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Former sport minister Duncan has zero faith Hocky Canada can clean up its sport
TORONTO - As a former gymnast who has seen the darker side of that sport, Kirsty Duncan's mandate was to try to eradicate abuse in Canadian sport. Duncan, who was Canada's sport minister from 2015 to ...
Jul 29, 2022
Canada's ambassador to Ukraine working off-site in Kyiv due to security concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the flag over the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv in May and announced it was reopening for business. But nearly three months on, Canada's ambassador to Ukraine ...
Jul 29, 2022
B.C. releases details of monkeypox vaccine availability as outbreak spreads globally
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says monkeypox vaccine is being made available to eligible patients in most areas of the province. A statement from the Ministry of Health says cases of the ...
Jul 29, 2022
TNRD downgrades evacuation order for properties affected by Nohomin Creek wildfire
LYTTON, B.C. - An evacuation order for 24 properties in the Thompson Nicola Regional District (TNRD) in response to the Nohomin Creek wildfire near Lytton has been downgraded to an evacuation alert.In...
Jul 29, 2022
Swim star Summer McIntosh races to gold at Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Swimming star Summer McIntosh has added to her burgeoning trophy case, earning Canada's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the women's 400-metre individual medl...
Jul 29, 2022
Blinken presses Russia to free Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukr...
Jul 29, 2022
Lightning, continuing heat wave raise wildfire concerns as fire danger climbs in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Lightning strikes have peppered British Columbia's southern Interior, raising wildfire concerns as yet another day of heat warnings blanket most of the province and the wildfire risk jumps...
Jul 29, 2022
Parents facing tough conversations, decisions in wake of Hockey Canada controversies
Sylvain Perrier was sitting down to lunch with his wife and daughter when he saw the breaking news that Hockey Canada was embroiled in another group sexual assault investigation, this time involving t...
Jul 29, 2022
Blinken says he spoke to Russia FM about detained Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov by phone on Friday and urged Moscow to accept a U.S. offer to release two Americans detained...
Jul 29, 2022
Power restored for customers affected by Nohomin Creek wildfire: BC Hydro
LYTTON, B.C. -BC Hydro says crews have rebuilt and re-energized a section of a power line that was lost to the Nohomin Creek wildfire near Lytton in mid-July.In a news release Friday (July 29), BC Hyd...
Jul 29, 2022
