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Advocates demand sweeping changes to military complaints process for sexual violence
OTTAWA - Advocates are calling for fundamental reforms to the process for complaining about sexual violence in Canada's military. Christine Wood, co-chair of the military sexual-trauma survivors group...
Apr 08, 2021
MAPS: Thefts from motor vehicles — Week of March 29, 2021
KAMLOOPS - April has been designated as a month to focus in on the prevention of auto crime and, if the latest data from Kamloops RCMP is an indication, there is good reason to draw attention to the m...
Apr 08, 2021
VanVleet, Bembry get one-game suspensions, Anunoby fined after altercation
TAMPA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors have been dealt another blow. Guard Fred VanVleet and guard/forward DeAndre Bembry have been suspended one game, while forward OG Anunoby was fined US$30,000 for a re...
Apr 08, 2021
Canadian Museum of History CEO resigns after probe into alleged workplace harassment
OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Museum of History has resigned following reported allegations of workplace harassment at the national institution. Museum CEO Mark O'Neill has been on a medical leave...
Apr 08, 2021
Quesnel Junior School set to be complete March, 2022
QUESNEL, B.C. - This project has had its fair share of ups and downs, but the new Quesnel Junior School (QJS) will be complete in March 2022."We're at month six of the project, and we're finishing up ...
Apr 08, 2021
City of Kamloops issued $15.1 million in building permits last month
KAMLOOPS - While the Kamloops real estate sector is blazing hot, the building sector has cooled slightly in 2021.The latest building permit totals published by the City of Kamloops Building Inspection...
Apr 08, 2021
Gould says COVAX clearly working, as vaccine-sharing program reaches 100 countries
OTTAWA - The international vaccine-sharing program known as COVAX says it has reached 100 countries with vaccines as of today but many of the world's poorest nations have still not been able to receiv...
Apr 08, 2021
Ottawa Aces put out call for Canadian talent to help fill rugby league roster
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Aces are looking for Canadian talent. The fledgling rugby league club, slated to begin play in 2022 in England's third tier and the new North American Rugby League, has announced p...
Apr 08, 2021
Bloc asks Ottawa to support logging, fledgling biofuels sector
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on the federal government to recharge Quebec's forestry sector with an eye to its energy potential. The Bloc is laying out a slate of prop...
Apr 08, 2021
Two Canadian riders forced to drop out of Basque race after crashes
TORONTO - Canadian rider Michael Woods withdrew from the Itzulia Basque Country race Thursday in the wake of a crash near the end of Stage 3. Woods' team, Israel Start-Up Nation, said the 34-year-old ...
Apr 08, 2021
