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Veteran Roughriders O-lineman Brendon LaBatte sitting out 2021 CFL season: GM
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders will be without veteran offensive lineman Brendon LaBatte for the 2021 CFL season. Riders general manager Jeremy O'Day says LaBatte has opted out for the year but...
Jun 28, 2021
B.C. funding $12 million for investigative work at former residential school sites
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. government allocated $12 million to support First Nations throughout the province with investigative work at former residential school sites.The funding will support First Nations ...
Jun 28, 2021
80-year-old Nanaimo temperature record barely survives sweltering weekend
NANAIMO - A suffocating heat wave across a majority of B.C. is setting new records in Nanaimo, while also threatening a long standing all-time high.Nanaimo Airport recorded four consecutive heat recor...
Jun 28, 2021
Canadian Vasek Pospisil advances to second round at Wimbledon
LONDON - Canada's Vasek Pospisil is heading to the second round at Wimbledon. Pospisil, from Vancouver, beat Spain's Roberto Carballes Baena 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 in the opening round of the grass-court Grand...
Jun 28, 2021
Ethiopia declares immediate, unilateral cease-fire in Tigray
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government on Monday declared an immediate, unilateral cease-fire in its Tigray region after nearly eight months of deadly conflict and as hundreds of thousands of peo...
Jun 28, 2021
O'Toole pitches Conservatives as Canada Day defenders as more celebrations cancelled
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada is positioning itself as the defender of Canada Day, as more communities decide to skip celebrations out of respect for First Nations discovering unmarked bur...
Jun 28, 2021
U.K. study reports mixing AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines produces better immunity
OTTAWA - A vaccine study in the United Kingdom reports that getting a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine four weeks after a dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca produced a much stronger immune response than tw...
Jun 28, 2021
Wrongly accused of sexually abusing his daughter, P.E.I. man sues RCMP and group home
CHARLOTTETOWN - A P.E.I. man wrongly accused of sexually abusing his autistic daughter is suing the RCMP and a Charlottetown group home, claiming he and his family were victims of a malicious prosecut...
Jun 28, 2021
'Extremely extreme:' High temps push western wildfire risk into uncharted territory
Forestry experts are hoping for clear, blue skies as unprecedented hot weather pushes the wildfire risk in Western Canada to similar record-breaking levels. A community in central British Columbia bro...
Jun 28, 2021
Kamloops RCMP actively looking for vehicle
KAMLOOPS - RCMP are attempting locate a silver Honda Civic with a B.C. licence plate LR861P in relation to several motor vehicle incidents that occurred in Kamloops this morning (June 28). Police beli...
Jun 28, 2021
