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No new COVID-19 deaths, but there are 986 people in B.C.'s hospitals
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials reported 24,372 active cases of COVID-19 in the province, of which 986 are in hospital and 146 in intensive care. In a news release Tuesday, they say B.C. ...
Feb 8, 2022
VIDEO: Hometown Merner finding regular role as first year Clipper
NANAIMO - Brett Merner has started his junior hockey career in the city where he grew up.The 18-year-old is the second youngest player on the team and one of only two players born in 2004.In a league ...
Feb 8, 2022
Appeals court rules in Biden’s favor on abortion referrals
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Federally funded family planning clinics can continue to make abortion referrals for now, a federal court ruled Tuesday, in a setback for a dozen Republican attorneys general who...
Feb 8, 2022
Proposed Diver Lake hotel inches closer to reality
NANAIMO - Constructing a nearly 70 room lakefront hotel in Nanaimo is advancing following a required land use designation change for a vacant lot.On Monday, Feb 7 city councillors endorsed converting ...
Feb 8, 2022
College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status
An advocacy group filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, the latest step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive p...
Feb 8, 2022
Roughly 100 kids living in trucks involved in Ottawa convoy protest: police
OTTAWA - Roughly 100 kids are living in the trucks idling on the streets of downtown Ottawa during the cold, noisy and prolonged protest that has grabbed hold of the capital, police say. Police office...
Feb 8, 2022
College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status
An advocacy group filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board on Tuesday, the latest step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive p...
Feb 8, 2022
Commons calls for halt to collection of COVID-19 phone data over privacy concerns
OTTAWA - The House of Commons voted today to call on the Public Health Agency of Canada to halt its plans to collect data from millions of mobile phones to help understand travel patterns during the C...
Feb 8, 2022
Shaq, Usher and Drake shows all highlight Super Bowl week
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shaquille O'Neal will return to the city where he helped the Los Angeles Lakers win three straight championships. This time, O'Neal - who moonlights as DJ Diesel - will host his car...
Feb 8, 2022
Top 20 most popular television shows for the week
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a list of the 20 most-watched television shows in prime time for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 6, their networks and viewerships: 1. Winter Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 11 million. 2. Win...
Feb 8, 2022