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Police arrest suspect after stabbing at New Westminster, B.C., Skytrain station
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Police in New Westminster, B.C., say they have arrested a person suspected of stabbing two people at a Skytrain station in the city. They say numerous people had called to repo...
Oct 12, 2024
Bill Vigars, campaign manager for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, dies at 78
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78. His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars ...
Oct 12, 2024
Bill Vigars, campaign manager for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, dies at 78
WHITE ROCK, B.C. - Bill Vigars, who led the promotion of Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope in 1980, has died at the age of 78. His wife, Sherry MacDonald, confirmed the news in an interview, saying Vigars ...
Oct 12, 2024
Week in Review: Week of Oct. 7
Welcome to Week in Review.This week, Bill C-291, MP Frank Caputo's bill to update legal language around underage sex crimes is passed.A new project in Merritt to naturalize a flood damaged area is und...
Oct 12, 2024
Lewis' late TD lifts Elks to 23-18 win, season series sweep of Stampeders
CALGARY - Eugene Lewis caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Tre Ford with 1:09 remaining in the game to lead the Edmonton Elks to a 23-18 win over the Calgary Stampeders at McMahon Stadium on Saturday...
Oct 12, 2024
Eby says no place for violence in politics as RCMP probe Campbell River bomb threat
LANGLEY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby says violence should have no place in politics after a party campaign office in Campbell River was evacuated following a bomb threat. Eby, who was campaig...
Oct 12, 2024
Sharks place rookie Macklin Celebrini on IR with a lower-body injury
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The San Jose Sharks placed rookie Macklin Celebrini on the injured reserve list on Saturday with a lower-body injury. The move came two days after Celebrini made an impressive ...
Oct 12, 2024
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who sought Scotland's independence, dies at 69
LONDON (AP) - Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland's independence from the U.K., has died. He was 69. Anas Sarwar, leader of Scottish Labour, on Satu...
Oct 12, 2024
Canada's Fernandez, Indonesia's Sutjiadi ousted from Wuhan Open in semifinals
WUHAN - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Indonesia's Aldila Sutjiadi will not be moving on to the Wuhan Open final. The pairing lost 7-5, 6-2 to Americans Jessica Pegula and Asia Muhammad in the women's ...
Oct 12, 2024
2 men charged with second-degree murder, arson after Old Montreal fire killed 2
MONTREAL - Two men have been charged with second-degree murder and arson after a fire erupted in an Old Montreal building, killing a mother and daughter from France. Justin Fortier-Trahan, 20, and Juv...
Oct 12, 2024
