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B.C. government and social media giants make deal on non-consensual intimate images
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a "historic collaboration" for youth safety online. A joint statement from Premier David Eby and representat...
May 15, 2024
B.C. government and social media giants make deal on non-consensual intimate images
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government and social media giants have made what they call a "historic collaboration" for youth safety online. A joint statement from Premier David Eby and representat...
May 15, 2024
Final preparations being made ahead of Comox Air Show
NANAIMO - One of the premier events on Vancouver Island returns to the skies this weekend.The Comox Air Show takes place Saturday, May 18 at 19 Wing Comox, and final preparations are being made ahead ...
May 15, 2024
Power restored after squirrel causes outage affecting thousands: Toronto Hydro
Toronto Hydro says power has been restored after a large outage caused by a squirrel impacted thousands of people in the downtown area. The company's outage map showed the disruption started at 10:23 ...
May 15, 2024
Stars centre Roope Hintz out for Game 5 against the Avalanche with upper-body injury
DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Stars centre Roope Hintz is out for Game 5 of their Western Conference playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday night because of an upper-body injury. Stars coac...
May 15, 2024
Peterka scores twice for Germany in 8-1 rout of Latvia at hockey worlds
PRAGUE (AP) - JJ Peterka scored twice in Germany's 8-1 rout of Latvia at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday. Germany, last year's runner-up, netted five times in the second period in Ostra...
May 15, 2024
Montreal's international airport takes rival to court over name change
MONTREAL - The authority that runs Montreal's international airport is suing an up-and-coming airport on the city's South Shore, saying a recent branding effort will confuse travellers. Aroports de Mo...
May 15, 2024
Canada's Pendrith returns to PGA Championship in stronger position than last year
Everything has changed for Taylor Pendrith over the past two weeks. Pendrith won The CJ Cup Byron Nelson on May 5 for his first-ever PGA Tour victory, then tied for 10th at the Wells Fargo Championshi...
May 15, 2024
Wildfire service warns winds may fan 'aggressive' blazes in B.C.'s north
FORT NELSON, B.C. - British Columbia's wildfire service says gusty winds could fan "aggressive fire behaviour" in the north, where out-of-control blazes have forced several thousand people to flee the...
May 15, 2024
'The whole country is not on fire': Canadian tourism industry struggles as fires rage
OTTAWA - Climate change and its deluges of severe weather and wildfires have left many Canadian tourism companies struggling to get insurance and convince visitors that Canada is still open for busine...
May 15, 2024