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TKMS signs agreement with Seaspan on submarine sustainment
OTTAWA — German submarine manufacturer TKMS has signed an agreement to team up with Seaspan…
Rourke eager to continue improving and building on momentum Lions have created
SURREY — Wanting to build on the strides he has made as a quarterback and…
New seniors advocate report shows growing gap in B.C. long-term care demand, capacity
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s seniors advocate is sounding the alarm over an acute need for…
B.C. Lions extend star quarterback Nathan Rourke through 2028
VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions have locked up their star quarterback, signing Nathan Rourke to…
Australia swelters in a record heat wave as temperatures near 50 C
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Parts of Australia sweltered in record temperatures of close to…
Involuntary care safeguards often missing, B.C. Ombudsperson says
A report by British Columbia’s Ombudsperson warns that legal safeguards designed to protect patients receiving…
No possession arrests without ‘extenuating circumstances’: head of B.C. police chiefs
VICTORIA — The president of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police says people will…
Scheffler opens season with win at PGA West, his 20th on PGA Tour. Reed takes Dubai Desert Classic
LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler started his season as though nothing had changed,…
Canada’s Mboko, American Jovic fall in second round of doubles at Australian Open
MELBOURNE — Canada’s Victoria Mboko and Iva Jovic of the United States fell 7-5, 4-6,…
Historic love letters from royals, rogues and romantics go on show at Britain’s National Archives
LONDON (AP) — Love is, famously, a many-splendored thing. It can encompass longing, loneliness, pain,…
Aryna Sabalenka beats 19-year-old Mboko, faces 18-year-old Jovic in Australian Open quarterfinals
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — TikTok influencer and top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka is having to work her…
Top-ranked Sabalenka powers her way into quarterfinals at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka, attempting to win her third Australian Open title…
Top-ranked Sabalenka ends Mboko’s singles run in fourth round at Australian Open
MELBOURNE — Fast-rising Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, who has seemed unstoppable during her meteoric rise…
Canadian phenom Victoria Mboko set to duel No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka at Australian Open
MELBOURNE — Victoria Mboko will test herself against the world’s best. The 19-year-old Canadian phenom…
Lawes tops Reese-Hansen on opening night at Scotties Tournament of Hearts
MISSISSAUGA — Youth was no match for experience on Friday night at the Scotties Tournament…
Singing contest in Rio prison provides creative outlet for women behind bars
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned…
B.C. Law Society names OPCC counsel in probe over obscenity that derailed hearing
VANCOUVER — The Law Society of British Columbia has confirmed it is investigating Brad Hickford,…
Quebec government is removing the British crown from province’s coat of arms
MONTREAL — The Quebec government announced Friday that it’s removing the British crown from the…
Carlos Alcaraz wins third-round match but loses ‘drop-shot battle’ at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz had to acknowledge that while he won the third-round…
A meeting of experience and youth: Sabalenka set to play Mboko at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Luxury brands have been getting airtime at the Australian Open as…
A meeting of experience and youth: Sabalenka set to play Mboko at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Luxury brands have been getting airtime at the Australian Open as…
Hong Kong vigil organizer says she was seeking democracy, not end to Communist Party rule
HONG KONG (AP) — A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong’s decades-old vigil commemorating the…
Scores and schedule for Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026
Thursday’s Scoreboard NHL Buffalo 4 Montreal 2 Florida 2 Winnipeg 1 (SO) Nashville 5 Ottawa…
OneBC group ‘facilitated’ off UBC campus by RCMP amid safety fears
VANCOUVER — The University of British Columbia says RCMP officers “facilitated” a group of people…