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Veteran quarterback Dominique Davis among 12 players released by Redblacks
OTTAWA - Veteran quarterback Dominique Davis was among 12 players released Thursday by the Ottawa Redblacks. The six-foot-four, 215-pound Davis started two games for Ottawa last season, completing 59-...
Jan 13, 2022
Delays push cost to rebuild fire-damaged Lytton, B.C., to $102M: insurance bureau
VANCOUVER - Insurance losses from a wildfire that wiped out most of Lytton, B.C., have surged to $102 million. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the amount has risen from an original estimate of $78...
Jan 13, 2022
Delays push cost to rebuild fire-damaged Lytton, B.C., to $102M: insurance bureau
VANCOUVER - Insurance losses from a wildfire that wiped out most of Lytton, B.C., have surged to $102 million. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the amount has risen from an original estimate of $78...
Jan 13, 2022
O'Toole says he opposes Quebec's plan to 'tax and target' the unvaccinated
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says while he respects provincial jurisdiction, he opposes Quebec's plan "to tax and target" those who are unvaccinated against COVID-19. The Tory leader made...
Jan 13, 2022
California governor denies RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan parole
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's governor on Thursday rejected releasing Robert F. Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan from prison more than a half-century after the 1968 slaying left a deep wound du...
Jan 13, 2022
Health care absenteeism expected to climb
PRINCE GEORGE - During the latest update around COVID and the omicron variant, Health Minister Adrian Dix had some startling numbers around absenteeism due to short-term illness - Omicron and everythi...
Jan 13, 2022
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the COVID-19 curfew he imposed across the province in December will be lifted on Monday. He told reporters today the...
Jan 13, 2022
UKs embattled Prince Andrew loses honorary military titles
LONDON (AP) - Prince Andrew has been stripped of his honorary military roles as the growing furor over allegations that he sexually abused a teenage girl trafficked by the late financier Jeffrey Epste...
Jan 13, 2022
Pregnant women now eligible for third vaccine dose
NORTHERN BC- Pregnant British Columbians can now book a COVID-19 booster vaccination if it has been at least eight weeks since their second dose. Eligible residents must indicate that they are pregnan...
Jan 13, 2022
Paramedics in B.C. responded to nearly 100 overdoses a day in 2021
VANCOUVER - Paramedics and medical dispatchers in B.C. responded to a record-setting 35,525 overdose calls last year. BC Emergency Health Services says paramedics attended an average of 97 overdose ca...
Jan 13, 2022