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Salmon Arm RCMP issue hefty fine to anti-mask rally organizer
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Anti-mask demonstrators were out in full force in the Shuswap this weekend, and for the organizer of one of the events, it ended in a hefty fine.RCMP said they tried to have a conve...
Dec 01, 2020
Toronto Blue Jays, ESPN play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman captures media award
ST. MARYS, Ont. - Toronto Blue Jays play-by-play commentator Dan Shulman has been named the winner of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum's 2020 Jack Graney Award. The honour is presented an...
Dec 01, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:35 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says 80 per cent of the money spent to support and protect Canadians during the COVID-1...
Dec 01, 2020
OPEC talks on production hit snag as pandemic clouds outlook
FRANKFURT - The OPEC oil producers' cartel was to push ahead with a new round of discussions Tuesday about how much to pump next year as countries wrestled over whether to extend the production cuts t...
Dec 01, 2020
Trump admin silent after Hajdu pushes back on U.S. plan to raid Canada's drug cabinet
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration is keeping silent about Canada blocking its plan to import prescription drugs from north of the border. Health Minister Patty Hajdu has prohibited the expor...
Dec 01, 2020
Conservatives push for parliamentary committee study into failed vaccine deal
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling for a parliamentary committee to probe the Liberal government's plan to refit a National Research Council facility in Montreal to start producing a COVID...
Dec 01, 2020
RCMP seek Merritt poacher
MERRITT - A buffalo calf has been killed in an apparent poaching incident near Merritt.RCMP were called out to a ranch Saturday (Nov. 28) when a farmer discovered the calf. It had been shot and killed...
Dec 01, 2020
China says probe sent to retrieve lunar rocks lands on moon
BEIJING - A Chinese robot probe launched to return lunar rocks to Earth landed on the moon Tuesday, the government announced. The Chang'e 5 probe "successfully landed on the moon in the pre-selected l...
Dec 01, 2020
Bill Cosby's sex assault conviction gets high court review
PHILADELPHIA - Bill Cosby's lawyers will argue Tuesday that his 2018 sex assault trial was marred by evidence and testimony that should have been excluded as they ask Pennsylvania's highest court to t...
Dec 01, 2020
‘I’m Your Woman’ puts a fresh spin on the 1970s crime drama
Director Julia Hart couldn't stop thinking about Tuesday Weld. She had just watched Michael Mann's 1981 thriller "Thief" and Weld's character Jessie had taken over her imagination. Where did she and t...
Dec 01, 2020
