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Canadian baseball star Joey Votto announces retirement after 17 MLB seasons
TORONTO - Canadian baseball star Joey Votto is retiring. The 40-year-old first baseman announced his retirement in an Instagram post Wednesday evening. Votto played 17 MLB seasons, earning six all-sta...
Aug 21, 2024

B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by 6 years, says report
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017. The First Nations He...
Aug 21, 2024

B.C. First Nations life expectancy plunges by 6 years, says report
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia report tracking Indigenous health issues says life expectancy for the province's First Nations people has plunged by more than six years since 2017. The First Nations He...
Aug 21, 2024

Struggling B.C. Lions aim to correct passing game, snap losing skid
SURREY - With his B.C. Lions slogging through a losing skid, Rick Campbell is keeping the CFL season in perspective. Yes, the Lions have lost four games in a row. No, the return of Canadian quarterbac...
Aug 21, 2024

Canada's Pendrith finds groove in late summer, just in time for PGA Tour playoffs
Taylor Pendrith has always been able to find his groove as summer winds down. This year, it's made him the top Canadian in the PGA Tour's playoffs. Pendrith, from Richmond Hill, Ont., tied for fifth a...
Aug 21, 2024

Majority of Proline players backed Lions win in Rourke's '24 debut
Proline bettors were firmly behind Nathan Rourke's return to the CFL last week. Rourke made his '24 debut Sunday night when the B.C. Lions hosted the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. It was Rourke's first CFL g...
Aug 21, 2024

FireJohnRustad.ca and Microchips: The BC Conservatives face a difficult few days
PRINCE GEORGE - Two months out from the provincial election and things are heating up in the race of who will become B.C.'s next government. A website has popped up calling for the Leader of the Conse...
Aug 21, 2024

Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Cana...
Aug 21, 2024

Brazil will restrict entry of some foreign nationals, aiming to curb migration to US and Canada
SAO PAULO (AP) - Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia seeking refuge in the South American nation as a means to migrate to the United States and Cana...
Aug 21, 2024

Rail strike would halt B.C.'s West Coast Express commuter train, says TransLink
The operator of British Columbia's commuter train that shuttles thousands of people across the Lower Mainland says it won't be able to run if a strike halts Canada's two biggest railways this week. Me...
Aug 21, 2024