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Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers reports Q4 profit and revenue up from year ago
VANCOUVER - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit and sales were up compared with a year earlier. The company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, reported a profit of $...
Feb 22, 2023

Cougars top Winterhawks, 3-1
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars beat the Portland Winterhawks 3-1 Tuesday night at CN Centre.Tyler Brennan was stellar in net for the second straight day, stopping 34 of 35 shots Portland di...
Feb 22, 2023

Democratic Sen. Jon Tester to run for 4th term in Montana
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Jon Tester of Montana said Wednesday he will seek reelection to a fourth term in 2024, a boost to Democrats' hopes of maintaining a seat in the Republican-leaning stat...
Feb 22, 2023

Palestinians: 6 killed in Israeli army raid in West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) - Palestinian officials say at least six Palestinians have been killed and dozens were wounded in an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. They say that a 72-year-old man was...
Feb 22, 2023

Germany expels 2 Iranian diplomats over death sentence
BERLIN (AP) - Germany said Wednesday that it is expelling two Iranian diplomats over the death sentence imposed in Iran against one of its citizens. Authorities in Iran announced Tuesday that Jamshid ...
Feb 22, 2023

Quebec legislature holds hearings today on violent, sexual hazing in hockey
Quebec's legislature is holding hearings today on violence in hockey hazing rituals and the possibility that similar practices exist in other sports. The legislature is studying the issue after a rece...
Feb 22, 2023

B.C. diver finds horseshoe crab: 'I knew immediately it wasn't supposed to be here'
VANCOUVER - A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from home. The unusual find has been identified as a horseshoe cra...
Feb 22, 2023

'You're not the only one': Vancouver's Black population rising fast, census shows
VANCOUVER - Lenya Wilks says she felt like the "only Black person in Surrey" when she first moved to the city east of Vancouver last year. But the Black population in the region is growing fast and re...
Feb 22, 2023

B.C. diver finds horseshoe crab: 'I knew immediately it wasn't supposed to be here'
VANCOUVER - A scuba diver cleaning part of the sea floor in a Vancouver inlet came across an animal that an expert says is a long way from home. The unusual find has been identified as a horseshoe cra...
Feb 22, 2023

China, Russia targeting Canada's artificial intelligence know-how, CSIS warns
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service warns that adversaries will turn to espionage and foreign interference tactics to target the country's increasingly important artificial-intelligence sector. The Canadian...
Feb 22, 2023