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International ban on heavy fuel in Arctic shipping full of gaps: environmentalists
Environmental groups say a new international ban on using a highly polluting fuel in Arctic waters is full of gaps. They say Canada should refuse to take advantage of loopholes the International Marit...
Nov 20, 2020

Ontario community grieving after shooting that killed officer, civilian
Residents of Ontario's Manitoulin Island are remembering a police officer shot and killed in the line of duty on Thursday as a gentle giant who loved his four kids dearly. Ben Quackenbush, a youth min...
Nov 20, 2020

Canadian running back Chase Brown is coming off career-best performance at Illinois
Canadian Chase Brown has a tough act to follow Saturday when the Illinois Fighting Illini visit the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday. His own. The five-foot-11, 195-pound junior running back from Lond...
Nov 20, 2020

Donations adding up for Basics for Babies
KAMLOOPS - Basics for Babies took place Friday morning (Nov. 20), bringing in financial and product donations to support the Kamloops Food Bank. This year, people were required to drop off their donat...
Nov 20, 2020

Notable Canadian cases where an accused was found not criminally responsible
Here's a look at some high-profile Canadian cases in which there was a not criminally responsible finding: Matthew Raymond Raymond shot and killed four people - two civilians and two police officers -...
Nov 20, 2020

Canadian Football League plans to restart play in 2021 with Grey Cup rematch
TORONTO - The CFL is planning to kick off a return to the field in 2021 with a rematch of its last Grey Cup contest. The league released a 2021 schedule Friday. It didn't play in 2020 due to the COVID...
Nov 20, 2020

Suspect in Quebec City sword attack will undergo psychiatric evaluation
QUEBEC - The 24-year-old man accused of first-degree murder in the Quebec City Halloween night sword attack will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Carl Girouard's lawyer, Benoit Labrecque, told Quebec...
Nov 20, 2020

Missing Lower Mainland man has Kamloops connections
LANGLEY, B.C. - Friends of a man missing out of Langley say he has friends and contacts in the Kamloops area.Joel Reed Goddard, 32, was last seen at his home in Langley on Nov. 10. Family members say ...
Nov 20, 2020

Toronto FC's Alejandro Pozuelo named to MLS Best XI for second straight year
Toronto FC playmaker Alejandro Pozuelo has been named to Major League Soccer's Best XI for the second straight year. The 29-year-old Spaniard is the only player from a Canadian team to make the all-st...
Nov 20, 2020

Mnuchin denies he's trying to hinder incoming administration
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin denied that he is attempting to limit the choices President-elect Joe Biden will have to promote an economic recovery by ending several emergency loan pr...
Nov 20, 2020

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