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Canada's women's basketball team opens camp in Toronto
TORONTO - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa and Bridget Carleton headline the roster for this week's Canada's women's basketball camp, the team's first step toward the 2024 Paris Olympics. No coach has bee...
Nov 09, 2021
Study shows Metro Vancouver overconfident, underprepared for storm-related power loss
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says storm-related outages are more frequent in British Columbia due to climate change but when it comes to preparing for a blackout, a new report shows Lower Mainland residents a...
Nov 09, 2021
One week after Shannon White's disappearance, RCMP renew call for tips
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP are renewing their appeal, asking the public to help in the search for a Kamloops woman who has been missing since Nov. 1.Shannon White has been missing for one week. It is be...
Nov 09, 2021
1,478 new COVID-19 cases in B.C. over weekend, 321 in Interior
The weekend COVID-19 case count in British Columbia totalled 1,438 new infections, or an average of 479 per day.That broke down to 553 new cases on Saturday, 462 on Sunday and 423 today.Interior Healt...
Nov 09, 2021
O'Toole reveals his shadow cabinet, former leadership rival Leslyn Lewis not included
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is restoring popular MP Pierre Poilievre to his role as the party's finance critic today as he releases his new list of critics for the next Parliament. But O...
Nov 09, 2021
Sununu seeking 4th term as governor, won't challenge Hassan
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday he'll seek a fourth term and won't run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan. Sununu won reelection last year by mor...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa's gloom
LONDON (AP) - South African author Damon Galgut has mixed feelings. This has been a great week for him, a good month for African writers - and a terrible year, he says, for his country, blighted by pa...
Nov 09, 2021
Quebec's Nunavik region struggling with COVID, has highest infection rate in province
MONTREAL - The health board governing Quebec's Nunavik region says the COVID-19 situation in the northern territory is worse than it's ever been. Health officials reported 30 new cases Monday across t...
Nov 09, 2021
