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Canada's Penny Oleksiak hopes to return at 2024 Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Penny Oleksiak says she still plans to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The 22-year-old seven-time Olympic medalist withdrew from the world swimming championships on June 1 due to injury....
Jun 28, 2023
B.C. opens $500M fund to help non-profits buy rental buildings, keep rent affordable
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has opened access to its $500-million rental-protection fund that will help non-profit groups purchase rental buildings. The goal of providing the capital fu...
Jun 28, 2023
Highway 16 west of Prince George now open
PRINCE GEORGE - Highway 16 west of Prince George at Carmel Drive is now fully open in both directions after an earlier vehicle incident. Prince George RCMP and BC Highway Patrol were on scene of the i...
Jun 28, 2023
Trudeau announces child-care infrastructure funding to create more spaces
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to spend $625 million to help provinces and territories build child-care infrastructure. Trudeau says the money will be rolled out...
Jun 28, 2023
Federal minister LeBlanc calls changes to N.B.'s LGBTQ school policy a 'mistake'
FREDERICTON - A federal cabinet minister says it was a mistake for New Brunswick to change the province's policy on sexual orientation in schools. Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc told reporter...
Jun 28, 2023
Flames sign recently acquired forward Sharangovich to two-year, $6.2-million deal
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed recently acquired forward Yegor Sharangovich to a two-year, US$6.2-million deal. The Flames announced the deal a day after acquiring Sharangovich in a trade wi...
Jun 28, 2023
Postponed MLS game between Whitecaps and Rapids recheduled for Sept. 27
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver Whitecaps' game in Colorado that was postponed last week due to inclement weather has been rescheduled. The Whitecaps will face the Rapids in Major League Soccer action on Sept...
Jun 28, 2023
Protection coming for large tract of threatened grassland south of Kamloops, B.C.
VANCOUVER - More than 60 square kilometres of at-risk grassland in British Columbia's southern Interior will be protected forever as part of the newest conservation project in the province. The Nature...
Jun 28, 2023
NHL salary cap to increase by $1 million per team for 2023-24 season
TORONTO - NHL teams will operate with a salary cap of US$83.5 million in 2023-24, a modest increase of $1 million over this past season. The NHL and NHL Players' Association also announced a salary fl...
Jun 28, 2023
Dental care to cost $3B less than budgeted unless provinces drop coverage, PBO says
OTTAWA - The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the promised federal dental insurance plan will cost $2.9 billion less than the government budgeted, assuming provincial governments don't drop thei...
Jun 28, 2023