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Canada's comeback falls just short as Mexico wins women's soccer friendly 2-1
MEXICO CITY - A spirited comeback attempt fell just short as the Canadian women's soccer team saw its five-game winning streak ended with a 2-1 loss to Mexico on Saturday. Jordyn Huitema scored in the...
Nov 27, 2021
Quebec Liberal Party redefining itself, will focus on environment in October election
QUEBEC - The Quebec Liberal Party says it will be focusing on the environment as it seeks to redefine itself less than a year before the next provincial election. Dominique Anglade, the leader of the ...
Nov 27, 2021
B.C. closing highways as downpour begins in latest storm striking southern region
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Transportation Ministry is proactively closing several highways today as another storm hammers the already saturated south coast. The province says it will close Highway ...
Nov 27, 2021
TNRD, City of Merritt offer curbside debris pickup
MERRITT, B.C. - As residents of Merritt and other flood-ravaged areas of the Nicola Valley are trickling back home and beginning the daunting task of cleaning up their properties, the Thompson-Nicola ...
Nov 27, 2021
First Nations supports offered to Merritt evacuees
SALMON ARM, B.C. - Evacuees from the Merritt area are being offered resources to help them deal with the emotional stress of the Coldwater River flood trauma.This weekend, Emergency Support Services i...
Nov 27, 2021
Einarson stays alive at Olympic curling trials with tiebreaker win over Scheidegger
SASKATOON - Kerri Einarson stayed alive at the Canadian Olympic curling trials with an 8-6 win over Casey Scheidegger in a tiebreaker Saturday. Einarson's foursome scored three points in the 10th end ...
Nov 27, 2021
City of Merritt creates fourth category of devastated properties; Phase 3 to receive day passes
MERRITT, B.C. - The City of Merritt has announced that starting Saturday, residents in phase 3 of the return home plan will be able to access their properties daily between the hours of 9 am and 3 pm....
Nov 27, 2021
Trudeau tours B.C. flood devastation, announces joint cabinet committee to address disaster
VANCOUVER - The federal and B.C. governments have created a joint committee of cabinet ministers to deal with the devastation caused by recent flooding, while also promising to match donations given t...
Nov 27, 2021
High alert: World scurries to contain new COVID variant
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - With each passing hour, new restrictions were being slapped on travel from countries in southern Africa as the world scurried Saturday to contain a new variant of the cor...
Nov 27, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: FOI debate becomes an indictment of 2021 wildfire response
THE CONTROL FREAKS in the Horgan government unceremoniously shut down the second session of the 42nd Parliament on Thursday but not before Interior Liberal MLAs put up a good fight.The NDP used their ...
Nov 27, 2021
