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Tourists, workers, students stranded by Metro Vancouver bus strike
VANCOUVER - Tourists Jorge Correa and Roger Leyton wanted to go to Vancouver Island on Monday, but with no bus to get them to the Tsawwassen ferry terminal, they had to make other plans. "We have to l...
Jan 22, 2024

Mary Robinson appointed as senator for Prince Edward Island
OTTAWA - Mary Robinson has been appointed as an independent senator in P.E.I. Robinson is the vice-president of the World Farmers' Organisation and is a managing partner of the Robinson Group of Compa...
Jan 22, 2024

Oak Street house fire causes tens of thousands in damages
PRINCE GEORGE-Early Sunday(Jan. 21) morning, at around 6 a.m, Prince George Fire Rescue responded to a fire at a home on the 2500 block of Oak Street.Crews from three halls responded with the first cr...
Jan 22, 2024

Six-time champion Jones will return to Hearts as coach of Nova Scotia's Team Smith
Colleen Jones was a regular at the Canadian women's curling championship for most of her playing career. She's set to return to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts next month in a different role. Jones,...
Jan 22, 2024

Sean Strickland disputes UFC 297 split-decision loss, says world knows who won
TORONTO - Two days after losing his UFC middleweight title to Dricus Du Plessis in a split decision, Sean Strickland is disputing the result. "I won that fight, the world knows I won that fight ... Th...
Jan 22, 2024

Winters Hotel fire: B.C. inquest told of chained door, 'no way out' from deadly blaze
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the b...
Jan 22, 2024

Strong magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes remote western China, state media say
BEIJING (AP) - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a remote part of China's western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. Xinhua cited the China Earthquake Networks Cente...
Jan 22, 2024

Winters Hotel fire: B.C. inquest told of chained door, 'no way out' from deadly blaze
BURNABY, B.C. - A coroner's inquest has been told that a Vancouver rooming house where a fire killed two people in 2022 had a chained door, as relatives testified about the devastating impact of the b...
Jan 22, 2024

Supreme Court allows federal agents to cut razor wire Texas installed on US-Mexico border
WASHINGTON (AP) - A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed Border Patrol agents to cut razor wire that Texas installed on the U.S.-Mexico border, while a lawsuit over the wire continues. The justices...
Jan 22, 2024

Quebec man pleads guilty to threatening Justin Trudeau and François Legault
SHERBROOKE, Que. - A Quebec man has pleaded guilty to uttering threats toward Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Franois Legault in a series of online videos. Prosecutor Genevive Crpeau ...
Jan 22, 2024