Author Archives:

Canadian skier Alexander claims downhill bronze in impressive world championship debut
COURCHEVEL, France - Cameron Alexander's impressive result in his first world championship race was no surprise to teammate James Crawford. Alexander, from North Vancouver, B.C., finished in one minut...
Feb 12, 2023

Cyprus exit poll shows ex-minister leading presidential vote
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - An exit poll from the presidential election in ethnically divided Cyprus shows a former foreign minister leading a career diplomat by a tight margin in a runoff vote. According ...
Feb 12, 2023

Seminoff scores late in the 3rd as Blazers win six straight
KAMLOOPS - It was a dramatic finish at the Sandman Centre Saturday (Feb.11) as the Kamloops Blazers snapped the Prince George Cougars five game win streak by a 5-4 score. Matthew Seminoff was the hero...
Feb 12, 2023

COLLINS: My brain can't keep up with tech changes
THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGICAL GAME-CHANGER is called ChatGPT. According to experts, it may soon threaten Google as a search engine. The website Interesting Engineering explains that it's the latest move on...
Feb 12, 2023

Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33K
ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) - Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers extricated more survivors, including a pregnant...
Feb 12, 2023

Asylum seekers using well-organized system for crossing irregularly into Canada
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. - Moments after a Greyhound bus from New York City pulls into a gas station bus stop in Plattsburgh, N.Y., Friday at 5:25 a.m., several minivan taxis swarm the vehicle. About a dozen...
Feb 12, 2023

Rehab contract sparks fresh battle between veterans and the Liberal government
OTTAWA - A multimillion-dollar contract between Ottawa and a private company around the provision of mental and physical health services for veterans is sparking a new fight between the Liberal govern...
Feb 12, 2023

Questions remain about city governance for coming days, weeks and months
Torontonians will return to the polls just months after October's municipal election saw John Tory cruise to what was supposed to be a third full term. But just when the byelection will take place rem...
Feb 12, 2023

Online romance scammers may have a new wingman — artificial intelligence
VANCOUVER - The voice you hear on the other end of your phone call may not be who you think it is, the person you're texting with may really be a bot and the face in a photo or video on your favourite...
Feb 12, 2023

Online romance scammers may have a new wingman — artificial intelligence
VANCOUVER - The voice you hear on the other end of your phone call may not be who you think it is, the person you're texting with may really be a bot and the face in a photo or video on your favourite...
Feb 12, 2023

Our Community
Week in Review
Week in Review: Week of May 11, 2026
May 16, 2026

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Bearing Strawberries
TWO & OUT
PETERS: City needs to rethink its communication strategy around incidents like this week's water main break
May 15, 2026
Looped In
LOOPED IN WITH NIKKI OMEN: May 14, 2026
May 15, 2026

Art of Gardening
Art of Gardening: Holla for Hoya
SOUND OFF
SOUND OFF: Preserving local theatres
May 13, 2026
Sound Off
SOUND OFF: Approach to teaching - examining the meaning of being human
May 13, 2026