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Fireworks lead to destruction of Brannen Lake boat launch dock
NANAIMO - Fireworks are believed responsible for the destruction of a dock at Brannen Lake.The surface of the dock was melted and the structure partially submerged after a fire just before midnight on...
May 26, 2022
Guilbeault 'optimistic' G7 climate ministers will agree to gradually phase out coal
MONTREAL - Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Thursday he's "very optimistic" this week's meeting of G7 climate and energy ministers will produce a consensus to gradually phase out th...
May 26, 2022
B.C. financial regulator advises three-day 'cooling-off' period for homebuyers
VANCOUVER - The regulator for British Columbia's real estate sector has recommended that the province adopt a so-called "cooling-off" period of three business days to protect people buying a home, thr...
May 26, 2022
CFL, CFL Players' Association reach another tentative agreement
The CFL and CFL Players' Association have reached another tentative agreement. According to a league source, the two sides hammered out a second agreement in principle Thursday, two days after CFL com...
May 26, 2022
More treatment beds available in Nanaimo for mental health and addictions recovery
NANAIMO - More resources are now available for people battling substance use and mental health challenges.Provincial funding, through Island Health, is making 14 beds available, with eight designated ...
May 26, 2022
Parliamentary committee to start report on expanding eligibility for assisted dying
OTTAWA - A special joint parliamentary committee will now consider its report on current legislation on assisted death and whether to expand who is eligible to opt for it. The committee of MPs and sen...
May 26, 2022
Man convicted of 1st-degree murder in beheading case
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - A jury on Thursday convicted a New Hampshire man of first-degree murder for killing his wife's coworker after he discovered they were texting, and then forcing her to behead him. ...
May 26, 2022
President: 11 babies killed in fire at Senegalese hospital
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - A fire in the neonatal unit of a hospital in Senegal has killed 11 newborns, President Macky Sall said. Only three infants could be saved. "To their mothers and families, I expre...
May 26, 2022
Spain replaces French Barbarians as July opponent for Canadian men's rugby team
TORONTO - Spain has replaced the French Barbarians as Canada's opponent in a men's rugby match July 10 at Ottawa's TD Place. "We had an agreement from the French Barbarians that they would be travelli...
May 26, 2022
Alberta men accused of killing Métis hunters took law into own hands: prosecutor
EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor says a father and son accused of killing two Mtis hunters took the law into their own hands when they chased them on a rural road in Alberta, shot them and left them to d...
May 26, 2022