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Midterms promise political headache for president, but possible reprieve for Canada
WASHINGTON - It's conventional political wisdom that's as old as the hills in the United States: the party that controls the White House seldom does well in the midterms. But Glenn Youngkin's convinci...
Dec 20, 2021
NBA postpones 5 more games; Young, Vogel enter protocols
The NBA on Sunday postponed a total of five games involving nine teams in response to rising coronavirus numbers, raising the number of contests that have been pushed back this season to seven. Called...
Dec 19, 2021
Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth
MOSCOW (AP) - A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, ...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
Police investigating after death at SilverStar ski resort in British Columbia
VERNON, B.C. - One person has died at a ski resort in British Columbia's Okanagan region. The sales and marketing director of SilverStar Mountain Resort says one person died in the Powder Gulch area o...
Dec 19, 2021
Man charged with attempted murder after weekend stabbing in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A man has been charged with attempted murder after a weekend stabbing in Nanaimo, B.C. Nanaimo RCMP say they were called to a home at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday after two people in their...
Dec 19, 2021
Transit service expanding in the Shuswap
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Starting Jan. 2, 2022, the City of Salmon Arm and BC Transit are adding transit service to the Shuswap Regional Transit System.In a news release, BC Transit says the expansion inclu...
Dec 19, 2021
Stastny scores two to lift Jets 4-2 over Blues, Winnipeg's last game for awhile
WINNIPEG - Linemates Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele and Paul Stastny accounted for all the goals to propel the Jets to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday and give interim Winnipeg head c...
Dec 19, 2021
Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand l...
Dec 19, 2021
