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AT&T says HBO Max streaming service to launch in May for $15
In a story Oct. 29 about AT&T's upcoming streaming service HBO Max, The Associated Press reported erroneously when it will become profitable. This version corrects that date based on updated infor...
Oct 31, 2019
Blazers Zary named WHL player of the month for September and October
KAMLOOPS ---- Kamloops Blazers forward Connor Zary has been named the Western Hockey League Player of the Month for September and October. Zary led the league in scoring over the first two calendar mo...
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Alberta tables climate plan for industry; retains key parts of old legislation
EDMONTON - Alberta has introduced a new climate plan for the province's big greenhouse gas emitters that it says will achieve similar emissions cuts as the former NDP government's plan and at less cos...
Oct 31, 2019
Canadian military's anti-ISIL mission adjusting as protests rock Iraq, Lebanon
OTTAWA - The Canadian military is being forced to adjust and temporarily curtail some aspects of its anti-ISIL mission in Iraq and Lebanon as anti-government protests rock the two countries and threat...
Oct 31, 2019
Quebec towns split as some opt to forgo Halloween until Friday due to weather
MONTREAL - The move by some Quebec towns to ask trick-or-treaters to hold off until the day after Halloween is proving to be a divisive one, with the debate raging on social media Thursday even a...
Oct 31, 2019
No reason for arrest: Man has drug evidence tossed over rights breach
TORONTO - A man found in possession of the highly toxic opioid carfentanil has had the drug evidence excluded because the police officer had no valid reason to arrest and search him. In...
Oct 31, 2019
Simpcw chief rips province on Canfor tenure sale
CHU CHUA, B.C. - The Simpcw First Nation in the North Thompson Valley says B.C.'s NDP government needs to prove its commitment to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN...
Oct 31, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Fugitive Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont officially denied entry into Canada
MONTREAL - Fugitive Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been officially refused entry into Canada because he is wanted in Spain on possible charges of sedition and misuse of public funds, ...
Oct 31, 2019
Hundreds gather outside Toronto library to protest gender identity speaker
TORONTO - Several hundred protesters gathered Tuesday evening outside a Toronto library hosting an event that featured a speaker opposed to transgender rights. A number of prominent aut...
Oct 31, 2019
NCAA board approves athlete compensation for image, likeness
The NCAA took a major step Tuesday toward allowing college athletes to cash in on their fame, voting to permit them to "benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness." The nation's largest go...
Oct 31, 2019
