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Missing 100 Mile House woman may be travelling to Vancouver Island
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - 100 Mile House RCMP are requesting the public's help in locating a missing person that has not been seen since Sunday (July 11).Danessa Dunphy was last known to be within the 10...
Jul 13, 2021
Downtown Nanaimo cooling centre to stay open
NANAIMO - A cooling centre for the vulnerable hasn't closed as planned. The space at the 7-10 Club in the Community Service Building on the corner of Prideaux St. and Fitzwilliam St. was used as a rep...
Jul 13, 2021
Residents west of Fraser River near Lytton given all-clear
LYTTON, B.C. - A group of residents living on the west side of the Fraser River near Lytton have been given the all-clear by municipal officials after spending two weeks under an evacuation alert.The ...
Jul 13, 2021
NBA Finals ratings up from 2020 pandemic, down from 2019
NEW YORK (AP) - The NBA Finals has gained some, but not all, of its audience back after last year's trip to the pandemic bubble. The first three games of the championship match between the Phoenix Sun...
Jul 13, 2021
Changes still needed to Canada's safe sport program, Olympian Jennifer Heil says
Three-time Olympian Jennifer Heil is calling on the federal government to make changes to its latest safe sport program, saying it still lacks the independence necessary to properly protect all Canadi...
Jul 13, 2021
Convention centre repurposed as COVID field hospital to close in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The makeshift hospital at the Vancouver Convention Centre, which was repurposed with COVID-19 overflow beds, is being shut down without ever taking patients. Vancouver Coastal Health says ...
Jul 13, 2021
MLA Tegart calls on Horgan to ensure supports are in place for Lytton residents
MERRITT, B.C. - Fraser-Nicola MLA Jackie Tegart has written to Premier John Horgan to ensure the correct supports are put in place for those displaced by the Lytton fire."My constituents suffered grea...
Jul 13, 2021
Slimmer version of Shane Richards reports to Toronto Argonauts' training camp
Shane Richards is a different man at the Toronto Argonauts' training camp. The hulking six-foot-eight offensive lineman reported to Toronto's camp Saturday weighing about 290 pounds - some 60 pounds l...
Jul 13, 2021
Aritzia swings to Q1 profit as revenues more than double despite store closures
VANCOUVER - Aritzia Inc. says it swung to a $17.9-million profit in the first quarter as revenues more than doubled from a year ago despite a majority of its Canadian stores being closed. The Vancouve...
Jul 13, 2021
MAPS: Thefts of bicycles and from motor vehicles — Week of July 5, 2021
KAMLOOPS - Local thieves were not too interested in bicycles last week - but made up for it with automobile break-ins.The newest maps from Kamloops RCMP show just one reported bicycle theft during the...
Jul 13, 2021
