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Sudanese army, paramilitary accept 3-day extension of truce
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have agreed to a three-day extension to a cease-fire in Sudan. The Sudanese military accepted the deal earlier on Thursday. The truce and its ext...
Apr 27, 2023
Forcible restraint by police among factors in Myles Gray death, pathologist says
BURNABY, B.C. - A forensic pathologist says a "perfect storm" of factors led to Myles Gray's death, including his extreme exertion and the Vancouver police actions to restrain him. Dr. Matthew Orde to...
Apr 27, 2023
Oilers making Kings pay for taking penalties in first-round series
EDMONTON - It's hard to believe the Edmonton Oilers power play could get even better after a record-setting regular season. But it has. The Los Angeles Kings go into Saturday's Game 6 of their first-r...
Apr 27, 2023
RBC Foundation Donation to Victoria Hospital
To celebrate National Nursing week, the RBC Foundation is donating $10,000 to help nurses at Victoria Hospital further their skills and then share their learnings with fellow nurses.The donation, admi...
Apr 27, 2023
B.C. New Democrat MP Randall Garrison says he will not be seeking re-election
OTTAWA - Longtime British Columbia NDP Randall Garrison says he will not seek re-election in the next federal vote. The representative for Esquimalt-Saanich-Sooke on Vancouver Island announced his dec...
Apr 27, 2023
Local Rebels players talk about playing Esso Cup in hometown, close to home
Despite playing for the enemy, a pair of local players for the Regina Rebels are feeling all the love from family and friends playing at home on the national stage. Stryker Zablocki is in her first ye...
Apr 27, 2023
China welcomes Ya Ya the panda home after 20 years abroad
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Ya Ya the giant panda landed Thursday in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, where she spent the past 20 years on loan. The popular panda's trip was close...
Apr 27, 2023
Raiders' Truitt, Canada advance to semis at World U18 Hockey Championship
Team Canada ran into a stumbling block in the quarter finals at last year's World Under-18 Hockey Championship. This year, they bulldozed their way through it with authority, under the direction of Pr...
Apr 27, 2023
Firefighter dies responding to call in Grandmother's Bay, funeral planned for Friday
The volunteer fire chief of Grandmother's Bay, who passed away while attending a call on Sunday, is being remembered for the four decades he devoted to serving the Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB).Gor...
Apr 27, 2023
Health minister denies interfering in arm's-length drug-price agency before committee
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he has not exercised any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs on its efforts to lower me...
Apr 27, 2023
