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Conservatives raise twice as much as Liberals in first half of year as election looms
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives raised roughly twice as much money as the Liberals in the first half of 2021, lending them a cash advantage ahead of a likely fall election. Elections Canada filings...
Aug 04, 2021
Bo Levi Mitchell leads a Calgary Stampeders lineup with a lot of new faces
The Calgary Stampeders enter the CFL season with a healthy Bo Levi Mitchell, after taking time off during training camp to rest a sore groin, and a host of fresh faces. The first test of that new tale...
Aug 04, 2021
Liberals commit $96 million to Black community organizations: Hussen
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says the federal government is allocating up to $96 million in funding for Black community organizations. Speaking to reporters in Toronto today, Huss...
Aug 04, 2021
Indigenous minister worries lifting COVID-19 restrictions could bring fourth wave
WINNIPEG - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is concerned provinces that are lifting COVID-19 restrictions could lead to a Delta-driven fourth wave among Indigenous people. Miller says ...
Aug 04, 2021
SOUND OFF: Vax for BC: Getting vaccinated in Kamloops easier than ever
IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS, millions of British Columbians have stepped up to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Because of these efforts, we have been able to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in our communi...
Aug 04, 2021
Vancouver July home sales were down 11.6% from June, 6.3% from last year: REBGV
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales, listings and prices cooled somewhat in July after a frenzied start to 2021, but still climbed from last year. The B.C. board say...
Aug 04, 2021
Early, intense wildfire season makes Canada-U.S. resource-sharing impossible: Ottawa
WASHINGTON - The federal government says neither Canada nor the United States can lend each other any extra firefighters as they deal with one of the most severe wildfire seasons in recent memory. Las...
Aug 04, 2021
TNRD partially downgrades evacuation order due to Sparks Lake wildfire
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) partially downgraded an evacuation order Wednesday (Aug. 4).The evacuation order for 20 properties in the Copper Desert Country electoral area, ...
Aug 04, 2021
Quebec to create permanent unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight gun crime
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will create a mixed unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight a rise in gun violence in the province's biggest city. Genevive Guilbault told reporters to...
Aug 04, 2021
Search in Nova Scotia fails to find any unmarked graves linked to residential school
SHUBENACADIE, N.S. - A team of Nova Scotia researchers confirmed today they were unable to find any unmarked graves for students who died while attending the largest residential school in Atlantic Can...
Aug 04, 2021
