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Inattentive driver sentenced for fatal rear-end crash in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Andrew Capadouca's wife kissed him and waved goodbye as he rode off on his motorcycle headed for lunch on a clear, warm afternoon in Nanaimo.Minutes later the 73-year-old retiree was pronoun...
Nov 29, 2021
Swedes elect 1st female PM - for the 2nd time in a week
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Magdalena Andersson, who last week was Sweden's first woman prime minister for a few hours before resigning because a budget defeat made a coalition partner quit, was on Mon...
Nov 29, 2021
Stage set for Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) - Two years after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide behind bars, a jury is set to be picked Monday in New York City to determine a central question in the long-running sex trafficking case: Was ...
Nov 29, 2021
Man United hires Rangnick as manager until end of season
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - German coach Ralf Rangnick was hired Monday as Manchester United manager until the end of the season. The 63-year-old Rangnick has left his role as head of sports and develo...
Nov 29, 2021
Actress Lindsay Lohan announces engagement in Instagram post
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Actress Lindsay Lohan has told her followers on Instagram that she's engaged. Lohan announced her engagement to boyfriend Bader Shammas and showed off a traditional ...
Nov 29, 2021
Pandemic pressures: Nova Scotia offers pioneering helpline exclusively for men
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia has established what is believed to be Canada's first 24-hour helpline exclusively for men in response to an urgent need that arose as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Soon after...
Nov 29, 2021
More Abbotsford evacuations as crews try to hold back Sumas River floodwaters
VANCOUVER - Residents of another handful of properties in Abbotsford, B.C., were ordered to evacuate late Sunday night while some others were placed on evacuation of alert due to the continuing flood ...
Nov 29, 2021
Saskatchewan moves to amend Constitution amid civil trial with Canadian Pacific
REGINA - The basis of a lawsuit between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and the Saskatchewan government moves to the floor of the provincial legislature Monday, before possibly heading to Ottawa in a bi...
Nov 29, 2021
Government set to introduce beefed-up bill banning conversion therapy
OTTAWA - The federal government is preparing to table a new, tougher bill today in its latest effort to ban conversion therapy in Canada. The legislation, if passed, would make practices designed to c...
Nov 29, 2021
Canada supports plan for international pandemic treaty
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada supports the development of a new global convention on pandemic preparedness and response that will be debated at a special meeting of the World H...
Nov 29, 2021
