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A timeline of events related to wildfire threat in the Okanagan, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation due to the nearby MacDougall Creek wildfire, which has destroyed a significant nu...
Aug 18, 2023
A timeline of events related to wildfire threat in the Okanagan, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from West Kelowna and the Westbank First Nation due to the nearby MacDougall Creek wildfire, which has destroyed a significant nu...
Aug 18, 2023
B.C. wildfires force more than 4,500 from homes, people urged to avoid travel
KELOWNA - More than 4,500 people have been forced from their homes provincewide and more than 23,500 more have been told to be ready to leave on a moment's notice, as wildfire activity surges in Briti...
Aug 18, 2023
Chief says excavation of Manitoba church basement found no evidence of human remains
MINEGOZIIBE ANISHINABE - No evidence of human remains has been found during the excavation of a Catholic church basement on the site of a former Manitoba residential school. Chief Derek Nepinak of Min...
Aug 18, 2023
Petrovic sits atop leaderboard through first round of Shaw Charity Classic
CALGARY - A late birdie barrage at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club vaulted Tim Petrovic into the lead after first-round play at the Shaw Charity Classic on Friday. Petrovic birdied his final thre...
Aug 18, 2023
Canada falls to Dominican Republic in final exhibition game ahead of FIBA World Cup
GRANADA, Spain - Lu Dort scored a team-high 13 points but it was not enough as Canada fell 94 - 88 to the Dominican Republic in its final tune-up game for the FIBA World Cup on Friday. Trae Bell-Hayne...
Aug 18, 2023
Lions receivers ensuring offensive hot streak continues despite battling injuries
SURREY, B.C. - Halfway through the season and the B.C. Lions receiving corps is hitting its stride. Keon Hatcher recorded a career high in receiving yards against the Calgary Stampeders last Saturday,...
Aug 18, 2023
Canadian men upset at having to sit out FIFA international window in September
The Canadian men's soccer team, firing another broadside in its bitter labour battle with Canada Soccer, says it is "extremely disappointed" that it will be idle during next month's FIFA international...
Aug 18, 2023
Victoria investing $538 million in 2 Cariboo road projects
QUESNEL - The provincial government is providing funding to improve highway safety and reliability with two Cariboo restoration projects that will stabilize roads located on historic landslide sites. ...
Aug 18, 2023
UVic rugby star wins first cap for Canada, then goes in first round of MLR draft
Gabe Casey, who won his first cap for Canada against Tonga on Monday, completed an eventful week when he was taken in the first round of the Major League Rugby collegiate draft. The University of Vict...
Aug 18, 2023