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'Senseless violence': Woman killed in Surrey, B.C., home invasion, father says
SURREY, B.C. - The father of a homicide victim in Surrey, B.C., says she was killed in a home invasion on the weekend. The Integrated Homicide Investigation team says 30-year-old Tori Dunn died after ...
Jun 19, 2024
Montreal mayor denounces antisemitism after restaurant allegedly targeted
MONTREAL - Politicians are denouncing violence and intimidation against Montreal's Jewish community after bullet-shaped holes were found in a restaurant window Wednesday morning. Yoni Amir, co-owner o...
Jun 19, 2024
Rezoning approved for proposed townhouse development along Ninth St. in south Nanaimo
NANAIMO - South Nanaimo's Harewood neighbourhood could be seeing more housing options available after a pair of lots were favoured for rezoning with the goal of increasing housing density.The connecte...
Jun 19, 2024
MPs hit summer campaign circuit as election year looms
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament poured out of the House of Commons into the stifling air of an Ottawa heat wave Wednesday, heading back to their constituencies for the summer barbecue and festival circ...
Jun 19, 2024
Public hearing for VPD sergeant accused of sexual misconduct by officers and students
VICTORIA - The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner in British Columbia has called its first ever public hearing into allegations of sexualized misconduct against a Vancouver police officer who...
Jun 19, 2024
Public hearing for VPD sergeant accused of sexual misconduct by officers and students
VICTORIA - The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner in British Columbia has called its first ever public hearing into allegations of sexualized misconduct against a Vancouver police officer who...
Jun 19, 2024
Study finds coal mine contaminants blown onto snowpack in Alberta, British Columbia
Cancer-causing chemicals are being blown downwind from coal mines in southern British Columbia in concentrations that rival those next to oilsand mines, newly published research has concluded. "Our re...
Jun 19, 2024
Olympic sprinter Knighton allowed to run at US trials after contamination case
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - Sprinter Erriyon Knighton tested positive for a banned substance that an arbitration panel determined came from contaminated meat, a decision that keeps the 200-meter specialist el...
Jun 19, 2024
Kings acquire goaltender Darcy Kuemper from Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings acquired goaltender Darcy Kuemper from the Washington Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois in a trade of high-priced, underachieving players on Wednesday. Ku...
Jun 19, 2024
Canada's Alena Sharp excited for major return at KPMG Women's PGA Championship
It's been three years since Hamilton's Alena Sharp played in a major and she feels like her game has evolved to better suit the best-on-best women's golf tournament. The 43-year-old Sharp joins Brooke...
Jun 19, 2024