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Bert Edwards students engage in annual Rivers Day festivities
KAMLOOPS- September 22 is Rivers Day in B.C. Although that day has come and gone, Bert Edwards Science and Tech School holds its own event to celebrate each year. Students from kindergarten to Grade 1...
Oct 11, 2024
Vet tranquillizer increases overdose deaths in Yukon, health minister says
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says its coroner's service is investigating six suspected toxic drug deaths between Sept. 23 and Oct. 4. A statement from the health minister says four of the deaths ...
Oct 11, 2024
Mercury found in water near Yukon mine disaster, Yukon government says
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government says mercury levels that "exceeded the water quality objective" were found in a creek near the site where a mine's ore containment facility failed, causing a torrent ...
Oct 11, 2024
Four-metre-long Great White Shark washes up on B.C. beach
A four-metre-long Great White Shark has washed up on a British Columbia beach. The Fisheries Department says their scientists confirmed the species by analyzing its tooth shape and the shape of its ta...
Oct 11, 2024
Four-metre-long Great White Shark washes up on B.C. beach
A four-metre-long Great White Shark has washed up on a British Columbia beach. The Fisheries Department says their scientists confirmed the species by analyzing its tooth shape and the shape of its ta...
Oct 11, 2024
Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was...
Oct 11, 2024
Report clearing Vancouver police in Myles Gray beating death 'flawed,' lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the family of a man beaten to death by Vancouver police says a disciplinary report clearing the officers of wrongdoing was flawed and didn't consider key evidence. Ian Donal...
Oct 11, 2024
Report clearing Vancouver police in Myles Gray beating death 'flawed,' lawyer says
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for the family of a man beaten to death by Vancouver police says a disciplinary report clearing the officers of wrongdoing was flawed and didn't consider key evidence. Ian Donal...
Oct 11, 2024
Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...
Oct 11, 2024
Stampeders look to avoid going winless versus Elks, finish woeful season strong
CALGARY - Not much has gone right for the Calgary Stampeders this season, but head coach Dave Dickenson wants a strong finish from his team. Since defeating the Toronto Argonauts 27-23 on Aug. 4, the ...
Oct 11, 2024
