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Blair announces CFB Esquimalt military housing project, 480 single-occupancy rooms
ESQUIMALT, B.C. - National Defence Minister Bill Blair says British Columbia's CFB Esquimalt will be the site of a new 480-room military housing project. The minister was at the Victoria-area naval ba...
Aug 07, 2024
Texas man who claimed intellectual disability is executed for 1997 killing of female jogger
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas man who claimed an intellectual disability in a late attempt at a reprieve was executed Wednesday evening for the killing of a woman who was jogging near her Houston h...
Aug 07, 2024
Utility worker injured in shooting in rural area east of Calgary, another person dead
ROCKY VIEW, Alta. - Mounties say the rural roadside shooting that left one worker wounded and a second person dead was not targeted. RCMP Staff Sgt. Mark Wielgosz made the statement in an investigatio...
Aug 07, 2024
1 of last GOP congressmen who voted to impeach Trump advances in Washington’s US House race
SEATTLE (AP) - One of the last remaining U.S. House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump and a candidate endorsed by the former president have advanced in Tuesday's primary to the general ele...
Aug 07, 2024
Nanaimo aviation experience connecting Indigenous youth with new careers
NANAIMO - A returning event is looking to connect Indigenous youth and young adults with careers in aviation.Give Them Wings is being hosted at the Nanaimo Airport on Tuesday, Aug. 13 between 9:30 a.m...
Aug 07, 2024
Okanagan wildfire prompts evacuation orders, expands alerts
SHUSWAP, B.C. - Evacuation orders and alerts have been issued in British Columbia's North Okanagan as a nearby wildfire burns out of control, nearly doubling in size since Tuesday. Tracy Hughes, commu...
Aug 07, 2024
B.C. provides $20M to expand travel, accommodation funding for cancer patients
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is providing $20 million over two years to support travel and lodging for cancer patients in the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says the f...
Aug 07, 2024
Canada's Marina Stakusic wins National Bank Open debut; Rebecca Marino eliminated
TORONTO - Marina Stakusic has advanced to the second round of the National Bank Open. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., came back to defeat Russia's Erika Andreeva 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday...
Aug 07, 2024
Rinse and repeat: Calgarians back to water restriction as new pipe problems found
CALGARY - Residents in Calgary and surrounding communities, fresh off having to conserve water for weeks due to a water main break, are soon going to have to do it all over again. Mayor Jyoti Gondek s...
Aug 07, 2024
Redblacks aim to keep rolling against visiting Roughriders
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks are looking to pick up right where they left off. Coming off a bye week, the Redblacks (5-2) will look to extend their four-game home winning streak when they host the Sa...
Aug 07, 2024