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Police union calls for 'fulsome public safety plan' in B.C. ahead of provincial vote
VICTORIA - The national union for RCMP officers is seeking to make public safety and bail reform a British Columbia election issue after repeat offenders were arrested for violent crimes, including a ...
Sep 09, 2024
B.C. files unexplained wealth order following Vancouver shooting investigation
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Public Safety Ministry says it has filed an unexplained wealth order application in court following a 2023 shooting at a Vancouver home. As part of a criminal investigati...
Sep 09, 2024
Canadian Paralympians happy to be home after great experience in Paris
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Upon touching down on home soil, Paralympic silver medallist Jesse Zesseu called his first Games a surreal moment. Several Canadian Paralympians returned home at Toronto Pearson In...
Sep 09, 2024
Sidney Crosby 'pretty optimistic' on contract extension with Penguins
LAS VEGAS - Sidney Crosby is confident he will have a new contract signed before the start of the NHL regular season. Speaking at the NHL/NHLPA player media tour's North American leg Monday, the Pengu...
Sep 09, 2024
B.C. set up a panel on bear deaths, will review conservation officer training
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province. Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Be...
Sep 09, 2024
B.C. set up a panel on bear deaths, will review conservation officer training
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is partnering with a bear welfare group to reduce the number of bears being euthanized in the province. Nicholas Scapillati, executive director of Grizzly Be...
Sep 09, 2024
James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93
NEW YORK (AP) - James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen - eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, "The Lion K...
Sep 09, 2024
Canada Soccer and national team players move closer to long-awaited labour deal
TORONTO - Canada Soccer has reached a "framework" for a long-awaited labour agreement with its men's and women's national teams. But the deal is contingent on a reworked deal with Canadian Soccer Busi...
Sep 09, 2024
BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on B.C. Conservatives' executive Isidorou
VICTORIA - Sources in the Official Opposition BC United party have leaked a file on the "extremism" of the B.C. Conservatives' executive director, Angelo Isidorou, less than two weeks after the partie...
Sep 09, 2024
BC United sources leak 'extremism' file on B.C. Conservatives' executive Isidorou
VICTORIA - Sources in the Official Opposition BC United party have leaked a file on the "extremism" of the B.C. Conservatives' executive director, Angelo Isidorou, less than two weeks after the partie...
Sep 09, 2024

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