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Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to court doc...
Jan 02, 2020
Veterans Affairs looks for public input on monument for Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for advice from the public on what a monument to Canada's 13-year mission in Afghanistan should look like. An online consultation runs until Jan. 20, seeking...
Jan 02, 2020
Kamloops-area power outages persist two days after winter storm
KAMLOOPS - BC Hydro says it has restored power to 93 per cent of customers affected by a storm earlier this week, but that's cold comfort to the remaining seven per cent who have been without power fo...
Jan 02, 2020 Outage map as of 12:45 p.m., Jan. 2 (Image Credit: BC Hydro)
Minister says change won't come 'overnight' as new child-welfare law takes effect
OTTAWA - Some Indigenous communities could soon take over authority for their child-welfare systems under a federal law that took effect this week. But it could be years before others are prepare...
Jan 02, 2020
Canada overcomes adversity, cruises past Czechs to win Group B at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Canada was embarrassed by one of its bitter rivals, had its star cut down by injury, its captain embroiled in controversy and a key player suspended. It w...
Jan 02, 2020
Tank of liquefied fish removed from ocean after waves knock it into B.C. waters
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - An ocean transportation company says it has retrieved a tank trailer filled with liquefied fish after it was knocked into the water off Vancouver Island. Billy Vaughn of Coastal...
Jan 02, 2020
Kamloops real estate sector ends 2019 on a high note
KAMLOOPS - While the Kamloops real estate market had a slower 2019, it ended the year showing positive signs for the year ahead.Year-end statistics released Thursday by the Kamloops and District Real ...
Jan 02, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Yankees' German suspended 81 games for domestic violence
NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Domingo Germn will miss the first 63 games of the 2020 season as part of an 81-game ban for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. The league announced ...
Jan 02, 2020
Mounties defend social-media profiling after assembling portrait of activist
OTTAWA - The RCMP is defending its practice of profiling people by scouring their online social-media presences, saying the national police force lawfully obtains information with the aim of ...
Jan 02, 2020
Former All Black Sonny Bill Williams trains with Toronto Wolfpack for first time
Former All Black star Sonny Bill Williams trained with the Toronto Wolfpack for the first time Thursday as coach Brian McDermott's overseas talent joined the rest of the squad at the transatlanti...
Jan 02, 2020
