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Quebec police raise eyebrows with sarcastic responses to online critics
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police are raising eyebrows with their sarcastic responses to critical comments on their Facebook page. One response to a comment on the force's official Fa...
Jul 22, 2019
Crews set up to blast away overhanging rock at slide site near Fraser River
BIG BAR, B.C. - Work crews around the site of a massive rock slide in the Fraser River will be blasting away a large overhanging rock in an effort to avoid future slides.A joint information bulletin f...
Jul 22, 2019 Image Credit: BC Government
Oland murder case highlights having enough money can be key to successful defence
FREDERICTON - Legal experts say Dennis Oland didn't get any special treatment before the courts in his murder re-trial, but the case shows how having money can make a difference in mounting a successf...
Jul 22, 2019
GINTA: Kamloops must do better at offering accessibility to the visually impaired
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOU WERE DOING on the morning of May 16th at 7:45 or so? Todd Harding does. He was walking downtown to his work with his guide dog, Luke. The pair stopped on the sidewalk near the...
Jul 22, 2019 Image Credit: Sergejs Kuznecovs / Dreamstime.com
Health officials to meet with Attawapiskat families about water: O'Regan
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Seamus O'Regan says the federal government is committing more assistance for a northern Ontario reserve facing challenges with its water supply, including sending...
Jul 22, 2019
48 thefts from vehicles across Kamloops last week
KAMLOOPS - Last week there were 48 thefts from vehicles across the city.Below are three maps of the most affected areas. Along with those areas, there were four thefts in Valleyview, three in Westsyde...
Jul 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Swedish investigation ends of man in fight with A$AP Rocky
STOCKHOLM - Swedish prosecutors have dropped their investigation of a man they say was involved in a fight with American rapper A$AP Rocky. Magnus Stromberg represents the alleged victim and said Mond...
Jul 22, 2019
Food fight: Liberals, Tories trade shots as pre-campaign battles intensify
OTTAWA - Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is trying to distinguish the Liberals as a party of scientific, evidence-based policy while she says Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is spreading mis...
Jul 22, 2019
Le Batard absent from radio show after assailing Trump, ESPN
NEW YORK - ESPN's Dan Le Batard was not at his radio show Monday after attracting attention for criticizing President Donald Trump's racist tweets and his network's policy of avoiding politics unless ...
Jul 22, 2019
The Canadian Press appoints veteran Andrea Baillie as editor-in-chief
TORONTO - The Canadian Press is promoting managing editor Andrea Baillie to editor-in-chief, the first woman to oversee editorial operations at the national news wire. The veteran wire ...
Jul 22, 2019
