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Shooting survivor quits panel over 'timid' Liberal record on assault-style guns
OTTAWA - Mass-shooting survivor Nathalie Provost has quit the federal firearms advisory committee in frustration, saying she is "extremely disappointed" with the Liberal government's failure...
Jul 17, 2019
Police chief shares frustration about addictions resources in letter to officers
WINNIPEG - The chief of police in Winnipeg says he sent an internal memo to officers to share his frustration about a lack of addictions resources as the city deals with what he calls an epidemic of v...
Jul 17, 2019
National framework needed for emotional-service animals: Rempel
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP says she would like to see national standards on the use of emotional service animals in public spaces after watching her husband encounter numerous barriers while ...
Jul 17, 2019
Mercury tops out on top of the world: Alert in Nunavut warmer than Victoria
Weather watchers are focused on the world's most northerly community which has been in the middle of a record-breaking heat wave. "It's really quite spectacular," said David Phillips, Environment...
Jul 17, 2019
Janet Jackson, 50 Cent to perform at Saudi Arabia concert
NEW YORK - Janet Jackson and rappers 50 Cent and Future have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest, the concert in Saudi Arabia that Nicki Minaj pulled out of after human rights organizat...
Jul 17, 2019
Abuse survivors await apology from Anglican Church for physical harm: Bennett
OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the Anglican Church's recent apology for "spiritual harm" it has done to Indigenous Peoples is a beginning. But she says survivors of ...
Jul 17, 2019
Younger voters mobilizing to make federal election about climate change
OTTAWA - Several hundred Canadian millennials plan to rally in at least 30 cities across the country today, demanding a federal leaders' debate on climate change. Emma Jackson, a field organizer with ...
Jul 17, 2019
U.S. canoeists besieged by grizzly on Northwest Territories canoe trip rescued
YELLOWKNIFE - Mounties say a pair of American travellers had to rescued from the Northwest Territories wilderness after a grizzly bear destroyed their canoe. RCMP say they got...
Jul 17, 2019
Trump vs. Dems: 'Racist,' socialist' lines drawn for 2020
WASHINGTON - With tweets and a vote, President Donald Trump and House Democrats established the sharp and emotionally raw contours of the 2020 election campaigns. In the process, they have created a f...
Jul 17, 2019
Frenchy's Prowlers keep championship hopes alive with Game 2 win
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Major Men's Fastball League championship will go to a third and deciding game after the Frenchy's Prowlers out of Chase stayed alive with a Game 2 win on Tuesday night. The Pro...
Jul 17, 2019 The championship series in the Kamloops Major Men's Fastpitch League begins Thursday at Charles Anderson Stadium
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