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Pamela Gallant wins $200K film award for 'Monica's News' at Whistler festival
VANCOUVER - Acadian-Canadian filmmaker Pamela Gallant has won a major prize from the Women in the Director's Chair organization at the Whistler Film Festival. The director-producer won the WIDC F...
Dec 09, 2019
Ever-growing Surrey, B.C., will get a second hospital as health-care needs boom
SURREY, B.C. - The fast-growing city of Surrey, B.C., is getting a second hospital. Premier John Horgan and Health Minister Adrian Dix made the announcement near the location of the new hosp...
Dec 09, 2019
RCMP not negligent in death of B.C. teen whose overdose was filmed: watchdog
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has concluded two Langley RCMP officers were not negligent in their response to a report of a teenage boy who was in distress after consuming a large...
Dec 09, 2019
Lululemon's chief operating officer to leave the company in new year
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc. says its chief operating officer is leaving the company shortly after the new year begins. The Vancouver-based retailer says Stuart Haselden, who also serves as ex...
Dec 09, 2019
Toronto Blue Jays promote Jose Ministral to head athletic trainer
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have promoted Jose Ministral to head athletic trainer. Ministral joined the Blue Jays in 2013 as an assistant athletic training co-ordinator, and was the club's&nb...
Dec 09, 2019
Tennis star Andreescu wins Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year
TORONTO - Tennis star Bianca Andreescu has won the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year. Andreescu is the first tennis player to win the award. The native of ...
Dec 09, 2019
After seven years, LaPolice ready for another run as CFL head coach with Redblacks
OTTAWA - It's been nearly seven years since Paul LaPolice was a head coach in the CFL. After soaking up four more years of experience on the sidelines, LaPolice says he's ready for another opportunity...
Dec 09, 2019
Ice bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34
BOSTON - Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig's disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday....
Dec 09, 2019
Canadians say 'not enough' to anti-doping agency sanctions on Russia
The latest sanctions levied against Russia by the World Anti-Doping Agency don't convince Canadian racewalker Evan Dunfee the field will be fair at next year's Summer Olympics. WADA claims R...
Dec 09, 2019
Canadian sprint canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe has hearing on doping ban
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Laurence Vincent Lapointe will learn if she is eligible to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics within the next 30 days. Lapointe, from Trois-Rivieres, Que., attended a closed he...
Dec 09, 2019
