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Family 'optimistic' that B.C. woman detained in U.S. will be back within 24 hours
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The family of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States after her visa was denied at a border crossing in California says she may be home "in the next 24 hours." Jasmine Moone...
Mar 14, 2025
Family 'optimistic' that B.C. woman detained in U.S. will be back within 24 hours
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The family of a Vancouver woman detained in the United States after her visa was denied at a border crossing in California says she may be home "in the next 24 hours." Jasmine Moone...
Mar 14, 2025
Helicopter route permanently closed on route near Washington airport where 67 died in midair crash
WASHINGTON (AP) - Helicopters will be permanently restricted from flying near Washington, D.C.'s airport on the same route where a passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided in midair, killing 67 p...
Mar 14, 2025
PETERS: Economic uncertainty bears unsettling resemblance to COVID-19 pandemic for Canadians
IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS NOW since the beginning of the global COVID-19 pandemic and that is enough time to look back on it with some perspective.Think back to March of 2020 - if you can bear to do so - a...
Mar 14, 2025
Senate gives final approval to a bill that would increase penalties for fentanyl traffickers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate gave final approval Friday to a bill that would result in more prison sentences for fentanyl traffickers as both Republicans and Democrats seek to show they can act to rei...
Mar 14, 2025
Canada's Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold, teammate Drury takes bronze
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, Ont. - Canada's Reece Howden won ski cross gold and teammate Kevin Drury earned bronze at a World Cup on Friday at Craigleith Ski Club. Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C., finished ahe...
Mar 14, 2025
B.C. overdose deaths in January drop 30 per cent to 152, continuing downward trend
VICTORIA - The British Columbia coroner says 152 people died of toxic drug overdoses in January, marking four consecutive months that the toll was under 160. January's figure was down more than 30 per...
Mar 14, 2025
CF Montreal looks to end season-opening skid against D.C. United
CF Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois insists his team still has belief despite stumbling to start the Major League Soccer season. Montreal (0-3-0) sits at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standi...
Mar 14, 2025
Calgary Flames say captain Mikael Backlund out week to week with upper-body injury
CALGARY - Calgary Flames captain Mikael Backlund will be out on a week-to-week basis with an upper-body injury, the NHL team said Friday. Backlund was hurt in the first period of a 4-3 shootout loss t...
Mar 14, 2025
CFJC Midday - 'I had to come to terms and realize on my own that I needed to get help': Out of the Ashes Bursary Recipient on a healthy path and grateful for educational opportunity
Ayla Joe, Out of the Ashes Bursary Recipient joins Program Founder Leann Kopytko, to discuss her journey to sobriety and how the bursary has helped her reach a significant education goal.
Mar 14, 2025
