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Ottawa proposes new rules to crack down on harmful online content
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has laid out a blueprint for cracking down on harmful online materials posted to platforms such as Facebook and YouTube. Under the proposed rules, a digital safety comm...
Jul 29, 2021
Memorial plaque stolen from Peterson Creek Park
KAMLOOPS - Police are asking the public to be on the lookout for a plaque stolen from Peterson Creek Park.At around 9:30 a.m. on Monday (July 26), the Kamloops RCMP received a report that the plaque h...
Jul 29, 2021
Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday
BOSTON (AP) - The Biden administration will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled it could only be extended until the...
Jul 29, 2021
New Brunswick can't sue auditor after being left on hook for millions: top court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says New Brunswick cannot sue accounting firm Grant Thornton over an allegedly flawed audit which led the province to backstop hefty loans to a company that soon r...
Jul 29, 2021
West Fraser Q2 profits surge as revenues more than quadruple on Norbord acquisition
VANCOUVER - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. says its profits surged in the second quarter as revenues more than quadrupled following the acquisition of Norbord. The Vancouver-based forestry company says i...
Jul 29, 2021
Big day for Dressel, Chinese in pool, Lee in gymnastics
TOKYO - Caeleb Dressel got his first individual gold medal, the Chinese women put together a record-setting relay and American Sunisa Lee won the women's all-around gymnastics gold. After the biggest ...
Jul 29, 2021
Canada gets first rowing medal of Tokyo Olympics
TOKYO - Victoria's Caileigh Filmer says it was a combination of physical effort and heart that earned Canada its first rowing medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Filmer and her partner Hillary Janssens of Su...
Jul 29, 2021
Undercover operation by Oceanside RCMP sends fentanyl trafficker to jail
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo man was handed an 18 month jail sentence for possessing and selling fentanyl on multiple occasions. Peter Reiner Niederhumer, 52, was sentenced on Wednesday, July 28 after pleading...
Jul 29, 2021
Officials in Tokyo alarmed as cases hit record highs
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese officials sounded the alarm Thursday as Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third straight day with the Olympics well underway. "We have never experienced th...
Jul 29, 2021
Officials in Tokyo alarmed as cases hit record highs
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese officials sounded the alarm Thursday as Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third straight day with the Olympics well underway. "We have never experienced th...
Jul 29, 2021
