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Salmonella outbreak in six provinces linked to snakes and rodents
The Public Health Agency of Canada is advising exotic pet owners to practise good hygiene amid a salmonella outbreak in six provinces that's been linked to contact with snakes and rodents. A notice is...
Dec 14, 2019
Decision affirms power of courts to review the discipline of judges
OTTAWA - The authority of the Federal Court to review disciplinary measures meted out to judges was effectively affirmed Thursday when the Supreme Court of Canada declined to delve into the ...
Dec 14, 2019
A talk with his son, a seat in the sun: Scheer's decision to step down
OTTAWA - Mid-way through last week, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer came home from a day on Parliament Hill and got to talking with one of sons. He realized, he would tell Conservative MPs and senat...
Dec 14, 2019
Advocate says Winnipeg must tackle poverty, addictions to end violent crime
WINNIPEG - A recent spike in violent crime in Manitoba's capital has been at the centre of conversations by men who get together in the downtown core each week. "Men want to be better community m...
Dec 14, 2019
ROTHENBURGER: Tank the cat, and other stories of Kamloops’ generosity
IS IT ANY SURPRISE that Kamloops is the most generous city in Canada?According to GoFundMe, Tournament Capital residents gave more per capita through the fundraising platform this past year than any o...
Dec 14, 2019 Tank the cat (Image Credit: Facebook)
22nd annual Wildlights Festival returns to dazzle Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - The BC Wildlife Park's annual holiday tradition has returned to light up the spirits of Kamloops residents, and raise money for animal care. Last night, (Dec. 13), the first evening of the ...
Dec 14, 2019 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Trump criticizes climate activist Thunberg after Time honour
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday, a day after she was named by Time as its Person of the Year, calling her selection "ridiculou...
Dec 14, 2019
EU leaders break stalemate over climate target, claim deal
BRUSSELS - EU leaders broke a deadlock early Friday and claimed a deal over a key climate target by committing to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, sidestepping the objections of Poland, one of the b...
Dec 14, 2019
UK's Johnson claims Brexit mandate as Tories secure majority
LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has won a thumping majority of seats in Britain's Parliament - a decisive outcome to a Brexit-dominated election that should allow Johnson to...
Dec 14, 2019
Grizzly bears move north in High Arctic as climate change expands range
Some unlikely neighbours are moving in around the northernmost communities of the Northwest Territories, across the icy tundra of Canada's High Arctic. Inuvialuit hunters and trappers say grizzly bear...
Dec 14, 2019
