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Lululemon boosts guidance after stellar second-quarter results surpass expectations
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. boosted its guidance after handily beating expectations in its latest quarter with profits more than doubling on a 61 per cent increase in sales. The Vancouver-bas...
Sep 08, 2021

814 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., including 72 up north
VICTORIA - The province of British Columbia announced 814 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C. today, including 72 in the Northern Health region. There are 5,550 active cases province-wide with the number ho...
Sep 08, 2021

Federal party leaders simulate debates in rehearsals for head-to-head battles
OTTAWA - Party leaders will have spent weeks simulating debates in preparation for what might prove their biggest challenge yet in the election campaign. According to senior figures who have prepared ...
Sep 08, 2021

Ida death toll 26 in Louisiana; 11 new deaths in New Orleans
HOUMA, La. (AP) - Officials raised the death toll in Louisiana from Hurricane Ida to 26 on Wednesday, with the additional 11 deaths all occurring in the city of New Orleans. The deaths happened betwee...
Sep 08, 2021

Break and Enter suspect arrested
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties have arrested a break and enter suspect caught breaching curfew and probation.This morning (Sept.8), just before 2 a.m., police received a report for an alarm at a busin...
Sep 08, 2021

B.C.'s COVID-19 vaccine card system good first step, medical group says
VANCOUVER - The head of a group representing British Columbia doctors says the province's COVID-19 vaccine passport system makes sense and is a good first step in driving up vaccination rates. Dr. Mat...
Sep 08, 2021

College football's return boosts television ratings
NEW YORK (AP) - Television viewers are ready for some football. Three college matchups scored among the Nielsen company's four most-watched television programs last week. Only an episode of NBC's "Ame...
Sep 08, 2021

B.C.'s COVID-19 vaccine card system good first step, medical group says
VANCOUVER - The head of a group representing British Columbia doctors says the province's COVID-19 vaccine passport system makes sense and is a good first step in driving up vaccination rates. Dr. Mat...
Sep 08, 2021

Calgary Flames sign RFA defenceman Connor Mackey, veteran forward Brad Richardson
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames are beefing up their roster ahead of training camp, signing a pair of players to new contracts. The club said in a release Wednesday that it had signed defenceman Connor M...
Sep 08, 2021

Aurélie Rivard still floating on a cloud after record medal haul in Tokyo
MONTREAL - The undisputed queen of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Aurlie Rivard mentions it right off the top: she is still floating on a cloud two weeks removed from her experience in Japan. Rivard, 25,...
Sep 08, 2021