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Feds have failed to explain 'inaction' in Grassy Narrows: UN rapporteur
OTTAWA - The case of a northern Ontario First Nation plagued by mercury contamination is "emblematic" of an overall pattern of inaction in the face of grave risks to the health of Indigenous Peop...
Jun 08, 2019
Albania president cancels elections, citing tense climate
TIRANA, Albania - Albania's president has cancelled upcoming municipal elections, citing the need to reduce political tensions in the country. President Ilir Meta said he acted because "the actual cir...
Jun 08, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 08, 2019
Extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou set for early next year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Supreme Court has accepted a plan by the defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would see her extradition hearing begin Jan. 20, more than a year after she ...
Jun 08, 2019
It's a Barty party: Australian wins 1st major at French Open
PARIS - Ash Barty knew she needed a break from tennis, from the pressure and expectations, from the week-in, week-out grind. So she stepped away in 2014 and wound up trying her hand at cricket, joinin...
Jun 08, 2019
Leaders of white supremacist prison gang charged in killings
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang were charged Thursday with directing killings and drug smuggling from within California's most secure prisons, U.S. prosecutors said. ...
Jun 08, 2019
Mexican envoy says new NAFTA to get quick approval despite U.S. tariff threat
OTTAWA - Mexico's ambassador to Canada says his country will formally ratify the new North American trade deal within the next two weeks after having overcome its latest tariff drama with th...
Jun 08, 2019
Temporary road closures coming to Pacific Way and Brocklehurst areas
KAMLOOPS - Starting tomorrow, your commute in Kamloops could change slightly. The city will be conducting a water main repair on the Pacific Way Overpass, which will close the road starting at 7:00 a....
Jun 08, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Emails show chaos before Kansas player's death
WICHITA, Kan. - The assistant football coach at a Kansas community college told officials a 300-pound defensive lineman who died of heatstroke after practice was "making a stressful moan" when he arri...
Jun 08, 2019
NYPD sorry for '69 raid at now-landmark Stonewall gay bar
NEW YORK - Nearly 50 years after a police raid at the Stonewall Inn catalyzed the modern LGBT rights movement, New York's police commissioner apologized Tuesday for what his department did. "The actio...
Jun 08, 2019
