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Thieves target memorial plaques in Houston
HOUSTON, B.C. - RCMP in Houston, B.C. are seeking the public's help in locating the person or persons responsible for stealing memorial plaques.North District RCMP say that over nineteen memorial plaq...
Nov 09, 2021

Canada's women's basketball team opens camp in Toronto
TORONTO - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa and Bridget Carleton headline the roster for this week's Canada's women's basketball camp, the team's first step toward the 2024 Paris Olympics. No coach has bee...
Nov 09, 2021

Study shows Metro Vancouver overconfident, underprepared for storm-related power loss
VANCOUVER - BC Hydro says storm-related outages are more frequent in British Columbia due to climate change but when it comes to preparing for a blackout, a new report shows Lower Mainland residents a...
Nov 09, 2021

Sununu seeking 4th term as governor, won't challenge Hassan
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday he'll seek a fourth term and won't run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan. Sununu won reelection last year by mor...
Nov 09, 2021

Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021

Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021

Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa's gloom
LONDON (AP) - South African author Damon Galgut has mixed feelings. This has been a great week for him, a good month for African writers - and a terrible year, he says, for his country, blighted by pa...
Nov 09, 2021

Quebec's Nunavik region struggling with COVID, has highest infection rate in province
MONTREAL - The health board governing Quebec's Nunavik region says the COVID-19 situation in the northern territory is worse than it's ever been. Health officials reported 30 new cases Monday across t...
Nov 09, 2021

Global Village Nanaimo weathers pandemic to support worldwide fair trade producers
NANAIMO - A beloved local fair trade store in operation for nearly a quarter century returned despite numerous bumps in the pandemic road.Global Village Nanaimo opened its pop-up location for a 24th y...
Nov 09, 2021

'We miss our friends': N.Y. town eager for Canadians to return as land border reopens
MONTREAL - Residents of a New York border town say they're eager to welcome Canadians now that the United States has eased land border restrictions, but they worry that costly COVID-19 testing rules w...
Nov 09, 2021