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NANAIMO - A substantial number of new COVID-19 cases were found over the weekend within Island Health. The health authority confirmed 112 new cases since Friday on Monday, Aug. 16, to a total of 5,677...

VICTORIA - The provincial government announced a further 1,434 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend in B.C., including 74 in the Northern Health region.It brings the total number of cases to 156,513...

GABRIOLA ISLAND - A cyclist was flown to hospital after a high-speed crash on Gabriola Island.They fell to the pavement just after 12 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 16 on North Rd. on the hill leading to the fe...

PRINCE GEORGE - The ongoing issues of petty crime in the downtown has the Prince George Business Owners Advocacy Group at wit's end. John Zukowski with the group recounts the repeated message from the...

Montreal's Haitian community is asking Ottawa to process immigration files more quickly for Haitians waiting to come to Canada, following a deadly earthquake that struck the country over the weekend. ...

TORONTO - Teoscar Hernndez has been named the American League player of the week, making it three consecutive weeks that a Blue Jay has earned the honour. Hernndez batted .500 (14-for-28) with eight r...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders could be minus veteran quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell when they host the Montreal Alouettes on Friday. Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson said Mitchell's presence unde...

NANAIMO - High winds and hot temperatures are driving aggressive fire behaviour on a number of fronts in the province's interior.The newly sparked Mt. Law wildfire is threatening properties around Pea...

ST JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador - A western Newfoundland artist is facing off against homophobia in hockey by creating a fantasy hockey league full of "sissies," "pansies" and "flamers."Lucas Mor...

EDMONTON - An Ontario trucker is trying to appeal his 12 1/2-year sentence after he was found guilty in the killing of a woman in his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton was sentenced in July for mans...