Canada’s Danielle Dorris wins Paralympic silver in 100-metre backstroke
TOKYO – Danielle Dorris is the latest Canadian swimmer to win a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. The 18-year-old from Moncton, N.B., swam to silver Monday in the women’s 100-metre breaststroke S7....
View ArticleKabul airport targeted by rockets day before U.S. military withdrawal deadline
WASHINGTON (NEWS 1130) — The U.S. military says five rockets targeted the Kabul airport Monday morning just days after a suicide bombing killed at least 169 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members....
View ArticleGDP trends down in second quarter of 2021
OTTAWA – Statistics Canada says the economy contracted 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2021. The slowdown compares with three quarterly increases that followed last year’s sharp decline due to...
View ArticleCanada captures gold with 3-2 overtime win against U.S. at World Women’s...
Marie-Philip Poulin scored in overtime and Canada beat the five-time defending champion United States 3-2 on Tuesday night for its first gold medal at the women’s hockey world championship since 2012....
View ArticleAurelie Rivard, Greg Stewart win Paralympic gold medals for Canada
When Greg Stewart stepped into the circle for his first throw on Wednesday and pulled the shot put tight into the broad neck of his 7-2 frame, he thought of the words of his coach Dylan Armstrong....
View ArticleCanada could see 15,000 daily cases by October if COVID not controlled:...
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Vaccines continue to be the key to getting on top of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new federal modelling, which shows Delta variant infections continue to accelerate across...
View ArticleFewer COVID-19 cases in B.C. Friday, 3 new deaths
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Ahead of the Labour Day weekend, a small improvement has been reported in B.C.’s COVID-19 fight. B.C. is reporting 671 new cases of COVID-19 Friday, considerably fewer than the...
View ArticleFederal parties scrap over guns, COVID-19 response on Day 21 of federal campaign
The three main federal parties traded fire Saturday over their responses to gun violence and to the resurgence of COVID-19 on Day 21 of the federal election campaign. Liberal candidate Bill Blair, a...
View ArticleCanadian healthcare workers worry about safety as anti-vaccine messaging...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — With frustrations over the COVID-19 pandemic reaching a boiling point, doctors and nurses say they’re getting increasingly worried about safety at work. This week, protesters in...
View ArticleCanadian Cannabis industry wants changes to pot beverage regulations
TORONTO — When cannabis beverages first hit the market in early 2020, industry players saw the products as a way to bolster flagging revenues and attract new consumers who otherwise might not purchase...
View ArticleFeds ease travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals
WASHINGTON — The federal government has added fully vaccinated foreign nationals to the ranks of travellers who are once again welcome on Canadian soil. As of midnight Tuesday, quarantine requirements...
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B.C.’s Larry Walker makes history as he’s inducted into the Baseball Hall of...
MAPLE RIDGE (NEWS 1130) — Thousands of kilometres from his hometown of Maple Ridge, B.C., Larry Walker made history in Cooperstown, NY, as the second Canadian ever inducted into the Baseball Hall of...
View ArticleCanadian teen Leylah Fernandez advances to U.S. Open finals
Canada’s newest teenaged tennis hero is headed to the U.S. Open women’s final on Saturday. Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., fought back from an early 4-1 first-set deficit Thursday to narrowly defeat...
View Article‘I would love to be just like Leylah’: Fernandez’ U.S. Open success inspiring...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Super inspirational, super cool. That’s how a pair of Vancouver sisters and competitive tennis players describe Leylah Annie Fernandez, as the Canadian continues to stun at the...
View ArticleCanada added more jobs in August
OTTAWA – Employment in this country rose by 90,000, or 0.5 per cent, in August, marking the third consecutive monthly increase, according to Statistics Canada. The country’s unemployment rate fell 0.4...
View ArticleClimate change key topic at Langley all-candidates meeting
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Climate change was a key subject at the all-candidates meeting in Langley on Friday, which was attended by representatives of the Conservative, Green, and Liberal parties. The...
View ArticleSurrey councillor urges federal leaders, MPs campaigning to address gang...
SURREY (NEWS 1130) — Gang violence in Surrey needs to be addressed by federal leaders and MPs, says one city councillor as she urges politicians to focus on prevention. Linda Annis tells NEWS 1130...
View ArticleAmazon to hire 15,000 employees across Canada; increase wages
CALGARY — Amazon Canada will hire 15,000 new warehouse and distribution workers in communities across the country this fall to support its ongoing Canadian expansion plans, the e-commerce giant said...
View ArticleNo clear frontrunner as Election Day nears, says pollster
OTTAWA — Who will be Canada’s next prime minister? Results of early polling has found that answer still up in the air. Maru Public Opinion CEO John Wright says the race is so tight it is tough to...
View ArticleAdvance voting really popular with Canadians ahead of Election Day
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Over the last four days, Elections Canada says more than 5.7 million people cast a ballot ahead of the Sept. 20 federal election. There was an almost 20 per cent jump in advance...
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