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Man jailed six years for abusing Nanaimo area sex trade workers
Editor's note: The following story contains graphic details of sexual violence against women and may not be appropriate for some readers. Discretion is advised.NANAIMO - Violence inflicted by a man wi...
Oct 27, 2021
Canada rebounds with two wins
at World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Team Canada featuring local curler Ina Forrest, came though when they really had to at the 2021 Kuntai World Wheelchair Curling Championship in China.Canada's two games, against South Korea and Slovak...
Oct 27, 2021
Iqaluit expects water testing to come back clean; tap water still undrinkable
IQALUIT - Nunavut's capital city says it expects tests on its drinking water to show undetectable levels of fuel. Iqaluit is under a state of emergency and its roughly 8,000 residents haven't been abl...
Oct 27, 2021
Grants support arts, culture and sports groups in Vernon and Lumby
Nearly $730,000 in provincial grants are going to support the arts, culture and sports sectors in Vernon and Lumby.The funding is going to 27 local not-for-profit organizations in the region.The arts ...
Oct 27, 2021
New environment minister says his climate plan is not a 'secret agenda'
OTTAWA - Newly minted Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says his agenda to combat climate change and bring down emissions from Alberta's oilsands is not a secret. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has...
Oct 27, 2021
Quenneville's meeting with Bettman may decide Florida fate
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - For the Florida Panthers, there has never been a better start to a season. The next few days, though, could change everything. Panthers coach Joel Quenneville's future is in jeopa...
Oct 27, 2021
Government still undecided on whether to fight Indigenous child-welfare rulings
OTTAWA - Canada's attorney general says with only two days until the court deadline, the Liberal cabinet still has not decided whether or not to appeal a decision that would see the government pay out...
Oct 27, 2021
New information raises questions about existence of brain syndrome in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's health minister says an epidemiological report has found no known food, behaviour or environmental exposure that could have caused the symptoms of a mystery brain syndrom...
Oct 27, 2021
Coast guard says 106 containers, not 40, fell off cargo ship near Victoria
VICTORIA - The coast guard has updated the number of containers that fell into the ocean from a cargo ship off Victoria to 106, up from the original estimate of 40. It says the owner of the MV Zim Kin...
Oct 27, 2021
Modelling group says COVID-19 cases declining in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - An independent group of researchers analyzing the course of COVID-19 in British Columbia says cases are declining at about two per cent a day but children under 10 could now be more at ris...
Oct 27, 2021
