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Whitecaps coast to 2-0 victory over Valour FC in Canadian Championship action
VANCOUVER - Russell Teibert scored his first-ever goal in the Canadian Championship as the Vancouver Whitecaps cruised to a 2-0 win over Valour FC on Wednesday night. Teibert scored the match-winner a...
May 11, 2022
Small flock in Comox Valley is B.C.'s 7th to test positive for avian influenza
VICTORIA - A small poultry flock in British Columbia's Comox Valley has tested positive for the avian flu, the first case on Vancouver Island. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a release tha...
May 11, 2022
Edmonton Oilers sign forward Carter Savoie to entry-level contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have announced that they have signed forward Carter Savoie to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning with this season. Savoie, 20, joined Oilers AHL affiliate Bake...
May 11, 2022
B.C. drops 24 tickets against pastors issued for violating COVID-19 orders
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - British Columbia's Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed it dropped two dozen COVID-19 violation tickets against three Chilliwack, B.C., pastors who continued in-person worship se...
May 11, 2022
New tax adopted to help pay for future District 68 school capacity
NANAIMO - School District 68 has a new tool to help close a significant gap in providing necessary future classroom capacity on the mid Island.Nanaimo Ladysmith Pubic Schools (NLPS) enacted a tool emb...
May 11, 2022
Marriage proposal in B.C. legislature gets a 'Yes' from fiancée, cheers from MLAs
VICTORIA - Politicians ask a lot of questions in British Columbia's legislature, but for New Democrat member Rick Glumac, his question posed Wednesday was especially important. Glumac, the member for ...
May 11, 2022
The latest on the first official Conservative leadership debate in Edmonton
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership hopefuls are set to square off in the first official debate of the race. Here are the latest developments. All times eastern: 7 p.m. Dozens of Conservatives are lining...
May 11, 2022
Woman injured in machete attack in Nanaimo parking lot
NANAIMO - One person is in hospital, while another is in custody following an altercation leaving a woman with severe lacerations caused by a machete. It happened Tuesday, May 10 around 8 p.m. at Beba...
May 11, 2022
Lawyers: Nearly $1B tentative settlement in condo collapse
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A nearly $1 billion tentative settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought by families of victims and survivors of last June's condominium collapse in Surf...
May 11, 2022
Veteran CFL player Prukop attends Winnipeg Blue Bombers rookie camp
WINNIPEG - Veteran CFL quarterback Dakota Prukop was competing along with first-year players Wednesday at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers rookie camp. Prukop's presence was somewhat surprising, given the CF...
May 11, 2022