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B.C. man is pleads guilty in the snake venom death of a two-year-old girl
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia man has pleaded guilty to one count of failing to provide the necessaries of life for the death by snake venom of a two-year-old girl. Alisia Adams with&n...
Jul 19, 2019
Ontario attorney general invokes PM in spat over refugee legal aid
OTTAWA - Ontario's attorney general is taking his fight for more money for refugee legal aid to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Doug Downey, who took over as Ontario's attorney general i...
Jul 19, 2019
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
GENEVA - The deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo is now an international health emergency, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday after a case was confirmed in a city of 2 million people . A WHO...
Jul 19, 2019
Summer weather is coming back to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - After yesterday's stormy weather, summer is coming back to Kamloops. Environment Canada forecaster Bobby Sekhon says the gusty winds and rain yesterday should be holding off for now. "We ar...
Jul 19, 2019 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
'Smell of gunpowder:' Interviews with family of shot tourist played in court
CALGARY - The wife of a German tourist who was shot in the head while driving on an Alberta highway told police she remembers hearing a pop and then smelling the strong odour of gunpowder be...
Jul 19, 2019
'Disaster is what brings us together.' Greektown community united after tragedy
TORONTO - The doors at St. Barnabas on the Danforth are always open, but the people seeking solace inside the Anglican church the day after a deadly shooting wanted to bolt them shut. L...
Jul 19, 2019
Stop CBSA policy requiring bulletproof vests in immigrant detention: advocates
OTTAWA - A group of doctors, lawyers, legal scholars and human-rights organizations is calling on the federal government to halt the rollout of a new policy that will see border officers outfitted in ...
Jul 19, 2019
Plate champion One Bad Boy early favourite for Prince of Wales Stakes
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Queen's Plate champion One Bad Boy drew the No. 1 post for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Friday. The 1 3/16-mile dirt race is the second jewel of the OLG Canadian ...
Jul 19, 2019
Trump administration trying to bring A$AP Rocky home
WASHINGTON - First lady Melania Trump says her husband's administration is working with the State Department to try to bring rapper A$AP Rocky home. The president also tells reporters that many member...
Jul 19, 2019
Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone to fight Justin Gaethje at UFC Vancouver event
Donald (Cowboy) Cerrone will face Justin Gaethje in the main event of a UFC televised card in September in Vancouver. Cerrone (36-12-0 with one no contest) is ranked No. 4 among lightweight contenders...
Jul 19, 2019
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