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New Cottonwoods Care Centre slated for 2029
Work on the $186 million replacement for the Cottonwoods Care Centre in Kelowna will start next year, with completion earmarked for 2029.The seniors living project is moving into the procurement phase...
Mar 13, 2025
Woman dies after being found unresponsive on Blackcomb Mountain in B.C.
WHISTLER, B.C. - A woman has died after being found unresponsive on a mountain at a British Columbia ski resort. Police say a person riding the gondola at Whistler Blackcomb spotted the woman on Black...
Mar 13, 2025
B.C. court grants production order to man defrauded out of $26 million in bitcoin
VANCOUVER - A B.C. Supreme Court judge has granted production orders to name cryptocurrency account holders to a man who claims he lost $26 million in bitcoin in a fraud connected to a person who clai...
Mar 13, 2025
Canadian speedskaters take silver in women's team sprint at world championship
HAMAR - Canada's Brooklyn McDougall, Beatrice Lamarche and Ivanie Blondin won silver in the women's team sprint Thursday to open the ISU world speedskating championship. Calgary's McDougall, Quebec Ci...
Mar 13, 2025
Canadian women score comfortable win over Brazil in T20 World Cup qualifying play
BUENOS AIRES - Canada rebounded from a painful one-run loss to Argentina to defeat Brazil by seven wickets Thursday at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Americas Region Qualifier. The Canadian women impro...
Mar 13, 2025
Victoire acquire forward Willoughby from Sceptres for defender Kjellbin
TORONTO - The Montreal Victoire have acquired forward Kaitlin Willoughby from the Toronto Sceptres in exchange for defender Anna Kjellbin. It was the lone deal made Thursday before the Professional Wo...
Mar 13, 2025
Columbia University says it expelled some students who seized building last year
NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University says it has expelled or suspended some students who took over a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last spring, and had temporarily revoked the diploma...
Mar 13, 2025
Walmart Canada moves to stop machete sales in wake of new Manitoba law
WINNIPEG - Walmart Canada says it will stop selling long-bladed weapons such as machetes across the country, both in-store and online. The move came after Manitoba passed a law last year to ban in-sto...
Mar 13, 2025
Democratic Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva of Arizona dies from complications from cancer treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic U.S. Rep. Ral M. Grijalva of Arizona, who championed environmental protection during his 12 terms in Congress, died Thursday from complications from cancer treatments, his...
Mar 13, 2025
Canadian Joshua Palmer feeling very much at home after joining Buffalo Bills
ORCHARD PARK - It might not be Toronto but it definitely feels like home for Joshua Palmer. He signed a three-year, US$36-million contract - $18 million reportedly guaranteed - with the Buffalo Bills ...
Mar 13, 2025
