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Feds need plan to vaccinate urban Indigenous, says head of Friendship Centres group
OTTAWA - The head of the National Association of Friendship Centres says Ottawa should have a cohesive COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan for Indigenous people, including in urban areas. Executive director...
Feb 24, 2021
'Serious concerns': Alberta First Nations oppose coal expansion in Rocky Mountains
EDMONTON - Two of Alberta's largest First Nations have written letters to coal companies saying they will oppose any new mine proposals in the Rocky Mountains. The Siksika and Kainai bands say new min...
Feb 24, 2021
Blazers reduce to three overage players.
KAMLOOPS ---- The Kamloops Blazers have played 20-year-old forward Brodi Stuart on the injured list for the upcoming season. Stuart suffered a season-ending knee injury in January. The Langley, BC nat...
Feb 24, 2021
Conservatives' Erin O'Toole hitting turbulence after six months as party leader
OTTAWA - The fight to win the leadership of his party could be nothing compared to what Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has ahead: keeping his party together as he tries to win over voters who haven'...
Feb 24, 2021
Germany urges Iran to accept diplomacy in nuclear dispute
BERLIN - Germany's foreign minister on Wednesday urged Iran to accept diplomatic overtures coming from the West in order to preserve the 2015 nuclear accord. Heiko Maas accused Tehran of further under...
Feb 24, 2021
Dear Sir or Madam: Paul McCartney memoir due out in November
NEW YORK - Paul McCartney is finally ready to write his memoirs, and will use music - and a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet - to help guide him. "The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present" will be released Nov. 2, ...
Feb 24, 2021
Kamloops partaking in Pink Shirt Day to bring an end to bullying
KAMLOOPS - Many throughout the City of Kamloops are wearing pink and joining the stand against bullying.Kamloops students, school staff, sheriffs and police officers partook in Pink Shirt Day on Wedne...
Feb 24, 2021
Embattled Gill resigns from TRU Board of Governors
KAMLOOPS - Sukh Gill has tendered his resignation to the Thompson Rivers University Board of Governors after a damning report on his spending during his former term as CAO of the Thompson-Nicola Regio...
Feb 24, 2021
Canucks' Antoine Roussel fined for roughing Oilers' Puljujarvi
VANCOUVER - Canucks forward Antoine Roussel has been fined US$5,000 by the NHL for roughing in Vancouver's 4-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday. The 31-year-old winger dropped his gloves and wen...
Feb 24, 2021
Excessive isolation in Canada's prisons amounts to torture, criminologists report
OTTAWA - A new report says too many federal inmates in isolation aren't getting a few hours a day out of their cells, pushing them into territory that could be described as inhuman treatment or even t...
Feb 24, 2021
