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Victoria council debates asking Ottawa to help fund Remembrance Day
VICTORIA - A move to seek federal funding for Victoria's annual Remembrance Day events may have backfired, the city's mayor said Friday. Lisa Helps said she expected council members would re...
Jun 09, 2019
RCMP investigating homicide in Williams Lake area
WILLIAMS LAKE - Williams Lake RCMP have called in the North District Major Crime Unit to help investigate a homicide from last night (June 8). In a release today, RCMP says just after 6 p.m Saturday e...
Jun 09, 2019
'The Buffalo Hunt' seeks to show tribe in a new light
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - "The Buffalo Hunt," a new documentary on the homeland of the Oglala Lakota, attempts to shun clichs around the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota involving poverty and a...
Jun 09, 2019
City putting together UBCM meeting wish-list
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Mayor and Council will soon discuss which meetings they'll be aiming for at the 2019 Union of BC Municipalities Convention. During the annual UBCM get-together this fall, Mayor Ken...
Jun 09, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Tory senators deny stalling private members' bills on Indigenous rights
OTTAWA - Conservative senators are being blamed for running out the parliamentary clock on a number of bills, including several aimed at advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The Conse...
Jun 09, 2019
Chris Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger announce marriage
Chris Pratt says he and Katherine Schwarzenegger were married over the weekend. He announced the nuptials Sunday in an Instagram post accompanied by a photo of the couple walking hand-in-hand. He says...
Jun 09, 2019
NDP MP Christine Moore decides not to seek re-election this fall
OTTAWA - NDP MP Christine Moore will not run for re-election in the fall, she announced Friday. The representative for Abitibi-Tmiscamingue said she will continue to advocate for progressive valu...
Jun 09, 2019
Disciplinary probe of Quebec judge in hijab case on hold after bias alleged
MONTREAL - The disciplinary case against a Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear before her wearing a hijab more than four years ago was put on hold again Frid...
Jun 09, 2019
Canada's military spies can collect, share info on Canadians, directive says
OTTAWA - Canada's military spies can collect and share information about Canadian citizens - including material gathered by chance - as long as it supports a legitimate investigation, s...
Jun 09, 2019
'Secret Life of Pets 2' bests 'Dark Phoenix' at box office
LOS ANGELES - After nearly 20 years, the current manifestation of X-Men movies is going out with a whimper. Studios on Sunday estimate that "Dark Phoenix" earned a franchise low of $33 million from 3,...
Jun 09, 2019
