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United States implored Canada behind the scenes to keep supporting UNWRA: Hussen
OTTAWA - The United States ambassador to the United Nations implored Canada last month to keep funding the UN relief agency for Palestinians, International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says. In J...
Mar 26, 2024
Quebecers warned that new language rules could lead to fewer products, higher prices
MONTREAL - Popular consumer products risk disappearing from stores across Quebec - and those that remain could be more expensive - because of the province's French-language reform, says an association...
Mar 26, 2024
Environment Canada issues dust advisory for Houston, B.C., joins Burns Lake
HOUSTON, B.C. - Environment Canada has added a dust advisory for Houston, B.C., in response to "high concentrations of coarse particulate matter" that it says is most prominent near busy roads. The we...
Mar 26, 2024
Toronto Blue Jays looking for more in 2024 after third wild-card sweep in four years
There was no roster makeover, blockbuster trade or eye-popping free-agent signing for the Toronto Blue Jays this past off-season. The club is essentially running it back with virtually the same core a...
Mar 26, 2024
Supreme Court seems concerned about whether abortion opponents have a right to sue over medication
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices seemed concerned Tuesday about whether abortion opponents have the right to sue over a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U....
Mar 26, 2024
2015 securities fraud charges against Texas AG Ken Paxton to be dropped in deal with prosecutors
HOUSTON (AP) - Prosecutors on Tuesday announced an agreement with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that would ultimately dismiss securities fraud charges he has been facing for nearly a decade. Under...
Mar 26, 2024
Toxic drug alert issued in Williams Lake following multiple overdoses and deaths
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A toxic drug poisonings alert is in effect for Williams Lake throughout the rest of the week. In a news release issued Monday (March 25), Interior Health states there have been m...
Mar 26, 2024
Forced-labour watchdog cites B.C. mining company, who says claims are nonsensical
Ottawa's corporate-ethics watchdog says a Vancouver-based mining company has allowed forced labour to occur at its gold mine in the Xinjiang region of China, even though the firm lost control of the p...
Mar 26, 2024
Need to improve Canadian productivity has reached emergency level, BoC official says
HALIFAX - A senior Bank of Canada official says the need to improve productivity has reached an emergency level as the economy faces a future where inflation may be more of a threat than in the past f...
Mar 26, 2024
Child dies after UTV goes through ice at Cariboo lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A child died after going through the ice at a lake in the Cariboo over the weekend. Williams Lake RCMP say officers were called to Tyee Lake at 5:19 p.m. Saturday (March 23) wher...
Mar 26, 2024
