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Injured kitten needs your help
QUESNEL - A kitten in Quesnel needs your help following emergency surgery.The BC SPCA says 10-week-old Tilly was found by a good Samaritan along the shore of Dragon Lake in Quesnel, fighting to stay a...
Aug 14, 2023

Maple Leafs prospect Rodion Amirov dead at 21 after brain tumour diagnosis
Toronto Maple Leafs prospect Rodion Amirov has died after being diagnosed with a brain tumour last year. He was 21. The Maple Leafs confirmed Amirov's death Monday on social media. Amirov signed a thr...
Aug 14, 2023

Blue Bombers quarterback Zach Collaros misses practice Monday following injury
WINNIPEG - Quarterback Zach Collaros didn't practise Monday with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Collaros, 34, suffered an upper-body injury in the first half of Winnipeg's 38-29 comeback road win over the...
Aug 14, 2023

Prince George midwife loses credentials
PRINCE GEORGE - A Prince George midwife has lost her credentials. The BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCN & M) say Karin Gerlach also can't reapply for five years after she failed to assess a ...
Aug 14, 2023

Defending champion Bayern Munich has Harry Kane but needs a goalkeeper ahead of Bundesliga season
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) - Even though Bayern Munich landed the Bundesliga's record signing in England captain Harry Kane, there's still a big hole in the squad. Kane has taken on the No. 9 shirt pre...
Aug 14, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays enjoy day off after injury bug bites hard during 17-in-17 stretch
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays finally got some rest and, hopefully, did some healing on Monday. Injuries have piled up over a 17-day stretch where the Blue Jays played every day. All-star shortstop ...
Aug 14, 2023

Power outage for new B.C. ferry forces trip cancellations on first day
NANAIMO, B.C. - The inaugural sailings for a passenger ferry between downtown Vancouver and Nanaimo, B.C., were cancelled Monday because of a power outage. A statement on the Hullo ferry website says ...
Aug 14, 2023

Recently shuffled federal cabinet to hold three-day retreat in Prince Edward Island
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a three-day federal cabinet retreat that is set to take place in Prince Edward Island next week will focus on the economy and affordability issues. The retr...
Aug 14, 2023

Quebec government says it is open to studying whether to relaunch nuclear reactor
MONTREAL - Quebec Energy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon says he agrees with Hydro-Qubec's decision to study a possible reopening of the province's only nuclear power plant. Fitzgibbon reacted today to rec...
Aug 14, 2023

Wildfires close evacuation routes out of N.W.T. towns, some being transported by air
HAY RIVER, N.W.T. - Members of the Canadian Forces are being deployed to help deal with wildfires along the Alberta-Northwest Territories boundary that have forced the evacuation of the town of Hay Ri...
Aug 14, 2023