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Prostate cancer scare compels Nanaimo man to step up advocacy
NANAIMO - A three time cancer survivor has new role in his retirement years: helping other people grappling with the same harrowing health battles he faced.Don Helgeson of Nanaimo, a recently retired ...
Dec 4, 2021
Scenes from Week 1 of Ghislaine Maxwell's sex-abuse trial
NEW YORK (AP) - The first week of the sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell saw the first of her four main accusers taking the witness stand to give emotional testimony accusing the British socialite o...
Dec 4, 2021
France's Macron meets Saudi crown prince in final Gulf stop
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - French President Emmanuel Macron met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday for the final leg of a two-day Gulf tour. Concerns over Iran's nuclear progra...
Dec 4, 2021
Quebec provincial police will train officers to deal with people in mental crisis
MONTREAL - Quebec's provincial police will introduce mandatory training next year aimed at changing officers' responses to people in mental distress and reducing the number of interventions that end f...
Dec 4, 2021
NZ spinner Ajaz Patel takes all 10 India wickets vs India
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Ajaz Patel has become just the third bowler in cricket history to take all 10 wickets to fall in a test innings after taking 10-119 for New Zealand against India in Mumbai, the ci...
Dec 4, 2021
Parents captured after son charged in Oxford school shooting
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - The parents of a teen accused of killing four students in a shooting at a Michigan high school were caught early Saturday, several hours after a prosecutor filed involuntary mans...
Dec 3, 2021
Gaudreau, Tkachuk lead Flames over Ducks in shootout
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk scored in the shootout and the Calgary Flames beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 on Friday night. Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist for the Pacif...
Dec 3, 2021
Kraken take early lead, hold off Oilers for 4-3 victory
SEATTLE (AP) - Colin Blackwell and Alex Wennberg scored less than three minutes apart in the second period, and the Seattle Kraken beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 on Friday night. Yanni Gourde and Adam L...
Dec 3, 2021
Vice-skip Darren Moulding leaves Brendan Bottcher's curling rink
Vice-skip Darren Moulding has left the curling rink led by Brendan Bottcher. Team Bottcher announced the lineup change on Friday night in a statement posted to Twitter. The rink said that Moulding is ...
Dec 3, 2021
Scheifele ends seven-game goalless streak, leads Jets to 8-4 win over Devils
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele had a hat trick to snap a personal seven-game goalless skid and lead the Winnipeg Jets to an 8-4 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night. Scheifele completed the h...
Dec 3, 2021
