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B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. T...
Dec 10, 2021
Federal agriculture minister moved to tears by B.C.'s flood devastation
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The federal agriculture minister visited a poultry farm devastated by recent British Columbia floods, saying she was impressed by those in the communities who found the strength to ...
Dec 10, 2021
B.C. businessman Frank Giustra's lawsuit against Twitter can proceed, court rules
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's highest court has upheld a lower-court ruling allowing a prominent businessman and philanthropist's defamation lawsuit against Twitter Inc. to proceed in the province. T...
Dec 10, 2021
Accidental structure fire causes $5,000 in damage
PRINCE GEORGE- Fire crews responded to a structure fire this morning on the 3700 block of Pinewood Ave. Upon arrival, crews found a fire that had started in the roof area of the structure, and had bee...
Dec 10, 2021
Bedard aims to join Gretzky, Crosby in playing for Canadian junior hockey team at 16
CALGARY - The half-dozen who played for the Canadian junior men's hockey team at age 16 is sprinkled with names like Gretzky, Crosby and McDavid. Connor Bedard of North Vancouver, B.C., wants to join ...
Dec 10, 2021
Iqaluit residents can drink city water again after 60-day health order
IQALUIT - People in Iqaluit can drink the city's tap water again after 60 days of living under a do-not-consume notice. The notice was lifted Friday by Nunavut's Health Department. Residents of the te...
Dec 10, 2021
16-year-old charged with attempted murder after teacher stabbed in Montreal classroom
MONTREAL - A 16-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder after a teacher was stabbed in a Montreal high school classroom Thursday. The provincial prosecution service said the teenager, who ...
Dec 10, 2021
Like father like son. Ticats QB Dane Evans happy to learn footballs X's and O's
HAMILTON - The son of a football coach, Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Dane Evans got into the X's and O's himself last year - almost by accident. When the CFL cancelled its 2020 season due to the pa...
Dec 10, 2021
Speedskater Laurent Dubreuil shatters Canadian record at World Cup stop in Calgary
CALGARY - Laurent Dubreuil didn't just break Jeremy Wotherspoon's Canadian record, he shattered it. On the opening day of the ISU World Cup speedskating event at Calgary's Olympic Oval, Dubreuil of Le...
Dec 10, 2021
Mackenzie’s new firehall 50% complete
MACKENZIE - The community of Mackenzie will be getting a new Firehall. Fire Chief Jamie Guise says he can't wait to move out of the 50-year-old building they're currently in and work from the communit...
Dec 10, 2021