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NANAIMO - Projected property tax increases are being dialled in as Council's in both Nanaimo and Parksville move through the required steps.Following weeks of meetings and presentations, City of Nanai...
Dec 17, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders have unveiled a stopgap spending bill that will keep the federal government funded through March 14 and provide more than $100 billion in emergency aid to help ...
Dec 17, 2024
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - An overcrowded boat capsized on a river in central Congo on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, including children, and leaving dozens missing, officials and local residents sa...
Dec 17, 2024
OTTAWA - The Liberal government was thrown into disarray this week when Chrystia Freeland stepped down from cabinet as finance minister, reviving calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down o...
Dec 17, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - A couple hundred North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces against Ukraine have been killed or wounded during battle in the Kursk border region, a senior military officia...
Dec 17, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Yankees agreed to acquire outfielder Cody Bellinger from the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday for right-hander Cody Poteet, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associa...
Dec 17, 2024
NANAIMO - Pre-Christmas travellers may need to make other arrangements trying to get ahead of holiday traffic.BC Ferries have announced "required maintenance" is needed on one of its vessels which wil...
Dec 17, 2024
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won't be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing...
Dec 17, 2024
Veteran quarterbacks Cody Fajardo and McLeod Bethel-Thompson are on the move again. The Edmonton Elks acquired Fajardo - the 2023 Grey Cup MVP - from the Montreal Alouettes on Tuesday for the rights t...
Dec 17, 2024
AROSA - Marielle Thompson led a Canadian sweep of the women's podium Tuesday while Reece Howden raced to gold in the men's event as Canada's freestyle skiers dominated the second stop of the World Cup...
Dec 17, 2024