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Great Nanaimo Toy Drive another rousing success with 500+ families helped
NANAIMO - The good people at the Great Nanaimo Toy Drive are celebrating a monumental year.They spent all this week collecting toys and building their "Santa Sacks", with the final bag of goodies bein...
Dec 17, 2021
Girl, 10, coming to Canada killed at Taliban checkpoint
A 10-year-old girl who was approved to come with her family to Canada from Afghanistan was killed when gunfire erupted at a Taliban checkpoint. Eleanor Taylor of the group Aman Lara, an organization t...
Dec 17, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada and the restrictions being brought in to try to stem the spread of the Omicron variant: - Canada is bringing back a requirement for everyone entering the c...
Dec 17, 2021
Raptors' coach Nurse doesn't see the NBA shutting down, despite rising COVID cases
TORONTO - COVID-19 outbreaks, cancelled games, and reduced crowd capacity has dominated news around the Toronto Raptors this week. It's conjured memories of March 11, 2020, when the NBA promptly close...
Dec 17, 2021
Infant dies of COVID-19 in Montreal, hospital says baby was born healthy
MONTREAL - An infant has died of COVID-19 at a Montreal hospital. The Sainte-Justine children's hospital says the baby, who was less than two months old, died of the disease on Thursday. The hospital ...
Dec 17, 2021
Quebec woman who murdered stepdaughter must spend at least 13 years in prison
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A Superior Court judge has sentenced a Granby, Que., woman convicted of murdering her seven-year-old stepdaughter to life in prison with no chance of parole for 13 years. During ...
Dec 17, 2021
Capacity limits, parties cancelled as B.C. tries to hold back Omicron spread
VICTORIA - British Columbia is placing restrictions on events and gatherings until the end of January in an effort to limit the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant. Measures range from limits on v...
Dec 17, 2021
Capacity limits, parties cancelled as B.C. tries to hold back Omicron spread
VICTORIA - British Columbia is placing restrictions on events and gatherings until the end of January in an effort to limit the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant. Measures range from limits on v...
Dec 17, 2021
Province-wide health restrictions place limits on events/gatherings, sports tournaments cancelled
NANAIMO - Drastically rising COVID-19 cases in the province led to several notable public health orders to take effect Monday Dec 20.Dr. Bonnie Henry told a Friday, Dec 17 media briefing action is req...
Dec 17, 2021
Iran nuclear talks adjourn, seen resuming before year's end
VIENNA (AP) - Talks aimed at salvaging Iran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers were adjourned Friday, following a round marked by tensions over new demands from Tehran. China's lead negoti...
Dec 17, 2021
