Author Archives:

NBA Finals ratings up from 2020 pandemic, down from 2019
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA Finals has gained some, but not all, of its audience back after last year's trip to the pandemic bubble. The first three games of the championship match between the Phoenix Sun...
Jul 13, 2021

Changes still needed to Canada's safe sport program, Olympian Jennifer Heil says
Three-time Olympian Jennifer Heil is calling on the federal government to make changes to its latest safe sport program, saying it still lacks the independence necessary to properly protect all Canadi...
Jul 13, 2021

Convention centre repurposed as COVID field hospital to close in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The makeshift hospital at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which was repurposed with COVID-19 overflow beds, is being shut down without ever taking patients. Vancouver Coastal Health says ...
Jul 13, 2021

One new case of COVID-19 in northern B.C.
VICTORIA - Thirty-three new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including one up north. There are 639 active cases of the virus province-wide, including 27 in northern B.C. Sixty-six people are in hospital due...
Jul 13, 2021

Slimmer version of Shane Richards reports to Toronto Argonauts' training camp
Shane Richards is a different man at the Toronto Argonauts' training camp. The hulking six-foot-eight offensive lineman reported to Toronto's camp Saturday weighing about 290 pounds - some 60 pounds l...
Jul 13, 2021

Aritzia swings to Q1 profit as revenues more than double despite store closures
VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says it swung to a $17.9-million profit in the first quarter as revenues more than doubled from a year ago despite a majority of its Canadian stores being closed. The Vancouve...
Jul 13, 2021

South Cariboo man killed when pickup collides with fire truck
70 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - A South Cariboo resident is dead after a collision with a fire truck Monday afternoon (July 12).In a news release, RCMP say the crash took place at about 4:00 p.m. Monday, on 83 ...
Jul 13, 2021

Thousands of Canadian girls not committed to playing sports post-COVID: study
Canada's soccer fields, tennis courts and swimming pools are reopening after the pandemic, but a new study finds that many girls across the country may not go back to the sports they loved. A study re...
Jul 13, 2021

Two arrested following early morning B & E in Fort St.James
FORT ST. JAMES - An adult male and a female youth were arrested following an early morning break and enter in Fort St. James.North District RCMP say it happened just after midnight today (July 13) at ...
Jul 13, 2021

Conservatives look to opposition parties on next steps to hear more on Data Sciences
OTTAWA - Conservatives are plotting their next steps on how to probe payments the offices of Liberal MPs made to a company founded by a friend to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while the clock ticks d...
Jul 13, 2021