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Survey aims to improve mountain biking amenities in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - With mountain biking in a boom period, local stewards are trying to capture the economic impact the fast-growing sport is having in Nanaimo.Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club partnered with several ...
Aug 16, 2021

Goals: Megan Rapinoe launches 'The Call In' book club
NEW YORK (AP) - Megan Rapinoe is such a fan of #MeToo pioneer Tarana Burke that the soccer star chose Burke's upcoming memoir, "Unbound," for her new book club before she had even read it. "She is suc...
Aug 16, 2021

'Keeping these people alive': A volunteer team works to reverse overdoses in Edmonton
EDMONTON - A woman winces as a volunteer crouches down, lifts up her dress and looks at a deep gash running along her right leg. "You need to go to the hospital right now," Angie Staines says, as the ...
Aug 16, 2021

Meng Wanzhou's legal team resumes extradition defence in B.C. court
VANCOUVER - Meng Wanzhou's legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court ...
Aug 16, 2021

Meng Wanzhou's legal team resumes extradition defence in B.C. court
VANCOUVER - Meng Wanzhou's legal team is expected to argue today there is no evidence showing the Huawei executive caused international bank HSBC to violate U.S. sanctions law. The B.C. Supreme Court ...
Aug 16, 2021

Malaysian PM resigns after failing to get majority support
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin tendered his resignation to the king Monday, becoming the shortest-ruling leader after conceding that he lost majority support t...
Aug 15, 2021

Merritt placed on Evacuation Alert
KAMLOOPS - The City of Merritt has been placed on an Evacuation Alert.The alert covers the entire city of approximately 7,100. It was put in place at 7:50 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 15) evening.There are sever...
Aug 15, 2021

Hundreds of properties evacuated as wind prompts growth in B.C. wildfires
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says evacuation orders have been issued for hundreds of properties throughout the province as high winds intensified the spread of multiple blazes. The City of Kaml...
Aug 15, 2021

Federal Election 2021: What the major political parties have to gain and lose in B.C.
For a long time, it seemed every time there was a federal election the results were known even before the polls closed in British Columbia.But now B.C. at least has a hope to feel the election isn't o...
Aug 15, 2021

14 passengers rescued from boat sinking off Gabriola Island
NANAIMO - A chartered trip could have ended in disaster if not for the quick response of marine rescuers. A chartered boat with 14 people aboard started taking on water around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 1...
Aug 15, 2021