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Consider safety of Indigenous women in resource-development projects: MMIWG inquiry
OTTAWA - Amnesty International Canada is supporting the call from the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women on the "urgent need" to consider the safety of Indigenous wo...
Jun 5, 2019
Feds begin payouts to informants for offshore tax intelligence
OTTAWA - The federal government has begun making payments to confidential informants for intelligence that has so far brought in more than $19 million from offshore tax evaders. Th...
Jun 5, 2019
DNA analysis suggests Dene descended from first North Americans
Genetic research is showing that the Indigenous people of Canada's Western Arctic are descended from some of the first humans to live in North America. A newly published paper says the Dene who&n...
Jun 5, 2019
Boot Cooper from Tory caucus over comments on online hate: Liberal MP
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer should eject colleague Michael Cooper from the Tory caucus over things the MP said about online hate in a parliamentary hearing last week, says a Liberal MP....
Jun 5, 2019
Veteran public servant, CFL boss, ex-B.C. attorney general named to RCMP board
OTTAWA - A former top public servant in the federal, Alberta and Ontario governments will head up the RCMP's fledgling board of civilian advisers assigned to help the police force modernize. Besi...
Jun 5, 2019
Judge says Nipsey Hussle documents will stay sealed for now
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles judge has ruled that grand jury transcripts in the killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle will remain sealed, for now. Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry in a hearing Wednesday ...
Jun 5, 2019
Ottawa pledges to spend $15 million to restore Ontario's tree-planting program
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to spend $15 million to save a tree-planting program in Ontario. Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government cancelled the 50 million tree...
Jun 5, 2019
Tolko extends downtime for Armstrong, Soda Creek mills
VERNON, B.C. - The latest in a long chain of ominous news for the B.C. Interior forestry sector. Tolko says it is extending downtime at its Armstrong and Soda Creek mills.In a news release, Tolko Vice...
Jun 5, 2019 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Suspect arrested in Vernon assault and stabbing
VERNON, B.C. - Police say a break and enter in Vernon turned violent overnight.Officers responded to an alleged assault at a residence on Cenntennial Drive around 10 p.m. Tuesday."Upon arrival, front ...
Jun 5, 2019 Image Credit: Tiffany Goodwein / Vernon Matters
'Heartland' actress Amber Marshall to lead Calgary Stampede parade
CALGARY - Canadian actress Amber Marshall has been chosen to lead the Calgary Stampede parade this year. Marshall, 31, is best known for starring as horse-whisperer Amy Fleming, whose family...
Jun 5, 2019
