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FBI plans to notify states about local election breaches
WASHINGTON - The FBI, in a change of policy, is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached, federal officials said Thursday. In the past, the FBI would alert loc...
Jan 18, 2020
Prince Harry, Meghan to give up 'royal highness' titles
caLONDON - Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will no longer use the titles "royal highness" or receive public funds after a deal was struck for them to step aside as senior roy...
Jan 18, 2020 (The Canadian Press)
More than 16,000 people nabbed by RCMP between border crossings in 2019
OTTAWA - The number of people intercepted by the RCMP as they crossed into Canada between official border points fell in 2019, newly released federal figures show, but overall, the number of asylum cl...
Jan 18, 2020
Freezing rain warning in place for Hope to Merritt section of Coquihalla
MERRITT - Drivers taking the Coquihalla from Hope to Merritt today (Jan. 18) are warned to be extra cautious, with a freezing rain warning in effect. Environment Canada's warning says freezing rain is...
Jan 18, 2020 (Image Credit: Drive BC)
Newfoundland reeling in wake of monster blizzard that buried St. John's
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Environment Canada has ended a blizzard warning for the St. John's, N.L., area this morning but a state of emergency and storm surge warning remain in effect following a m...
Jan 18, 2020
FBI arrest former Canadian reservist, suspected neo-Nazi, in United States
OTTAWA - A former Canadian Forces engineer who disappeared after he was accused of being a neo-Nazi has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on firearms charges and appeared in a Unite...
Jan 18, 2020
U.S. Senate approves new version of North American free trade agreement
WASHINGTON - The Republican-led U.S. Senate finally passed North America's long-delayed new free trade pact Thursday, its final piece of legislative business before it transforms into a high...
Jan 18, 2020
Humphries of US atop World Cup women's bobsled standings
IGLS, Austria - Kaillie Humphries of the U.S. extended her lead atop the women's bobsled World Cup standings Saturday, teaming with Sylvia Hoffman to pick up a bronze medal at this weekend's stop at h...
Jan 18, 2020
As past Tory party players step up, Harper appears to step to the side
OTTAWA - As the federal Conservative leadership race begins drawing party grandees into potential candidates' camps, former prime minister Stephen Harper appears to be taking a step to the side. ...
Jan 18, 2020
Kamloops-based craft group ready to send off projects for animal rescue efforts in Australia
KAMLOOPS - A group of creatively-inclined people from the Kamloops area have been putting their crafting passions to good use over the last week. Several groups throughout Kamloops have formed to knit...
Jan 18, 2020 (Image Credit: © Thom800 | Dreamstime.com)
