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Special weather statement issued with heavy snowfall expected for Coquihalla and Okanagan Connector
KAMLOOPS - Drivers in the Interior are being warned of incoming heavy snowfall on sections of the Coquihalla Highway, and the Okanagan Connector. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statem...
Nov 12, 2021
Trade Minister Ng disappointed, not daunted by US protectionism
OTTAWA - Canada's trade minister says she's disappointed at some of the protectionist measures being pushed by the new Biden administration in Washington, but she's not discouraged from partnering wit...
Nov 12, 2021
Nine years after London Games, Canada's Drouin officially upgraded to silver medal
TORONTO - Nine years after winning high jump bronze at the London Olympics, Canada's Derek Drouin's medal has officially been upgraded to silver. Ivan Ukhov of Russia originally won gold in London bef...
Nov 12, 2021
One person dead after two-vehicle crash closes Highway 99 near Lillooet
LILLOOET, B.C. - RCMP say one person has died in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 99 at the Fountain Flat Trading Post Gas Station north of Lillooet Monday (Nov. 8) evening.Lillooet RCMP say a four-...
Nov 12, 2021
Atmospheric river brings rain and snow to southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The latest in a series of weather events is predicted to lash parts of British Columbia. Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for parts of the south coast and southern ...
Nov 12, 2021
After rugby wins over U.S., Canadian women step up in class against No. 1 England
After winning a pair of matches against the sixth-ranked U.S., No. 3 Canada steps up in class Sunday when it meets top-ranked England in a women's rugby test match in London. The Canadians downed the ...
Nov 12, 2021
Kamloops RCMP notice stolen e-bikes, seize drugs and guns in following search warrant
KAMLOOPS - A call about unwanted tenants led to the recovery of stolen property and the seizure of drugs, cash, and firearms.Kamloops RCMP say they attended an apartment on the 300-block of Tranquille...
Nov 12, 2021
Ottawa to allow return of Canadian who spent years in Syrian prison camps: Justice
OTTAWA - The lawyer for a Canadian woman who spent two years in Syrian prison camps says he's trying to help get her home from Iraq after Ottawa agreed to give her an emergency travel document. Lawyer...
Nov 12, 2021
N.S. court rules law allowing 'dry celling' of prisoners discriminates against women
TRURO, N.S. - A portion of a federal law that kept a New Brunswick woman in a form of solitary confinement for 16 days on suspicion she had concealed drugs inside her vagina has been ruled unconstitut...
Nov 12, 2021
Canada, U.S. say end fossil fuel subsides as COP26 draft called 'weasel words'
OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister says he thinks fossil fuel subsidies should be eliminated as United Nations negotiators wrestle over a final text in the closing hours of the Glasgow climate tal...
Nov 12, 2021
