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Members of Quebec health care workers union vote against tentative deal with province
MONTREAL - Members of a union representing more than 80,000 health care workers in Quebec have decisively rejected a tentative collective agreement with the province that was endorsed by the labour gr...
Apr 13, 2024
Heavy rainfall triggers flood conditions on several Quebec rivers
SAINT-JRME, Que. - Quebec officials have reported flooding on a handful rivers north of Montreal and in Quebec City after heavy downpours fell on parts of the province this week. In St-Jrme, Que., rou...
Apr 13, 2024
Week in Review: Week of April 8
KAMLOOPS -- Welcome to Week in Review. This week, civic dysfunction -- more division arises between Kamloops mayor, council and city staff. Raising Lytton -- the town that burned to the ground is fina...
Apr 13, 2024
Senior Rattlers to open lacrosse season this weekend at Memorial Arena
KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Rattlers will begin their Thompson Okanagan Senior Lacrosse League season on Sunday (April 14) with a game against the Kelowna Raiders.Game time is 4 p.m. at Memorial Arena. A...
Apr 13, 2024
ROTHENBURGER: In days of old, before Kamloops City Hall became a fortress…
CONTRARY TO PREVAILING public opinion, City Hall has not always been a place of discontent between councils and administrators.While there have been times when administration has bullied council, and ...
Apr 13, 2024
Israel find the body of boy whose disappearance sparked a settler attack in the West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army says the body of missing Israeli boy has been found in the occupied West Bank after he was killed in a "terrorist attack." The disappearance of 14-year-old Binyamin A...
Apr 13, 2024
'Burst into football': Blue Bombers get in on growing sport of girls flag football
WINNIPEG - Standing on a field of green turf at a sporting facility in Winnipeg's south end, Solape Obasa keeps her eye on the football, waiting for the moment she can catch it and run. But before the...
Apr 13, 2024
What we learned from the inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada's elections
OTTAWA - If one thing from the public inquiry into foreign interference is clear, it's that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections. But the evidence is hazy on whether or not it succ...
Apr 13, 2024
B.C. rescue team regroups after little orca thwarts capture in remote lagoon
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - The team attempting to rescue an orphaned killer whale trapped in a remote B.C. lagoon is regrouping today after an initial attempt to capture the young orca failed. Rescuers say the ...
Apr 13, 2024
Multiple people stabbed and 1 person shot at a Sydney shopping center, media say
SYDNEY (AP) - Multiple people were stabbed Saturday, and police shot someone, at a busy Sydney shopping center, media reports said. ABC TV in Australia reported Saturday that police evacuated shoppers...
Apr 13, 2024
