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VIDEO: Elite speedcubers twisting and turning at Nanaimo competition
NANAIMO - Some of the best 'cubers' in Canada, and some from around the world, are in the Harbour City this weekend.The Speedcubing Provincial Championships are being hosted at Beban Park Social Centr...
Aug 16, 2024
Sources: Argos quarterback Kelly meets with CFL commissioner Ambrosie
TORONTO - Suspended quarterback Chad Kelly met with CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie on Friday. Two league sources confirmed the meeting, which came after Kelly missed a ninth regular-season game with ...
Aug 16, 2024
CP NewsAlert: Four found dead in homicide investigation in McCreary, Manitoba
WINNIPEG - Mounties in Manitoba say they are investigating four deaths in and around the small community of McCreary, northwest of Winnipeg. RCMP Staff Sgt. Richard Sherring says around 10 a.m. today,...
Aug 16, 2024
Following criticism, Ottawa removes funding caps for residential school searches
OTTAWA - The federal government is backtracking on a move to limit funding for searches of former residential school grounds. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree says the governmen...
Aug 16, 2024
CFL fines Roughriders OL Trevor Reid, Elks defensive back Bynum
TORONTO - The CFL handed out a pair of fines on Friday. Saskatchewan Roughriders offensive lineman Trevor Reid was handed a fine for making unnecessary contact with Ottawa Redblacks defensive lineman ...
Aug 16, 2024
Seiya Suzuki hits a game-ending single as the Chicago Cubs top the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5
CHICAGO (AP) - Seiya Suzuki hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday. Ian Happ began the 10th on second as the automatic runner. Chad ...
Aug 16, 2024
Injured B.C. bear put down after being fed watermelon: RCMP
COQUITLAM, B.C. - RCMP in Coquitlam, B.C., say an injured bear had to be put down after officers discovered that residents had been feeding it. They say police and the BC Conservation Officer Service ...
Aug 16, 2024
Palestinian health officials say first case of polio confirmed in Gaza, in a 10-month-old child
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian health ministry said it recorded the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month old-child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah. It's the first case in year...
Aug 16, 2024
'Downturn' in weather expected to dampen wildfire activity in southeastern B.C.
British Columbia's wildfire service says thunderstorms carry the possibility of dry lightning strikes in some parts of the Interior, but wildfire activity is generally expected to decrease with what's...
Aug 16, 2024
Trainer Attard will have four horses to keep an eye on during $1-million King's Plate
TORONTO - He's always in it to win it but Kevin Attard would gladly settle for a four-horse dead heat Saturday in the $1-million King's Plate. The veteran trainer will send four horses postward for th...
Aug 16, 2024