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Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans
VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...
Dec 09, 2020
CFJC Midday - SPCA Kids Club membership makes the perfect Christmas gift for the animal lover in your family!
Animal Care Attendant Sarah Lounds outlines the details about the Kamloops SPCA's Kids Club, and the process of adopting a pet amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has introduced legislation that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain informati...
Dec 09, 2020
Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu gets shot with NFL's Carolina Panthers
Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu has signed with the Carolina Panthers and will join the NFL team's practice squad.The 29-year-old resident of Oakville, Ont., was cut in training camp by the Los Angel...
Dec 09, 2020
U.S. issues challenge to Canada's dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States is formally accusing Canada of unfairly limiting the ability of American dairy producers to sell their products north of the border. Robert Lighthizer, President D...
Dec 09, 2020
Quebec government lawyers tell court Bill 21 is not a violation of freedoms
MONTREAL - The Quebec government does not believe its secularism law violates freedom of religion, but rather it serves to frame it, a lawyer argued today.It was the turn of those defending the law kn...
Dec 09, 2020
US govt, states bring antitrust action against Facebook
WASHINGTON - Federal regulators asked Wednesday for Facebook to be ordered to divest its Instagram and WhatsApp messaging services as the U.S. government and 48 states and districts accused the compan...
Dec 09, 2020
Minks test positive for COVID-19 on B.C. farm where workers sick
ABBOTSFORD - Test results from five mink samples taken from a farm in the Fraser Valley have come back positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans.The provincial Ministry of Agriculture says...
Dec 09, 2020
Woman abused by school band teacher gets $2M settlement
SEATTLE - A school district in Washington state has agreed to a $2 million settlement after a woman sued over sexual abuse by a band teacher 30 years ago - a trauma so profound she said it caused her ...
Dec 09, 2020
Gunman behind mass shooting in Nova Scotia had targets in Halifax: search warrants
HALIFAX - Newly released documents suggest the gunman behind the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia had planned to "get" a pair of people in Halifax during his murderous rampage, but the Mounties were...
Dec 09, 2020
