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Housing, health, and plastic straws: Here's how B.C. politicians are wooing voters
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's political party leaders have spent the 28-day provincial election campaign wooing voters with promises on critical issues including health care, housing, the cost of liv...
Oct 18, 2024
Testy B.C. election campaign sees leaders attacking each other more than policy
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's election campaign enters its final day in what is viewed as a too-close-to-call contest where David Eby's New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives led by John Rustad deb...
Oct 18, 2024
More details expected on proposed deal that would see tobacco giants pay billions
More details are expected today on a proposed deal that would see the three major companies pay out billions of dollars to provinces and territories as well as smokers and their loved ones. The compan...
Oct 18, 2024
Capitals 3-2 win ends Stars' winning streak
WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Wilson, Dylan Strome and Taylor Raddysh scored to help the Washington Capitals end the Dallas Stars' season-opening winning streak at four with a 3-2 victory Thursday night. Wils...
Oct 17, 2024
Senators looking to take learning experience from loss to Devils
OTTAWA - Travis Green might not have liked the end result, but he's counting on his team learning from the effort. Green's Ottawa Senators were handed a 3-1 loss by the New Jersey Devils Thursday nigh...
Oct 17, 2024
Canada's Dabrowski, New Zealand's Routliffe out of Japan Women's Open after walkover
OSAKA - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe are out of the Japan Women's Open tennis tournament. Spain's Cristina Bucsa and Romania's Monica Niculescu advanced to the final on...
Oct 17, 2024
Kulak scores twice and McDavid gets first goal of season as Oilers beat Predators 4-2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Brett Kulak scored twice and Connor McDavid added his first goal of the season to lead the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-2 victory over the reeling Nashville Predators on Thursday nig...
Oct 17, 2024
Dubreuil wins fifth straight 500m title at Canadian long track championships
QUBEC - Laurent Dubreuil won his fifth straight men's 500-metre speedskating national title on the opening day of the Canadian long track championships on Thursday. The Lvis, Que., native, also the re...
Oct 17, 2024
Miller scores winner in OT, Vancouver tops Florida 3-2
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - J.T. Miller scored 2:09 into overtime and the Vancouver Canucks got their first win of the season, beating the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Thursday night. Teddy Blueger and Quinn Hugh...
Oct 17, 2024
Markstrom loses shutout bid late, leads Devils past Senators 3-1
OTTAWA - Jacob Markstrom turned away 30 shots Thursday night to lead the New Jersey Devils to a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators. On Monday, the Senators (2-2-0) scored eight goals against Los Angeles...
Oct 17, 2024
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Oct 21, 2024
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PETERS: We know who to vote against - now who do we vote for?
Oct 18, 2024
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LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: October 17, 2024
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