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Evacuation order for Chilcotin River landslide area downgraded to alert
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Residents can return home now that an evacuation order following a landslide that blocked a British Columbia river for days has been downgraded. The Cariboo Regional District in ...
Aug 14, 2024

The president of Columbia University has resigned, effective immediately
NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university grapple with protests over th...
Aug 14, 2024

Matsuyama's caddie returns home to Japan after passport stolen after Olympics
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Hideki Matsuyama is starting the PGA Tour's lucrative post-season without his caddie and coach after they were victims of a robbery during a stopover in London from the Paris Oly...
Aug 14, 2024

Quarterback Rourke returns to Lions eager to play and win
VANCOUVER - The time was right for Nathan Rourke to return to the Canadian Football League. After spending more than 18 months bouncing around with four NFL teams, the 26-year-old from Victoria decide...
Aug 14, 2024

Evacuation order for Chilcotin Confluence South Area rescinded
CARIBOO- The Cariboo Regional District Emergency Operations Centre has rescinded their evacuation order in the Chilcotin Confluence South Area. This after the landslide in the Chilcotin river forced t...
Aug 14, 2024

Taiwan no-hits Canada in dominant 8-0 LLWS victory
WILLIAMSPORT - The Kuei-Shan Little League team from Taiwan finished fourth in last year's Little League World Series. Back in Williamsport for the second straight year, the team has more depth and sk...
Aug 14, 2024

B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action over herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson's
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against global agriculture firm Syngenta over claims that its herbicide products cause Parkinson's disease. A decision released ...
Aug 14, 2024

B.C. Supreme Court certifies class action over herbicide alleged to cause Parkinson's
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has certified a class-action lawsuit against global agriculture firm Syngenta over claims that its herbicide products cause Parkinson's disease. A decision released ...
Aug 14, 2024

Prince George teen wins national pageant, advocates for youth mental health
PRINCE GEORGE - 17 year old Prince George teen Brynn Muncey was recently crowned as the new Miss Teen Western Canada during the National Personality Pageants Canada competition."It was actually so inc...
Aug 14, 2024

Football Canada appoints Peter Baxter to its board of directors
OTTAWA - Peter Baxter, the longtime athletic director at Wilfrid Laurier, has been appointed to Football Canada's board of directors. The governing body of amateur football in Canada made the announce...
Aug 14, 2024