Games.Held in Prince George between Thursday, July 21 and Sunday, July 24, up to 3,600 pa...
Jul 25, 2022
'It's an enormous game': Whitecaps relish chance to take on TFC in CanChamps final
VANCOUVER - When the Vancouver Whitecaps next take the field, it will be for the club's most important game in years, says head coach Vanni Sartini. The 'Caps have a chance to hoist the Voyageurs Cup ...
Jul 25, 2022
Quebecer Émile-Antoine Roy-Sirois, code name 'Beaver,' dies on front lines in Ukraine
MONTREAL - mile-Antoine Roy-Sirois, a 31-year-old Quebecer who recently died in Ukraine fighting Russian forces, volunteered on the front lines because he wanted to protect innocent women and children...
Jul 25, 2022