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UN human rights body opens session as Myanmar concerns loom
GENEVA - The U.N.'s top human rights body has opened its first and highest-level meeting of 2021, amid growing concerns on issues including the military coup in Myanmar, the arrest of Russian oppositi...
Feb 22, 2021
Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on Congo convoy
KINSHASA, Congo - The Italian ambassador to Congo, an Italian carabineri police officer and their Congolese driver were killed Monday when gunmen attacked a U.N. convoy going to visit a school in east...
Feb 22, 2021
Transit bus collides with parked vehicles in downtown Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - There were no injuries in a crash in downtown Kamloops Monday morning (Feb. 22).Cst. Crystal Evelyn of Kamloops RCMP says a Kamloops Transit bus was travelling westbound on Columbia Street ...
Feb 22, 2021
'Trojan Horse:' Alberta to argue in court federal assessment law unconstitutional
Alberta is in court fighting against Ottawa's law on environmental assessment. Arguments in Alberta's Court of Appeal are expected to last all week. The Alberta government calls the Impact Assessment ...
Feb 22, 2021
Critics ask why no details on Alberta government plan for parks management
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has yet to release details on how it will "optimize" the province's parks by getting other people to run them. It's been almost a year since the plan was revealed in ...
Feb 22, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Feb. 22, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11 a.m. Quebec is reporting 805 new cases of COVID-19 today and 11 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including tw...
Feb 22, 2021
Conservatives urge Liberals to support Uighur genocide motion amid China's denials
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling on Liberal MPs to support the party's motion to have Parliament declare a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang province. Conservative MPs Micha...
Feb 22, 2021
Another COVID case at Merritt seniors home
KAMLOOPS - The Florentine in Merritt has confirmed a second case of COVID-19 at their facility in a Facebook post to the community. "As was indicated IHA carried out testing of residents and staff thi...
Feb 22, 2021
Another fire at Aspen Planers in Merritt
MERRITT - Merritt Fire Crews have been battling an overnight blaze at Aspen Planers in downtown Merritt.Reports from the scene confirmed that all mill workers were able to evacuate the area safely as ...
Feb 22, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak closes one unit of Vancouver General Hospital to admissions, visits
VANCOUVER - Five patients and two staff members in one unit at Vancouver General Hospital have tested positive for COVID-19, prompting health officials to declare an outbreak in that section of the ho...
Feb 22, 2021
