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Ottawa sets up secretariat to root out racism in federal institutions, programs
OTTAWA - The federal government is setting up a secretariat to root out systemic racism and discrimination within federal institutions, programs and services. The secretariat is part of a $45-million ...
Jun 27, 2019
Full maternity services return to Williams Lake hospital July 1
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Canada Day will bring a cause for added celebration for expectant mothers in the Cariboo. Interior Health says full in-patient maternity services will return to Cariboo Memorial ...
Jun 27, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Canada urged to take international legal action on Rohingya genocide
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is facing mounting pressure from across the country to take more international action to hold Myanmar to account for the genocide of the Rohingya people. Thirty-fo...
Jun 27, 2019
Couple loses almost everything when U-Haul stolen in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A couple moving from Langley, B.C., to Manitoba didn't even get out of the Lower Mainland before their plans went sideways, but Abbotsford police hope someone has information that c...
Jun 27, 2019
Ford restructuring to cost 12,000 jobs in Europe
FRANKFURT - Carmaker Ford said Thursday it is shedding 12,000 jobs in Europe to increase profitability, part of a global trend of cost cuts by automakers facing shifting consumer tastes and heavy inve...
Jun 27, 2019
Licence revoked for doc who used own sperm to artificially inseminate patients
TORONTO - An Ottawa fertility doctor who used his own sperm as well as that of the wrong donors to artificially inseminate several women caused "irreparable damage" that will span gener...
Jun 27, 2019
Feds sign historic self-government agreements with three Metis nations
OTTAWA - The federal government has signed historic self-government agreements with the Metis nations of Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan. The agreements affirm the Metis right of self-government and...
Jun 27, 2019
Blazers add Swiss blueliner in CHL Import Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have drafted a Swiss defenceman in the CHL Import Draft.Kamloops selected 2001-born Inaki Baragano with the 16th selection in the draft.Baragano was born in Lausanne, S...
Jun 27, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers
Motor vehicle head resigns over fatal crash that killed 7
CONCORD, N.H. - The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned after her agency failed to terminate the commercial driving license of a man whose collision with a group of motorcycl...
Jun 27, 2019
Raptors president Ujiri addresses rare off-court issues during NBA title run
TORONTO - Even a championship can come with hiccups. Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri took time Tuesday in his season-ending press conference to talk about the few off-court negatives in an other...
Jun 27, 2019
