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Raptors' Engelbrecht: Every draft prospect has unique pandemic challenges
TORONTO - It's the longest pre-draft year in NBA history, stretching now into its 17th month. So long, that for the first time in his NBA career, Patrick Engelbrecht is still scouting draft pros...
Nov 02, 2020

Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief
OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...
Nov 02, 2020

Power outages affecting residents in Fort St.John
FORT St. JOHN-Crews are heading out to an outage in Fort St. John that has affected 568 BC Hydro customers.BC Hydro's outage map says that the outage occurred just after noon South of Chevron Fnt., Ea...
Nov 02, 2020

Austrian police say several injured after gunfire in Vienna
VIENNA - Austrian police said Monday that several people were injured and officers were out in force following gunfire in the capital Vienna. Oskar Deutsch, the head of the Jewish community in Vienna,...
Nov 02, 2020

Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes
HOUSTON - A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centres established ...
Nov 02, 2020

In Brazil, a parrot puppeteer’s death stirs the nation
RIO DE JANEIRO - In a time of so much loss, it is rare for an individual death to stir a country. And it is extraordinary for national grief to be triggered by the passing of a puppet. But so it was i...
Nov 02, 2020

Richmond woman missing after dispute in 100 Mile House area
100 MILE HOUSE-RCMP in 100 Mile House are searching for a missing woman last seen on October 29th.100 Mile House RCMP say that on October 31st they received a report of a missing person. 27-year-old A...
Nov 02, 2020

David Choiniere looks to keep scoring for Forge FC in CONCACAF League play
David Choiniere has made a habit of scoring in the Scotiabank CONCACAF League. And Forge FC hopes the 23-year-old winger from Saint-Alexandre, Que., can rise to the occasion again Tuesday when t...
Nov 02, 2020

Canadian 'Billionaire Donald' rooting for Trump to win again, COVID to lose
LONDON, Ont. - It takes Donald Rosso four minutes to turn into Donald Trump. The 63-year-old from London, Ont., is one of several people around the world who work as impersonators of the United States...
Nov 02, 2020

Wet end to October leads to Cariboo streamflow advisories
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The B.C. River Forecast Centre (BCRFC) has issued a rare fall high streamflow advisory for the Cariboo region.In the advisory, the BCRFC says heavy precipitation last week is "le...
Nov 02, 2020