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Nanaimo-based Island Top Team takes home three medals in Vancouver event
NANAIMO - Nanaimo Top Team had four athletes attend the Grappling Industries Brazilian jiu-jitsu event in Vancouver on July 20.The group had an impressive medal haul with three gold and two silver med...
Jul 22, 2024
Missouri judge overturns the murder conviction of a man imprisoned for more than 30 years
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A Missouri judge on Monday overturned the conviction of Christopher Dunn, who has spent more than 30 years in prison for a killing he has long contended he didn't commit. The ruling i...
Jul 22, 2024
Canfor Corp. CEO Don Kayne to step down at the end of 2024
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. says its president and CEO is retiring at the end of the year. The Vancouver-based company says Don Kayne has held the role since 2011, and has been with the company for 46 ye...
Jul 22, 2024
Two Albertans charged in online death threats to Trudeau, other federal leaders
EDMONTON - Two Alberta men have been charged after death threats were allegedly directed at top federal politicians, including the prime minister. RCMP say a social media user on the platform X had al...
Jul 22, 2024
K'omoks First Nation signs draft treaty with B.C., federal governments
COURTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Officials with the K'omoks First Nation and the B.C. and federal governments have signed a draft treaty in a step toward the nation's self-governance. K'omoks Chief Ken P...
Jul 22, 2024
Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Black woman who called 911 for help
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Body camera video released Monday by a prosecutor reveals a chaotic scene in which a Black woman in Springfield, Illinois, who called 911 for help is shot in the face in her h...
Jul 22, 2024
Gaza protesters at University of Victoria clearing encampment after trespass notice
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says pro-Palestinian protesters are dismantling an encampment after almost three months at the campus. The school had issued a trespass notice over the weekend, s...
Jul 22, 2024
Gaza protesters at University of Victoria clearing encampment after trespass notice
VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says pro-Palestinian protesters are dismantling an encampment after almost three months at the campus. The school had issued a trespass notice over the weekend, s...
Jul 22, 2024
Senior Quebec church leader resumes role after six-month leave due to abuse claims
QUEBEC CITY, Que. - Cardinal Grald Lacroix is resuming his duties today as archbishop of Quebec City after a Vatican-mandated investigation found no evidence tying the senior church leader to sexual m...
Jul 22, 2024
Former Argonauts linebacker, broadcaster Peter Martin dead at 83
TORONTO - Peter Martin, a former Toronto Argonauts linebacker who later became a Hall of Fame broadcaster, has died. He was 83. The Argonauts announced the news Monday morning on X, formerly known as ...
Jul 22, 2024