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Canadians celebrate Lunar New Year despite concerns over coronavirus
VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations lit up Vancouver's Chinatown with firecrackers and colourful lion dancers on Sunday, though at least one other event in the Lower Mainland was cancell...
Jan 28, 2020
Canadians celebrate Lunar New Year despite concerns over coronavirus
VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations lit up Vancouver's Chinatown with firecrackers and colourful lion dancers on Sunday, though at least one other event in the Lower Mainland was cancell...
Jan 28, 2020
Dog and goat vie for honorary mayor of Vermont town
FAIR HAVEN, Vt. - It's Lincoln the goat versus Sammy the dog in the race for honorary mayor of one Vermont town. The Nubian goat had won the post in Fair Haven, Vermont, last year after the town manag...
Jan 28, 2020
Budget deficit to break $1 trillion despite strong economy
WASHINGTON - An annual congressional report says the U.S. budget deficit is likely to burst through the symbolic $1 trillion barrier this year despite a healthy economy. The Congressional Budget Offic...
Jan 28, 2020
WolfPack women's volleyball move up in USPORTS top ten
KAMLOOPS --- A weekend sweep has propelled the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team up a spot in the latest U SPORTS National top ten rankings.The Pack (now 15-5) swept the Univ...
Jan 28, 2020 Image credit: TRU Athletics
Hamas rejects 'çonspiracies' as Trump unveils Mideast plan
GAZA, Palestinian Territory - A senior Hamas official said Tuesday that the Islamic militant group rejects the "conspiracies" announced by the U.S. and Israel and that "all options are open" in respon...
Jan 28, 2020
More than 200 cabinet-appointed positions empty: Memo
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been warned that more than 200 senior jobs need filling across the federal government, including dozens in key leadership and oversight roles. In a memo...
Jan 28, 2020
More than 98,000 still owe money after Phoenix overpaid them, says MacKinnon
OTTAWA - More than 98,000 civil servants may still owe the federal government money from being overpaid through the disastrous Phoenix pay system. The government revealed the estimate this week in a w...
Jan 28, 2020
Indigenous group seeks big funding boost for guardians to help protect lands
An Indigenous organization is asking for a big funding boost from the federal government to put more people on the land who observe and report on changes to the environment. The Indigenous Guardians p...
Jan 28, 2020
Lawsuit: Winter wonderland is neighbour's spring nightmare
NORTH WOODSTOCK, N.H. - A New Hampshire woman says the operators of a seasonal attraction of ice structures failed to control runoff and flooded her basement with over 15,000 gallons of water - and sh...
Jan 28, 2020
