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'Legacy horrific' but Ontario trucker's retrial more sensitive to victim: lawyers
EDMONTON - Lawyers say the retrial of a man to be sentenced next week for killing a woman in his hotel room 10 years ago is an example of how cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women and ...
Jun 26, 2021
Deal struck to solve murky water woes in French Creek subdivision
PARKSVILLE - Relief is around the corner for residents of a French Creek neighbourhood burdened for decades by discoloured, odorous water.The Regional District of Nanaimo and Town of Qualicum Beach an...
Jun 26, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Cancelling Canada Day won’t solve what ails our country
EACH JULY 1, we traditionally celebrate the diversity of our community and of our country.The usual celebrations at Riverside Park won't happen this year, cancelled again by COVID.A couple of weeks ag...
Jun 26, 2021
Documents detail outreach, take-up of little-used federal victims benefit
OTTAWA - Newly released documents on a little-used federal benefit for parents of crime victims show an increase in aid being paid out after an overhaul of the program, but the rate of denied applicat...
Jun 26, 2021
Expert explains about the 'heat dome' hovering above B.C., Alberta and territories
Much of British Columbia, northern Alberta and parts of Yukon and the Northwest Territories are experiencing a "heat dome" that is expected to shatter high-temperature records over the next few days. ...
Jun 26, 2021
A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...
Jun 26, 2021
Vasilevskiy shines again, Lightning blank Islanders 1-0
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of their NHL playoff semifinal ...
Jun 25, 2021
Orioles rally, beat Blue Jays 6-5 to end 20-game road skid
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Austin Hays drove in two runs to cap an eighth-inning rally, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in 10 innings Friday night to snap a 20-game road losing stre...
Jun 25, 2021
Vasilevskiy shines again, Lightning blank Islanders 1-0
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of their NHL playoff semifinal ...
Jun 25, 2021
UBC Faculty of Medicine apologizes for harms to Indigenous Peoples
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia's Faculty of Medicine is making a formal apology for its role in past and present harms to Indigenous Peoples and it is committing to expand its response...
Jun 25, 2021
