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Sun Peaks celebrates Australia Day weekend with sausage sizzle fundraiser for bushfire relief
SUN PEAKS, BC - On January 26th, 1788, the First Fleet of British ships arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales and claimed the continent of Australia as a British Colony. Two hundred thirty-two year...
Jan 26, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today

CP NewsAlert: L.A. Lakers great Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
CALABASAS, Calif. - Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash the Associated Press has confirmed. He was 41. More coming. The Canadian Press
Jan 26, 2020

At least 18 dead, hundreds hurt as quake hits eastern Turkey
ANKARA, Turkey - A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked a sparsely-populated part of eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least 18 people, injuring more than 500 and leaving some 30 trapped in the wreckage...
Jan 26, 2020

Canadian Lunar New Year celebrations dampened by coronavirus worries
VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations are set to get underway in Vancouver's Chinatown late Sunday morning, while at least one other event in the Lower Mainland has been cancelled over fears of coro...
Jan 26, 2020

China, other 'autocrats' no fans of Canada's UN Security Council bid: expert
OTTAWA - The ill will of autocratic countries like China, and some worthy head-on competitors, should compel the Trudeau government to campaign harder for a seat on the United Nations S...
Jan 26, 2020

Get coronavirus information from credible sources: public health officials
TORONTO - Even before Canada's first coronavirus case was announced in Toronto over the weekend, Canada's medical community was on alert - and not just for the disease. Public health officials sa...
Jan 26, 2020

Canadian Lunar New Year celebrations dampened by coronavirus worries
VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations are set to get underway in Vancouver's Chinatown late Sunday morning, while at least one other event in the Lower Mainland has been cancelled over fears of coro...
Jan 26, 2020
Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight
OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...
Jan 26, 2020

NFL’s Saints fight to shield emails in Catholic abuse crisis
NEW ORLEANS - The New Orleans Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman...
Jan 26, 2020

Belinda Stronach tells AP: Horse racing got 'a wake-up call'
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - There was a frothy cappuccino in a tall glass mug on the table in front of Belinda Stronach. She was seated on a white couch, looking out the floor-to-ceiling windows to surve...
Jan 26, 2020

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