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Raptors end Bucks' eight-game winning streak with 97-93 victory
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet scored 29 points to lead the short-handed Raptors to a 97-93 victory over Milwaukee on Thursday, snapping the Bucks' eight game winning streak. The Raptors (10-13) ended a four...
Dec 02, 2021
Nichushkin helps Avalanche bounce back with 4-1 win over Canadiens
MONTREAL - Valeri Nichushkin scored and added an assist as the Colorado Avalanche earned a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday. Cale Makar had the eventual winner late in the second period...
Dec 02, 2021
Police watchdog investigating collision incident near Armstrong
The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia (IIO BC) has been called in to investigate an incident near Armstrong that resulted in two men being taken to hospital.The incident occurred j...
Dec 02, 2021
'The fire that's here': US is still battling delta variant
While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant that is popping up around the country, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., swamping hospita...
Dec 02, 2021
Port of Vancouver truck drivers strike averted after agreement reached
VANCOUVER - A container truck driver strike at two companies serving the Port of Vancouver that was set to begin Friday will be avoided. Labour union Unifor says it has reached an agreement with Prude...
Dec 02, 2021
Five more COVID-19 deaths in B.C., adult vaccination rate reaches 88.5 per cent
VICTORIA - British Columbia COVID-19 vaccination rate for those five years and older has reached 85 per cent for the first shot and 81.8 per cent for the second dose. A statement from the Health Minis...
Dec 02, 2021
CounterAttack launches this Saturday with enforcement day
'Tis the season for friends and families to gather, but any celebrating involving drugs and alcohol should include a safe ride home.RCMP around the North Okanagan will be part of a National Impaired D...
Dec 02, 2021
Beijing bound: Bobsledder Kaillie Humphries now an American
Kaillie Humphries is now, officially, an American. And just like that, the U.S. medal hopes in bobsledding at the Beijing Olympics just got much stronger. The reigning world champion in both monobob a...
Dec 02, 2021
Compromise proposed to allow opposition MPs to see documents on fired scientists
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is proposing a compromise over a long-running dispute with opposition parties over the disclosure of secret documents related to the firing of two scientists at Canada'...
Dec 02, 2021
Halifax goalie gets support over alleged racist incident at P.E.I. hockey tournament
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia minor league hockey player who was the target of alleged racist abuse at a tournament in Charlottetown last month said Thursday he has been heartened by an outpouring of suppor...
Dec 02, 2021
