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Jays add third base coach Febles, add offensive coordinator to Mattingly's role
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have hired Carlos Febles as third base coach and expanded the duties of bench coach Don Mattingly. The 47-year-old Febles joins the Blue Jays after spending 17 seasons ...
Nov 7, 2023
Judge says man who hit and killed two fellow UBC students should serve 3 years
RICHMOND, B.C. - A British Columbia judge has ruled that a 23-year-old man who hit and killed two University of British Columbia students while he was speeding through the campus in 2021 should serve ...
Nov 7, 2023
Sartini apologizes, Whitecaps look to put playoff disappointment behind them
Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini has apologized for comments he made about refereeing after his team's playoff elimination. Vancouver was swept in its best-of-three playoff series with rei...
Nov 7, 2023
Marilyn Sharp 4-H Scholarship offered by MEGlobal & Dow Canada for 2022
MEGlobal Canada ULC (MEGlobal) is proud to announce that Emilee Bickley has been named the recipient of the 2023 Marilyn Sharp 4-H Scholarship. Officials with MEGlobal say this is a post-secondary sch...
Nov 7, 2023
Judge tells Ibrahim Ali jury to disregard testimony of Crown witness who died
VANCOUVER - The judge in the first-degree murder trial of Ibrahim Ali, who is accused of killing a Burnaby, B.C., teenager six years ago, has told the jury to completely disregard the testimony of a w...
Nov 7, 2023
Defence, Crown make final arguments to the jury in Peter Nygard's sex assault trial
TORONTO - The sexual assault case against Peter Nygard is built on a "false narrative" created by women whose testimony was not credible, his lawyer argued on Tuesday while the Crown urged the jury to...
Nov 7, 2023
Bridge closures in Lacombe County
Lacombe County advises drivers of the following changes in traffic patterns due to safety concerns on two County bridges. Bridge 06612 (NW 20-41-26 W4) located 2 miles north of Milton West Branch Road...
Nov 7, 2023
Electric-vehicle chargers distributed unequally in Canada, environment audit finds
OTTAWA - The national infrastructure program to install electric chargers for passenger vehicles is too concentrated in a small number of provinces and has no data to show where the biggest gaps are, ...
Nov 7, 2023
Father of boy abducted in 2011 not notified of Hopley's escape from halfway house
The father of a boy abducted in 2011 by a man who is now wanted on a Canada-wide warrant says he's incredulous the repeat offender could walk away from a Vancouver halfway house. Paul Hebert says in a...
Nov 7, 2023
Lacombe County presents Environmental Stewardship Award to Ward Nelson
Lacombe County is proud to announce the recipient of its 2023 Environmental Stewardship Program award, Ward Nelson. County officials note, council presented the award to Ward during the Oct. 26, 2023 ...
Nov 7, 2023