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Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:46:44 -0700
Victoria police take man into custody after hours-long standoff at apartment building
VICTORIA — An hours-long barricade at a Victoria apartment building ended peacefully Monday night, with police taking a man into custody.Police arrived at the suite at the building in the 600-block of Douglas Street shortly after noon, in an effort...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:31:39 -0700
Prospect of no jab, no visa for Australian Open tennis stars
Tennis players who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccination are unlikely to get a visa to enter the country for the Australian Open in Melbourne in January, according to the political leader of the state which hosts the season-opening major.Victoria...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:02:42 -0700
Don't waste an opportunity to educate yourself on garbage
Educate yourself on how to decrease the amount of waste you generate through education programs offered by the Capital Regional District during Waste Reduction Week, Oct. 18 to 24.This is the 20th anniversary of Waste Reduction Week, a national campa...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:02:00 -0700
More than 170 charged in anti-logging protests
The B.C. Prosecution ­Service has now approved 169 criminal contempt charges and three criminal-code charges against anti-logging protesters arrested at the Fairy Creek blockades. In July, the prosecution service agreed to review the arrests of ...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:01:00 -0700
NDP under fire for COVID-19 booster delay; should have been given weeks ago, Liberals say
Sixty-two long-term care and assisted living homes in B.C. have received COVID-19 booster shots, with “more to come every day,” Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday, as the government came under fire for what the Opposition Liberals say is a ...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:00:00 -0700
Pilot project provides before- and after-school care in kindergarten classrooms
Millstream Elementary is among 21 B.C. schools joining a pilot program that combines kindergarten classes with child care. As part of the Seamless Day Kindergarten project, children who require before-school care will arrive early to their kinder...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 21:58:00 -0700
Children's book tells story of Victoria's removal of Macdonald statue
Victoria’s statue of Sir John A. Macdonald and the decision to remove it from outside City Hall are featured in a new children’s book. The story, by First Nations child-welfare advocate Cindy Blackstock, tells the story of a family of bears v...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 21:29:55 -0700
District attorneys refuse to prosecute some GOP-led laws
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When Republican lawmakers in Tennessee blocked a policy to ease up on low-level marijuana cases, Nashville's top prosecutor decided on a workaround: He just didn't charge anyone with the crime. Meanwhile, in Georgia, the Gwi...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:28:19 -0700
Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps bolstering GOP
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans approved on Monday redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing minority communities, even as Latinos drive much of the growth in the nation’s largest red s...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 19:21:00 -0700
Float plane flips in Tofino Harbour, all on board rescued
A float plane flipped Monday afternoon in Tofino Harbour and everyone on board was taken to safety. There were no reports of serious injury. Joint Rescue Coordination Centre public affairs officer Lt.-Navy Michelle Scott said a call came in at ...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:38:19 -0700
Seoul says North Korea tested possible submarine missile
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Tuesday fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea in what South Korea’s military described as a weapon likely designed for submarine-based launches, marking possibly the most significant demonstrat...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:37:35 -0700
Feds sending more help to NWT to deal with COVID-19 surge
OTTAWA — The federal government is sending more help to the Northwest Territories to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says Ottawa has approved a request from the territory to provide "surge capacity support" fo...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:33:57 -0700
British Columbia appoints former Calgary police deputy chief as sergeant-at-arms
VICTORIA — The B.C. government has appointed a new sergeant-at-arms in the legislature nearly three years after the former officer in the assembly was suspended. In a statement Monday, the legislative assembly says Ray Robitaille's appointment is ...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:13:00 -0700
Police shoot plastic projectiles to subdue man with knife at Douglas and Hillside
Victoria police arrested a knife-wielding man Friday night, shooting plastic projectiles to subdue him. Police received several reports around 7 p.m. about a man yelling and threatening people with a knife near Bay and Blanshard streets. Member...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:55:09 -0700
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (20,985.37, up 57.27 points.)Trevali Mining Corp. (TSX:TV). Materials. Up three cents, or 13.04 per cent, to 26 cents on 20 million share...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:17:00 -0700
Driver issued prohibition after Saanich crash; roadblock snags two impaired drivers
A driver was issued a 90-day driving prohibition and a 30-day vehicle impoundment after a two-vehicle collision early Sunday at McKenzie Avenue and Cedar Hill Cross Road that sent one of the occupants in the other vehicle to hospital. Saanich pol...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:59:05 -0700
Trump files lawsuit to block release of Jan. 6 documents
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit to block the release of documents to the Jan. 6 select committee of Congress, challenging the decision of President Joe Biden to release them.Trump claims in the lawsuit that the r...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:58:58 -0700
Oregon illegal pot grows: More calls to send National Guard
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — On the same day last week that a southern Oregon county declared a state of emergency amid a sharp increase in illegal cannabis farms, police raided a site that had about 2 tons of processed marijuana and 17,500 pot plants. The r...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:39:42 -0700
Pfizer officially requests Health Canada approval for kids' COVID-19 shot
OTTAWA — Pfizer-BioNTech has asked Health Canada to approve the first COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 years old.The vaccine was developed in partnership with Germany's BioNTech and is now marketed under the brand name Comirnaty. It wa...

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:36:52 -0700
Marilou McPhedran resigns from senators' group before hearing on her expulsion
OTTAWA — A senator resigned Monday from the upper chamber's biggest parliamentary group before a hearing could take place to consider kicking her out. Sen. Marilou McPhedran resigned from the Independent Senators’ Group (ISG) because she did not ...



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