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Free traders no more? GOP warms up to Trump's use of tariffs
WASHINGTON - With President Donald Trump threatening to slap tariffs on goods from Mexico, his transformation of Republican Party trade policy is nearly complete. Republican lawmakers usually don't li...
Jun 9, 2019
Liberals to announce plan to ban single-use plastics as early as 2021
OTTAWA - The federal government will announce a plan Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics such as drinking straws as early as 2021. A government official with knowledge of the plan says no l...
Jun 9, 2019 Plastic straws are among the key items set to be banned.
Sabiston Creek wildfire winding down
SAVONA - So far, so good for firefighting efforts on the Sabiston Creek wildfire near Savona. Fire Information Officer Marla Catherall says the 200 hectare blaze is now under control and today (June 9...
Jun 9, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Raptors fans prepare for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5
Raptors fans across Canada - and beyond - are gearing up for Monday's potentially championship-clinching Game 5 in Toronto. Viewing parties across the country are expanding as the Raptors lo...
Jun 9, 2019
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 9, 2019
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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 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 9, 2019
