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Some key issues to watch for in B.C.'s provincial election campaign
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia provincial election campaign is expected to officially kick off Saturday, but party leaders have been vying for votes for months in the lead up to the Oct. 19 fixed el...
Sep 20, 2024
B.C. election campaign starts Saturday; but Eby takes bus on test run, Rustad at UBCM
VANCOUVER - A day before the official start, British Columbia's election campaign sees B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad and Green Party Leader Sonia Furstenau speaking to municipal leaders, while ...
Sep 20, 2024
A look back at nearly three decades of British Columbia provincial elections
British Columbians are voting in the next provincial election on Oct. 19. The NDP is hoping to hold on to power, while those on the right are running in a new political landscape after the former Oppo...
Sep 20, 2024
Ashleigh Buhai leads on LPGA Tour and Nelly Korda shows no sign of Solheim fatigue
MAINEVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Nelly Korda had a tough time getting out of bed Thursday morning. Any Solheim Cup fatigue had no bearing on her standard of golf, a bogey-free 67 in the Kroger Queen City Champ...
Sep 19, 2024
Kentucky sheriff charged in slaying of judge at courthouse
WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) - A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed at the local courthouse on Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged in the shocking slaying, police said. The governor ...
Sep 19, 2024
Shohei Ohtani becomes the first major league player with 50 homers, 50 stolen bases in a season
MIAMI (AP) - Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers star going deep twice to reach the half-century mark an...
Sep 19, 2024
Canucks training camp 'nerve wracking' for new addition DeBrusk
PENTICTON, B.C. - Jake DeBrusk had a bit of an unfamiliar feeling as he prepared to hit the ice with his Vancouver Canucks teammates Thursday - butterflies. The 27-year-old winger is no stranger to NH...
Sep 19, 2024
Shohei Ohtani becomes the first major league player with 50 homers, 50 stolen bases in a season
MIAMI (AP) - Shohei Ohtani became the first major league player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a season, with the Los Angeles Dodgers star going deep twice to reach the half-century mark an...
Sep 19, 2024
ASIRT finds Maskwacis RCMP officer's use of force justified
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) has concluded that an officer's use of force in a 2021 arrest encounter in Maskwacis was justified due to the nature of the situation and limited inf...
Sep 19, 2024
Red Deer Polytechnic signs partnership agreements with two German post-secondary institutions
Officials with Red Deer Polytechnic (RDP) say they have advanced their commitment to global engagement by entering into partnership agreements with two German post-secondary institutions. In conjuncti...
Sep 19, 2024