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VIDEO: 6 years in jail for drunk driver responsible for fatal hit & run in Parksville
NANAIMO - A provincial court judge issued six years in jail to a man in a highly disturbing case of impaired driving leading to the death of a long-time friend.Judge Karen Whonnock issued the sentence...
Sep 03, 2021
RCMP investigate death of a child seriously injured at B.C. campground
CRESTON, B.C. - RCMP are investigating the death of a child who sustained serious injuries at a campground in southeast British Columbia earlier this week. They say officers responded along with the p...
Sep 03, 2021
B.C. reports three deaths, 671 new cases of COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia has reported 671 new cases of COVID-19 and three more deaths. The Ministry of Health said on Friday that 5,872 infections were active across the province, with about 33 per...
Sep 03, 2021
Elections Canada posts cap of about $30M on three big parties' campaign spending
OTTAWA - Canada's chief electoral officer has announced the initial ceiling on parties' expenditures in the election campaign now in full swing. The spending limits are based on the length of the vote...
Sep 03, 2021
Alberta announces $100 gift card as incentive to get fully vaccinated as cases surge
EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney, two months after declaring victory over COVID-19, is now offering $100 to Albertans who aren't fully vaccinated to curb nation-leading cases of the illness that have a...
Sep 03, 2021
Depth key as depleted Vancouver Whitecaps look to extend three-game win streak
VANCOUVER - When Thomas Hasal last made a start for the Vancouver Whitecaps, the team was at the bottom of the Western Conference standings, desperate to turn its season around. Now, as the 22-year-ol...
Sep 03, 2021
Canada could see above 15K daily COVID-19 cases next month, Tam says
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the Delta variant. "This is a cr...
Sep 03, 2021
671 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 89 up north
VICTORIA - A slight drop in the number of COVID-19 cases in British Columbia today. The province announcing 671, which is down from 801 on Thursday. Eighty-nine new cases in the Northern Health region...
Sep 03, 2021
Fortin's lawyers fight bid to toss his lawsuit over removal from vaccine post
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are fighting a federal attempt to quash their client's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign. In a newly filed Federal Cou...
Sep 03, 2021
B.C., Tahltan Nation step up wildlife patrols after 'contentious' hunting season
VICTORIA - There will be more provincial conservation officers and Tahltan guardians patrolling the nation's territory in northwestern British Columbia this hunting season. The province and the Tahlta...
Sep 03, 2021