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In Quebec's strawberry fields, a tiny insect may forecast big climate impacts: study
A bug encroaching on Quebec's strawberry fields could help forecast climate change's impact on agriculture, a new study suggests, the latest to consider what the authors called the "colossal task" of ...
Feb 23, 2024
B.C. police announce dismantling of drug-making and distribution ring with 8 arrests
SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a "significant, sophisticated" criminal organization involved in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pharmaceut...
Feb 23, 2024
B.C. police announce dismantling of drug-making and distribution ring with 8 arrests
SURREY, B.C. - Police in British Columbia say they have dismantled a "significant, sophisticated" criminal organization involved in manufacturing and distributing fentanyl-laced counterfeit pharmaceut...
Feb 23, 2024
Canadian Championship draw produces local matchups in preliminary round
Friday's Canadian Championship draw produced a slew of local matchups with the defending champion Vancouver Whitecaps and 2023 runner-up CF Montreal watching from the sidelines at the start. Both MLS ...
Feb 23, 2024
Intense snow system coming to B.C.'s major highways this weekend, weather office says
VANCOUVER - It will be a dicey weekend to be on several of British Columbia's mountain highways with a forecast of significant snowfall. Environment Canada says B.C.'s mountain passes will see large s...
Feb 23, 2024
Man fined $250,000 for illegal prawn fishing in B.C. glass sponge refuge
SECHELT, B.C. - The captain of a commercial fishing vessel has been fined $250,000 by a provincial court judge and ordered to forfeit $80,000 worth of equipment after being caught setting prawn traps ...
Feb 23, 2024
Man fined $250,000 for illegal prawn fishing in B.C. glass sponge refuge
SECHELT, B.C. - The captain of a commercial fishing vessel has been fined $250,000 by a provincial court judge and ordered to forfeit $80,000 worth of equipment after being caught setting prawn traps ...
Feb 23, 2024
A judge convicts former Austrian leader Sebastian Kurz of making false statements
VIENNA (AP) - Former Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was convicted Friday of making false statements to a parliamentary inquiry into alleged corruption in his first government. He was given an eigh...
Feb 23, 2024
TRU officials to appear at Kamloops council in response to ultimatum on Summit Overpass location
KAMLOOPS - Senior officials at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) are set to respond face-to-face to Kamloops council's pointed stance on a pedestrian overpass over Summit Drive.TRU President Brett Fair...
Feb 23, 2024
Quebec bar slams Legault for questioning independence of federally appointed judges
QUEBEC - The Quebec bar association is denouncing what it calls an "attack" on the independence of federally appointed judges from Premier Franois Legault. The comments from the Barreau du Qubec follo...
Feb 23, 2024
