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Mustard Seed sounds urgent call for bottled water amid scorching heat
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed is putting out an urgent request for bottled water at its Western Canada shelters, including here in Kamloops.In a news release, the agency says the hot weather has exacerb...
Jun 23, 2021
Witnesses: Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills more than 50
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia's northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday and killed at least 51 people, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked med...
Jun 23, 2021
Canada to provide residential school records to U.S. if needed: minister
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister says Ottawa is open to providing archival data on residential schools to the U.S. government to help with its recently announced investigation int...
Jun 23, 2021
Scale and speed of change needed to achieve 2030 climate goal a challenge, says PBO
OTTAWA - A new report from Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the speed at which change needs to happen for how people drive and heat buildings will make it tough for the Liberal government to...
Jun 23, 2021
Lifeline volunteers honoured by province
VICTORIA - Five public safety lifeline volunteers are being recognized for their exceptional contributions to emergency and disaster response throughout the province.The award winners are among thousa...
Jun 23, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs manager says family violence training was needed
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed his family and himself in 2017 is hearing from his case manager at Veterans Affairs, who testified today th...
Jun 23, 2021
Class action alleging RCMP abuse of Indigenous people in Northern Canada certified
TORONTO - A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday....
Jun 23, 2021
Boost to seniors benefit this summer and beyond could cost $10.7 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is estimating the Liberals' plan to send one-time payments this summer to seniors over 75 and then boost their old-age benefits thereafter will cost slightly ...
Jun 23, 2021
Merritt council motion to recognize traditional territories passed unanimously
MERRITT, B.C. - Unlike in 2018 when this motion was presented to Merritt City Council, Councillor Travis Fehr's motion to have staff investigate an appropriate land acknowledgement has been passed una...
Jun 23, 2021
RCMP investigate suspicious death in Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - RCMP are investigating a suspicious death in Quesnel.Quesnel Mounties were called to the 200 block of Front Street at 2:48 a.m.today (June 23) for a report of shots fired."Once on scen...
Jun 23, 2021
