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Vancouver's December home sales down 52% from year ago: B.C. real estate board
VANCOUVER - The Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board says home sales and prices continued their fall in December, dropping by 52 per cent and three per cent respectively from a year ago. The B.C. board...
Jan 04, 2023

School bus rear-ended at 5th and Ogilvie
PRINCE GEORGE - A school bus was rear-ended at 5th Avenue Ogilvie Street this (Jan.4) morning.Prince George RCMP say it happened just before 8:20 a.m. though no injuries have been reported. First resp...
Jan 04, 2023

Biden: GOP speaker drama 'not a good look' for country
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said House Republicans' inability to unify behind a speaker candidate, which has prevented the chamber from beginning its legislative business, is "not a good loo...
Jan 04, 2023

Grand Prix champions Gilles, Poirier withdraw from Canadian championships
OSHAWA, Ont. - Ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, gold medallists at last month's ISU Grand Prix Final, will miss next week's Canadian figure skating championships after Gilles underwent an ap...
Jan 04, 2023

Canfor extending temporary sawmill curtailments in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is extending sawmill curtailments in B.C. due to what it says are ongoing weak market conditions and a lack of available economic fibre. The Vancouver-based company says produ...
Jan 04, 2023

Canfor extends temporary curtailments in B.C.
VANCOUVER-Ongoing weak market conditions and the lack of available economic fibre have Canfor extending sawmill curtailments in B.C. The company says production will be reduced through two-week curtai...
Jan 04, 2023

Private funeral in Barrie, Ont. today for slain OPP officer
BARRIE, Ont. - A private funeral is set to be held this morning for an Ontario Provincial Police officer who was shot dead in an ambush attack last week. The OPP says the service for 28-year-old Const...
Jan 04, 2023

Canada marks first National Ribbon Skirt Day
OTTAWA - Today marks Canada's first National Ribbon Skirt Day. Manitoba Sen. Mary Jane McCallum's bill to recognize the day every Jan. 4 passed in Parliament late last year. It was inspired by Isabell...
Jan 04, 2023

Barzal puts up three points, Islanders hand struggling Canucks 6-2 loss
VANCOUVER - Matt Barzal scored and notched a pair of assist as the New York Islanders handed the struggling Vancouver Canucks a 6-2 loss on Tuesday. Jean-Gabriel Pageau scored twice, including a short...
Jan 03, 2023

Kraken sink struggling Oilers with offensive outburst
EDMONTON - Jaden Schwartz had a goal and two assists as the Seattle Kraken exploded for four consecutive goals in the second period to come away with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday ...
Jan 03, 2023