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Slowed to a crawl: Canada's latest snowboard medal comes down to post-crash scramble
BEIJING - Meryeta O'Dine didn't expect her second Olympic medal would come down to a crawling contest. O'Dine was third in the mixed team snowboard cross big final at the Beijing Olympics Saturday whe...
Feb 12, 2022
Russian skater's doping case to be heard Sunday at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can skate in the Winter Olympics women's competition, which starts a day later. The Court of Arbitration for Sport annou...
Feb 12, 2022
Russian skater's doping case to be heard Sunday at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will find out Monday if she can skate in the Winter Olympics women's competition, which starts a day later. The Court of Arbitration for Sport annou...
Feb 12, 2022
Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local
VANCOUVER - It was stubbornness that led a family farm on Vancouver Island to keep growing roses when competitors left the industry or shifted production to marijuana years ago. Now, Kristen Bulk says...
Feb 12, 2022
Flower supply chain issues prompt some B.C. buyers to look local
VANCOUVER - It was stubbornness that led a family farm on Vancouver Island to keep growing roses when competitors left the industry or shifted production to marijuana years ago. Now, Kristen Bulk says...
Feb 12, 2022
US to evacuate Ukraine embassy amid Russian invasion fears
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States is set to evacuate its embassy in Kyiv as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent. U.S. officials say the St...
Feb 11, 2022
Another Canadian track record for Gabriela DeBues-Stafford
BOSTON - Gabriela DeBues-Stafford continued her assault of the Canadian track and field record book on Friday. Less than a week after she shattered the national record in the indoor 3,000 metres, the ...
Feb 11, 2022
Canada's Grondin and O'Dine win bronze medal in mixed snowboard cross
ZHANGJIAKOU, China - Canada's Eliot Grondin and Meryeta O'Dine have won the bronze medal in mixed team snowboard cross at the Beijing Olympics. The United States took gold and one of Italy's two teams...
Feb 11, 2022
Another 17 COVID-19 deaths in B.C., booster dose vaccination reaches 51.5 per cent
VICTORIA - Nine COVID-19 outbreaks at seniors' care homes in British Columbia have been declared over, while two more have been announced. There are 46 health-care facilities in the province with ongo...
Feb 11, 2022
Local author releases Boogie the Bridge book
KAMLOOPS - Marcy Beauchamp wanted her newly-released children's book to be unmistakably Kamloops.It's called C'mon Everyone, Let's Boogie, and it tells the story of the long-running Boogie the Bridge ...
Feb 11, 2022
