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Canada's Fernandez into second round at U.S. Open with win over Konjuh
NEW YORK - Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the second round of the U.S. Open with a 7-6 (3), 6-2 win over on Croatia's Ana Konjuh on Monday. Fernandez was more opportunistic and more accurate th...
Aug 30, 2021
State mask bans face federal civil rights inquiries
The Education Department announced Monday that it's investigating five Republican-led states with universal mask bans, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabili...
Aug 30, 2021
Number of B.C. evacuation orders and wildfires tick down
VICTORIA - The number of properties under evacuation orders and alerts because of wildfires in British Columbia ticked down over the weekend. Emergency Management BC says 28 orders were in place today...
Aug 30, 2021
Canada's Danielle Dorris wins Paralympic silver in 100-metre backstroke
TOKYO - Danielle Dorris couldn't quite believe the silver medal hung around her neck on Monday. The 18-year-old from Moncton, N.B., captured the hardware with a second-place finish in the women's 100-...
Aug 30, 2021
O'Toole says he supports cancelled pipeline due to Indigenous benefits
KING CITY, ONT. - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he supports the cancelled Northern Gateway pipeline, largely because it would have provided economic partnerships for Indigenous communities. O'...
Aug 30, 2021
'They're being banished:' Inuit women need their communities, not jail, says advocate
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - It was just six weeks in jail for Jody Blake, an Inuk woman living in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., but those weeks were long and lonely, and there was no chance of her kids or fami...
Aug 30, 2021
Liberals promise $1B over 10 years to restore big lakes and river systems
GRANBY, Que. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau pledged Monday to spend $1 billion over a decade to restore Canada's big lakes and river systems. A re-elected Liberal government would also build on its b...
Aug 30, 2021
Vaccination clinics to be held at Okanagan College campuses
On Tuesday, Sept. 7, Okanagan College students and employees will be able to access free drop-in vaccination clinics on campus.Each campus will have an Interior Health run clinic operating during sele...
Aug 30, 2021
Hurricane Ida traps Louisianans, leaves the grid a shambles
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A fearsome Hurricane Ida left scores of coastal Louisiana residents trapped by floodwaters and pleading to be rescued Monday while making a shambles of the electrical grid across a ...
Aug 30, 2021
Free youth bus fares to help encourage next generation of transit riders
NANAIMO - Children under the age of 12 won't have to pay to get on board public transit systems throughout the province starting Wednesday, Sept. 1.RDN board chair Tyler Brown strongly supports the dr...
Aug 30, 2021
