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Crime rate rose in 2018 but country still safer than a decade ago
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the country's crime rate ticked up again in 2018, for a fourth year in a row, though it was still lower than it was a decade ago.The severity of crime also rose by two ...
Jul 22, 2019
Two men go missing in northern B.C. near where body is found
DEASE LAKE, B.C. - RCMP in northern British Columbia are searching for two young Vancouver Island men whose vehicle was discovered on fire Friday in the same area where police say a body was...
Jul 22, 2019
Budget negotiators close on debt, $1.3T spending deal
WASHINGTON - Negotiations between the Trump administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a critical debt and $1.3 trillion budget bill are on the cusp of a deal. That's according to aides on both ...
Jul 22, 2019
Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
WASHINGTON - Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million peo...
Jul 22, 2019
Weather in July continues to provide a mix of scenarios
KAMLOOPS - The latest forecast from Environment Canada is showing more of that higher temperature, summertime weather for Kamloops and the surrounding areas. Meteorologist Chris Emond says the start o...
Jul 22, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Poor weather prevents attempt to free entangled North Atlantic right whale
HALIFAX - Poor weather conditions have forced a whale rescue team to postpone its bid to disentangle a North Atlantic right whale from fishing gear that is trailing from its head. The federa...
Jul 22, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Salmon airlift a justified response to Mother Nature
KAMLOOPS - I HAD A RIDE in a helicopter once, or maybe twice.A few thousand or million salmon will get the same opportunity now that officials have decided to capture them below the Big Bar rock slide...
Jul 22, 2019 Image Credit: Govt. of B.C.
Jets sign defenceman Neal Pionk to two-year, $US6-million contract
WINNIPEG - Defenceman Neal Pionk has signed a two-year, US$6-million contract with the Winnipeg Jets. The Jets announced the signing of the restricted free agent on Sunday. The deal car...
Jul 22, 2019
NewsAlert: Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil swims to world gold
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Maggie MacNeil has won the country's first gold medal at the world aquatic championships. The 19-year-old from London, Ont., competing on her first senio...
Jul 22, 2019
New Zealand wins World Triathlon mixed relay race in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Team New Zealand, trailing the field early, stormed back in the final three legs to win the elite mixed relay at the World Triathlon Series Sunday. Hayden Wilde, running the anchor leg, mat...
Jul 22, 2019
